El Camino Real Historic Trail Site hosts its Second Annual Fiber Fair, Saturday May 21 , 2016. The event is free and runs from 10 am to 4 pm. This Fiber Fair celebrates New Mexico’s rich and storied fiber arts tradition, featuring Native and traditional Pueblo artists demonstrating the use of cotton, willow, wool, and […]

El Camino Real Historic Trail Site hosts Native New Mexico, Saturday, September 19, 2015. The event is free and runs from 10am to 4pm. Native New Mexico celebrates New Mexico’s native peoples through a daylong celebration of art, demonstrations, and music and dance performances. Among those participating will be the Red Turtle Dancers from Pojoaque […]

El Camino Real Historic Trail Site hosts its first Fiber Fair, Saturday May 23, 2015. The event is free and runs from 10 am to 4 pm. This Fiber Fair celebrates New Mexico’s rich and storied fiber arts tradition, featuring Native and traditional Pueblo artists demonstrating the use of cotton, yucca, wool, and other materials […]

Celebrate over 400 years of history at the Camino Real Historic Trail Site. Experience demonstrations, food, music and dance spanning the rich history and diverse cultures that traveled the trail. Don’t miss this educational and entertaining event at the Camino Real Historic Trail Site.

Celebrate the change of seasons in beautiful southern New Mexico with music, regional cuisine, and museum exhibits at El Camino Real Historic Trail Site Beginning on Saturday, October 18, and again on Saturday, November 22, and on Saturday, December 13 will be a free concert series and festival of the Spanish guitar at El Camino […]

A Free Concert Series featuring performances by award-winning guitarists Randy Rane and Ivan Rane, well-known Brazilian group Rio, classical guitarist Jesse Vernier, and Western Americana band Bone Orchard. Celebrate the change of seasons in beautiful Southern New Mexico with music, regional cuisine and museum exhibits on the history of El Camino Real. 10 am to […]

Free Admission!Long before Don Juan de Oñate made his famous trek in 1598, Native Americans traveled the trade route that became known as the El Camino Real de Tierra Aldentro exchanging items with the people living along the Rio Grande and further south.Join us as we celebrate the rich history and culture of New Mexico’s […]

Come Check This Out! El Camino Real Historic Trail Site will host Traditional Weaving demonstrations by Pueblo textile artist Louie Garcia June 25-29, 2014. Garcia, Tiwa/Piro from the Piro Manso Tiwa tribe of Guadalupe Pueblo in Las Cruces, will demonstrate traditional weaving techniques using yucca and cotton from 10am–4pm Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday. On […]

Free Admission!Discover the fascinating story of the American Civil War in New Mexico.Join us as historians, archeologists, and historic reenactors present the events that took place in our state and how they impacted the war and the role the Camino Real Trail and nearby Fort Craig played in this pivotal time in our nation’s history.

El Camino Real International Heritage Center Presents:“The Most Remote Place on Earth: The Exploration of Snowy River Passage in Fort Stanton Cave” presented by Mike Bilbo, Cave Specialist, with Bureau of Land Management on Saturday, February 23, 2013, at 10:30AM – 12:00PM. More than 10 miles in length, Snowy River was discovered in 2001 and […]

Celebrate the Center’s 7th anniversary with living history demonstrations of period-life on El Camino Real, special performances, and more.

Discover forts along the ancient Camino Real.  Event will include living history re-enactments of soldier camp activities including bullet-making, black powder demonstration, treadle sewing, open fire cooking and more.