Gregory Hinton grew up in the cowboy country of Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado, but evacuated to a California more tolerant of him as a gay man, finally making peace with his roots thanks to gay rodeo. Blake Little showed up at his first gay rodeo in the 1980s intending only to take photographs, but became […]

Ever wonder why there’s an obelisk in the middle of the Santa Fe Plaza? Have you noticed the gargoyles on top of the Catron Building? Where was the gambling hall? Which tucked-away building held a Manhattan Project secret? Find out by taking a Downtown Walking Tour led by New Mexico History Museum/Palace of the Governors […]

Experts on the early history of baseball, Mable Dodge Luhan, Edith Warner, and hippies will participate in the second half of the 2013 Brainpower & Brownbags Lecture Series. Organized by Tomas Jaehn of the museum’s Fray Angélico Chávez History Library, the lectures are free and open to the public (and, yes, you can bring a lunch). […]

With hallmarks like Desert Solitaire and The Monkey Wrench Gang, author Edward Abbey crafted literature that endeared him to readers, environmentalists, and almost anyone who enjoys a good hike. His 1956 novel, The Brave Cowboy, was made into the movie Lonely Are the Brave, starring Kirk Douglas. Hitting theaters at the dawn of American awareness […]

Begin collecting art, jewelry, pottery and more from the next generation of Native American artists and craftspeople at the annual Young Natives Arts & Crafts Show. Children and grandchildren of artists associated with the Palace of the Governors’ Portal Program will demonstrate and sell their own arts and crafts in the Palace Courtyard from 9 […]

When he heard African American cowboys singing made-up songs under the New Mexico stars, N. Howard “Jack” Thorp decided to compile the world’s first book of campfire lyrics, Songs of the Cowboy. Born a slave, George McJunkin grew up to become foreman of the Crowfoot Ranch near Folsom, NM, where he discovered ancient bones that […]

The high plains and creek-carved canyons of eastern New Mexico have drawn cowboys for enough decades to build a mystique of their own. Join Los Compadres del Palacio, a support group of the New Mexico History Museum, in a salute to eastern New Mexico ranching on Sunday, June 23, from 1:30-4 pm. Take a guided […]

Las Vegas translates as “The Meadows.” The name refers to the series of spacious grasslands fanning out from the slopes of the Sangre de Cristo Range where the mountains form the western terminus of the Great Plains. This fine location allowed Las Vegas, situated as it was on the Santa Fe Trail and with the […]

In the hallowed tradition of campfire tales and cowboy poetry, the Alzheimer’s Poetry Project holds a special session at the New Mexico History Museum on Friday, June 21, 10–11 am. People living with dementia, their family members and the general public are invited to participate in performing and creating poetry inspired by the new exhibit […]

Join Toni Gibson and Sharon Snyder at noon on Wednesday, June 19, for “The Manhattan Project in Los Alamos: An Eyewitness Perspective,” part of the Brainpower & Brownbags Lecture Series. Gibson, of Grosse Pointe, Mich., is the author of Los Alamos: 1944-1947 (Arcadia Publishing, 2005), and, with Snyder, co-author of Los Alamos and the Pajarito […]