New Mexico Colonial Home – Circa 1815

New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum 4100 Dripping Springs Road, Las Cruces, NM, United States

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 …

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Early Agriculture

New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum 4100 Dripping Springs Road, Las Cruces, NM, United States

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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Heartbreaking: Koons Sculpture Destroyed.

A blue balloon dog sculpture created by Koons broke into tiny shards when a visitor accidentally kicked its podium, according to the gallery hosting the piece.

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