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Telling New Mexico: Stories from Then and Now sweeps across more than 500 years of history—from the state’s earliest inhabitants to the residents of today. Stories are told through artifacts, videos, photographs, computer interacti...
New Mexico achieved statehood just two short years before the Great War broke out in Europe in 1914. Recruitment in the nascent state was aggressive, and New Mexicans stepped up to serve in large numbers. By the end of the first World War, New Mexico r...
This exhibition features 23 original graphic history art works by Santa Fe-based artist Turner Avery Mark-Jacobs. This display, ’The Massacre of Don Pedro Villasur,’ narrates the history of an ill-fated Spanish colonial military expedition ...
Reflecting current archaeological and historical perspectives, Palace Seen and Unseendraws from historic documents, photog...
This exhibition features 23 original graphic history art works by Santa Fe-based artist Turner Avery Mark-Jacobs. This display, ’The Massacre of Don Pedro Villasur,’ narrates the history of an ill-fated Spanish colonial military expedition which set o...
Santa Fe, NM – New Mexico History Museum (NMHM) is thinking about its place in the lives of New Mexicans and wants to better understand the diverse experiences and views of e...
Santa Fe, NM – New Mexico History Museum presents the Smithsonian traveling exhibition Righting a Wrong: Japanese Americans and Wo...
Santa Fe, NM – Adelina (Nina) Otero-Warren’s incredible impact on history and contribution to the suffrage movement is being nationally recognized as she becomes ...
Santa Fe, NM – New Mexico History Museum (NMHM) is pleased to announce the Fray Angélico Chávez History Library and Palace of the Governors Photo Archives...
Santa Fe, NM – New Mexico History Museum (NMHM) is excited to share that Fray Angélico Chávez History Library (FACHL) has completed the work associated wi...
Santa Fe, NM – New Mexico History Museum (NMHM) and the Fray Angélico Chávez History Library (FACHL) are proud to announce that Marcy Botwick, a master’s candidate at University of New Mexico (UNM), has been s...
Santa Fe, NM — The New Mexico History Museum (NMHM) is pleased to announce the opening of Honoring Tradition and Innovation,...
Santa Fe, NM – On April 23, please join New Mexico History Museum (NMHM) and the New Mexico Japanese American Citizens League (NMJACL)...
Santa Fe, NM - The New Mexico History Museum is pleased to present Curative Powers: New Mexico’s Hot Springs, a pho...
SANTA FE – New Mexico History Museum (NMHM) has received a $172,564 award from the National Endowment for the Humanities’ American Rescue Plan to pursue research related to an upcoming exhibition on Miguel Trujill...
Since 2010, the New Mexico History Museum (NMHM) has been presenting talks about Fred Harvey history, which have grown into the annual Fred Harvey History Weekend and the Fred Harvey Foodie Dinner & Auction at La Fonda on...
Beginning in 2003, photographers Siegfried Halus and Greg Mac Gregor set out to document contemporary changes to the lands of the American West that Franciscan friars Atanasio Domínguez and Sil...
Filled with more than 400 years of antiquity and culture, the New Mexico History Museum (NMHM)...
The New Mexico History Museum (NMHM) is pleased to announce that t...
SANTA FE – If you have missed learning about the American West and the history of our state’s many cultures, then the New Mexico History Museum (NMHM) has some good news for you! The museum will reopen to the public on a sliding sched...
Parkhurst, T. Harmon (1883 – 1952)
Staab and Galisteo Buildings, West San Francisco Street at Galisteo Street, ca. 1933–34
Film Negative, 8 x 10
Palace of the Governors/Photo Archives, 51463
Logsdon, Paul (1939 – 1989)
New Mexico State Penitentiary, Looking Southeast, n.d.
Silver Gelatin Print, 8 x 10
Palace of the Governors/Photo Archives, 122343
Dingee, Tyler (1906 – 1961)
El Paseo Theatre, West San Francisco Street, 1959
Silver Gelatin Print, 5 x 7
Palace of the Governors/Photo Archives, 91900
On display in the Palace of the Governors, the Segesser Hides are a jewel of New Mexico’s museum collections and bear the first known depictions of Spanish colonial life in the United States. The hides illustrate an ambush in present-day Nebraska of a 1720 expedition led by the then-Lt. Governor of New Mexico. Painted on animal hide, likely bison, they are believed to have been created in New Mexico, where imported canvas was rare.
The hides found their way back to the Southwest—and eventually to the Palace—more than 200 years after Philipp von Segesser von Brunegg, a Jesuit priest, sent them to his family in Switzerland in 1758. It is believed that he acquired them in Sonora, Mexico, between 1732 and 1758, from the Anzas, a family that was prominent in military and civil affairs in both New Mexico and the Sonoran village where Father Segesser’s mission was situated.
