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The Spanish colonial home (la casa) gives visitors an idea of what a home from the time around 1815 would have looked like. Walk through the home and see period artifacts and get a feel for colonial New Mexico. Most houses of the period followed...
This portion of the Museum’s Heritage Gallery features a re-created Mogollon pit house, dating to about 1,300 years ago (what we call the first farm house). There also is a mural depicting agricultural beginnings, stone tools, and exhibit panels ...
The New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum in Las Cruces is opening a new exhibit that uses the inspirational stories of seven remarkable individuals to explore the importance of agricultural research in an everchanging world. ...
LAS CRUCES -- The New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum in Las Cruces pays tribute to women making a difference in New Mexico agriculture with a ...
Culture, skill, and entertainment will be in abundance at the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum’s 23rd-annual Cowboy Days celebration in Las Cruces. The fun is from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, March 4. The family-friendly admis...
Growing up on a farm, Carlitta Harvey’s inspiration and foundation as an artist were cultivated at an early age. Harvey began painting farm scenes when she was old enough to buy her own watercolors. Coming from four generations of far...
With the holiday season right around the corner, the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum in Las Cruces is the place to be on Nov. 19-20. HomeGrown: A New Mexico Food Show & Gift Market is a great opportunity to sample and shop for New Mexic...
The dairy barn at the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum in Las Cruces has a new look, a new name, and lots of fun, new activities and exhibits. The Dairy Spot: Discovery Center opens to the public with a special celebration on Oct. 29 ...
Las Cruces, NM - Wayne Suggs says “landscape p...
The talent of the New Mexico Watercolor Society will be on display in a new art show at the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum in Las Cruces. “Seasons of Enchantment: Painting the New Mexico Farm and Ranch” ...
Beautiful artwork recently acquired by the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum is now featured in the northern part of the Museum’s Central Corridor. Six works of art that include five different mediums are displayed. This is an op...
The New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum in Las Cruces pays tribute to women making a difference in New Mexico agriculture with a rotating wall display in the central corridor. The exhibit is called “Her Land: Women in Agri...
The New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum in Las Cruces has an extensive new exhibit weaving together a many-layered story that led to one of the most infamous periods in New Mexico history. “Riding Herd with Billy the Kid: The Rise ...
A deep appreciation of farm and ranch life in New Mexico is the impetus behind a new art show at the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum in Las Cruces. “An Enchanted Vision: The Artistic Celebration of Farming and Ranching in New M...
With the holiday season right around the corner, the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum is the place to be on Nov. 20-21. HomeGrown: A New Mexico Food Show & Gift Market is a great opportunity to sample and shop for New Mexico award-winnin...
Throughout 50 years of marriage, a shared love for art and for New Mexico has patterned the life and work of Ken and Betty Krebbs. Thirty-six of their paintings make up the show, “O Fair New Mexico: Land of Enchantment,” which opens ...
The New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum is paying tribute to women making a difference in New Mexico agriculture. A new, rotating wall display in the Museum’s central corridor is called “Her Land: Women in Agriculture.&rd...
Two Debouillet ewes from the Jones Ranch near Tatum, N.M., are part of the livestock collection at the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum.
Will Pattison of Clovis, left, one of the early organizers of the Curry County Farm Bureau, with members of his family in a wheat field in the 1920s.
Las Cruces artist Connie Garcia worked in various mediums, including batik. Her show begins Dec. 14 at the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum.
Chimayo-pattern rug, woven by Juanita Martinez (1930s); quirt (circa 1920s); Western Apache basket (1890-1910); San Idlefonso-style olla (1920-40); carnival glass bowl (1910-30); and Colt single-action Army revolver, .45 caliber (1906).
Cowboy Days returns to the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum on March 3-4. A mounted shooting competition featuring the Borderland Pistoleros Cowboy Mounted Shooting Club is part of the schedule.
“Zebra Striped Tomatoes” is one of the mini quilts featured in the “How Does Your Garden Grow?” exhibit at the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum in Las Cruces.
Construction on what would become the Bruce King Building at the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum shown in 1996.
Holly Radke, the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum’s Collections Manager, dusts off the oxen on the front end of the 22-feet-long “Sodbuster, San Isidro” sculpture by the late artist, Luis Jiménez. The artwork will be presented at a free reception from 5-7 p.m. on May 18.
The Spanish colonial home (la casa) gives visitors an idea of what a home from the time around 1815 would have looked like. Walk through the home and see period artifacts and get a feel for colonial New Mexico. Most houses of the period followed a design typical of the regions surrounding the Mediterranean Sea […]
This portion of the Museum’s Heritage Gallery features a re-created Mogollon pit house, dating to about 1,300 years ago (what we call the first farm house). There also is a mural depicting agricultural beginnings, stone tools, and exhibit panels showing the development of corn, or maize.
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