Culture Day at the Capitol
Join us and all of our Department of Cultural Affairs partners at the State Capitol for the annual Culture Day. Museums, historic sites and other entities will have display tables […]
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New Mexico History Museum
Lowrider Poetry Slam
Levi Romero, associate director of Chicana and Chicano Studies at UNM, leads a slam, Take a Little Trip with Me, with young poets on the topic of lowriders. Join the
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Growing Up in a Lowrider Community
Author and photographer Don Usner talks about his youth in Chimayó and his experiences in documenting the lowriders of northern New Mexico. His work is included in the History Museum
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Resolved: Learn more history in 2016
Starting January 17, the New Mexico History Museum inaugurates a monthly program for children, families and the young at heart. Family Fun Day occurs the third Sunday of each month,
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Closed for Christmas
The New Mexico History Museum is closed on Christmas Day. Please join us from 10 am to 5 pm on Saturday, December 26.
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The 2016 Brainpower & Brownbags Lunch Lectures, part 1
Billy the Kid, Kit Carson, Lucien Maxwell, the railroad, Pueblo Indians and more are among the topics covered in the next set of the Fray Angélico Chávez History Library’s Brainpower
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The History Museum Times, December-January edition
Find out about terrific holiday events and go behind the scenes with our trusty security staff. Learn about the Palace renovation project and check out a truck-sized effort to photograph
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The Book’s the Thing: Shakespeare from Stage to Page
Where would we be without the printing press? We certainly wouldn’t have Shakespeare, or the thousands of editions of his plays produced over the last four centuries. Not a bad
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December events at the History Museum
Throughout December, the New Mexico History Museum/Palace of the Governors hosts great exhibits and these special events: Wednesday, December 2, 12 pm, “Ladies of the Canyons: Remarkable Women of the
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Fractured Faiths: Spanish Judaism, The Inquisition, and New World Identities
In the 10th and 11th centuries, Spain flowered into a golden age, as Muslim, Jewish and Catholic peoples achieved new heights in science, philosophy and the arts. Four centuries later,
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