Besides viewing them at the Palace, visitors can enjoy a computer-interactive exhibit in the History Museum that highlights various parts of the hides.
New Mexico History Museum/Palace of the Governors. Photo by Blair Clark, New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs.
Map Le Nouveau Mexique et la Floride
France, 1656
photo by T. Harmon Parkhurst
Pueblo Indian Vendors, portal, Palace of the Governors, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1920?
Photo Archive, Palace of the Governors, Santa Fe
neg. # 069973
The Fashioning New Mexico includes a display of historic under garments and an interactive exhibit that invites visitors to practice tying a corset and check out the many layers of slips it took to wear a hoop skirt.
Photograph by Blair Clark, New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs.
Santa Fe Fiesta wear and Mariachi costumes in the Fashioning New Mexico exhibit.
Photograph by Blair Clark, New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs.
Luxurious opera gowns, including a costume on loan from the Santa Fe Opera (far left), in the Fashioning New Mexico exhibit.
Photograph by Blair Clark, New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs.
Learn about the risky “Journey of Mayólica” pottery up El Camino Real to Santa Fe in a lecture by Robin Farwell Gavin at 2 pm Saturday, April 17, in the New Mexico History Museum Auditorium. The event is free with museum admission. The lecture is part of the Santa Fe Found lecture series that supports […]
Historian Brian Murphy speaks on "Zebulon Montgomery Pike: Anglo Interloper, American Hero." Pike, a New Jersey native, led a U.S. expedition from Fort Bellefontaine near St. Louis to explore the Southwest. in This journey, which he is most remembered for, ended with his capture on February 26, 1807 by Spanish authorities in what was then […]
THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUTThe New Mexico History Museum and La Fonda Hotel, a former Harvey House, host the launch of award-winning journalist Stephen Fried’s book, Appetite for America, with a lecture and historic dinner on Sunday, April 11, 2010. The event begins in the History Museum Auditorium with a 4 p.m. lecture by Fried, […]
Fray Angélico Chávez was born on April 10, 1910, and to mark what would have been his 100th birthday, the New Mexico History Museum’s library, which carries his name, will hold a daylong symposium. "My Penitente Land," a free, public event, takes place from 10 am to 4:30 pm on Saturday, April 10, in the […]
The Press at the Palace of the Governors will be closed on Saturday, April 3. We apologize for the inconvenience, but invite you to drop in again on Tuesday, April 6, from 10 am to 5 pm. Note: The rest of the New Mexico History Museum complex will be open on April 3.
The New Mexico History Museum will have the following schedule April 2-6:Closed Friday, April 2, for the state government furlough dayOpen Saturday, April 3, 10 am-5pm Closed Sunday, April 4, for EasterClosed Monday, April 5 (usual closed day)Open and back to our regular schedule on Tuesday, April 6We apologize for any inconvenience.
The History Museum welcomes the U.S. Postal Service to its auditorium for an unveiling of the new postage stamp honoring beloved editorial cartoonist and New Mexico native Bill Mauldin. Philatelists will surely flock to this onetime event, where first-day cancellations will be available on site. Seating is limited at this free, public event. During World […]
Gail Y. Okawa, professor of English at Youngstown State University in Ohio, delivers the next talk in the Telling New Mexico Inaugural Lecture Series at 2 pm Sunday, March 28, in the History Museum Auditorium, 113 Lincoln Ave. “Exile from Paradise, Internment in New Mexico: My Grandfather’s Journey,” recounts Okawa’s search for a family story […]
THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUTDeepen your understanding of Santa Fe's 400th anniversary, as well as the new exhibit, Santa Fe Found: Fragments of Time, at this special symposium, 1-5 pm, Saturday, March 27, at the New Mexico History Museum Auditorium, 113 Lincoln Ave. Admission is $10; call 505-954-7200 for tickets. This is the repeat of […]
The Press at the Palace of the Governors will be closed on Friday and Saturday, March 19 and 20. We apologize for the inconvenience, but invite you to drop in again on Sunday, March 21, from 10 am to 5 pm. Note: The New Mexico History Museum will remain open on these days.
Charlie Zdavesky speaks on "The History of New Mexico's Territorial Penitentiary." In 1853, the United States Congress appropriated $20,000 for construction of a new territorial penitentiary north of Santa Fe's historic plaza, where the US Post Office is now located. More on that effort is recounted on the Web site of the Office of the […]
The Press at the Palace of the Governors will be closed on Tuesday, March 16, while its staff attends a professional workshop. We apologize for the inconvenience, but invite you to drop in again on Wednesday, March 17, from 10 am to 5 pm. Note: The rest of the New Mexico History Museum complex will […]
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