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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.
In the January Culture Series at the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum, Michael Hurd will tell anecdotal stories about his father, the great New Mexico artist Peter Hurd. Michael, an outstanding artist as well, will share memories of his father, his time on the ranch and elsewhere, some funny, all interesting. The […]
The holiday season is right around the corner and what better gift to give friends and family than award-winning, locally produced products? For the fifth consecutive year, the New Mexico Department of Agriculture will be partnering with the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum to co-host HomeGrown: A New Mexico Food Show and Gift […]
Legendary New Mexico artist Peter Hurd is featured in this exhibit in the Museum’s Traditions Gallery. "Drawn to the Land: Peter Hurd’s New Mexico" features 24 paintings and some of the artist’s belongings, including one of his palettes, a pair of chaps, sombrero, guitar, and polo helmet and mallet. The show, which includes loans from […]
LAS CRUCES, N.M. – Free admission with a day full of fun activities is set for Aug. 25 as the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum in Las Cruces hosts Community Appreciation Day. The third-annual event is held to thank the community for its support and to showcase the Museum’s outstanding programs and exhibits. […]
Artist Jacob Pfeiffer’s long journey covers 80-plus years and two continents. During the course of his amazing life, he developed his artistic talent, painting scenes that show the pioneer days through contemporary times. Pfeiffer, who moved to Las Cruces in 2013, specializes in oil painting on canvas and linen. His works in the show feature […]
Everyone’s favorite summer treat is the star of the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum’s largest event of the summer. The 15th-annual Ice Cream Sunday, which happens to land on National Ice Cream Day, is from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. on July 15. Admission for Ice Cream Sunday is the same […]
This fun exhibit features 44 objects from the museum’s collections that combine usefulness and beauty. Some objects are purely utilitarian in nature, with no real aesthetic appeal. At the other end of the spectrum are objects of art, which serve no functional purpose other than to be appreciated for their beauty, or the message the […]
This exhibition showcases a lifetime of beautifully creative work by the late Las Cruces artist Connie Garcia. Connie, who passed away Jan. 3, 2017 at age 66, had a creative flair and a love of art that is evident in her work. She expressed her creativity through tile, foil, drawing, contemporary painting, cards, and much […]
Food produced in New Mexico is showcased at the fourth-annual “HomeGrown: A New Mexico Food Show & Gift Market” on Nov. 18-19 at the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum in Las Cruces. More than 100 growers, companies and individuals from around the state will sell their products as the gift-giving season approaches. […]
“On the Wing: The Avian Photography of Nirmala Khandan” is on display in the New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum’s Arts Corridor through Dec. 3. Khandan began photographing birds in his native Sri Lanka before moving to Las Cruces 17 years ago. The drastic change in environment made his artistic journey challenging and fun. […]
"A Movable Feast: Foods of New Mexico" is an art show presented by the New Mexico Watercolor Society, Southern Chapter. The show will be in the Museum’s Arts Corridor from through Aug. 6. From Puebloan times to the present, agriculture and farming have played a very important role in making the Chihuahuan Desert and all […]
The Museum’s first permanent exhibit takes visitors on an odyssey through 150 generations over 4,000 years of agriculture in New Mexico. The exhibit uses the biographies of 33 people from New Mexico’s history – some famous, some not famous – to tell the story. It features ancient tools, a replica of a Mogollon pithouse, audio […]
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