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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.
Voices of Counterculture in the Southwest co-curators Meredith Schweitzer and Jack Loeffler revisit the making of the 2017-2018 exhibit on the occasion of the release of a virtual version of the exhibit. View the discussion here. You are invited to move through the virtual exhibition at your own pace by using this link: https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=32czx9Mmbgs Voices of […]
The New Mexico Counterculture exhibition is launching virtually, and Making History in June will be celebrating with a groovy YouTube workshop on how to turn an old t-shirt into a hip shopping bag! Join us at 1:30, Sunday June 7, or watch anytime thereafter here: https://youtu.be/lofn7mQQw2U
Please join us Friday, June 5 at 7pm MDT for the tenth performance of the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs’ "Our Fair New Mexico" virtual concert series featuring Della Bustamante & Grace Marks. They will be performing songs from the ’60s & ’70s. The DCA, in partnership with state museums, historic sites, and cultural […]
State Historian Rob Martinez is a native New Mexican born and raised in Albuquerque. A graduate of the University of New Mexico with a B.B.A. in International Business Management, Rob went on to pursue his interest in New Mexican culture and history at UNM, earning an M.A. in Latin American history, with an emphasis on […]
Include are the City of Santa Fe Poets Laureate: Arthur Sze Valerie Martinez Joan Logghe Jon Davis Elizabeth Jacobson Hannah Abram, Youth Poet Laureate Link to the portfolio and a list of the poets & printers: https://www.extractionart.org/words-on-the-edge
Join us as we venture to read ahead and come together prepared to discuss books related to our newest exhibition, as we learn about collecting, preserving, protecting, and appreciating the world’s treasures. Purchase this month’s book Priceless by Robert K. Wittman whose character goes undercover to rescue the world’s stolen treasures. Space is limited-RSVP: historylibrary@state.nm.us Located […]
A New Undertaking Due to current stay-at-home orders, the Friends of History is working with New Mexico Historic Sites to take the First Wednesday Lecture Series online. The upcoming lecture provides the opportunity to explore web-based platforms. For this upcoming dialogue on Billy the Kid’s legacy, you can participate real time either via Facebook or YouTube. Here are the details: There are three […]
Learn how to use a simple papermaking process to make some plant-able paper, which will sprout in your garden. All ages welcome- free with admission.
Help write history by adding your story to the Fray Angélico Chávez Library Quarantine Diaries Collection. The Quarantine Diaries Collection seeks to assemble the accounts of New Mexicans from around the state during the time of the Covid-19 pandemic. We hope it will be a way to capture primary accounts at the time of the event when the […]
In the interest of public health, Marilyn has decided to cancel her live performance in Santa Fe. Instead, she’ll be live-streaming the sewing from the Her Flag Facebook and Instagram pages at the set time of the event. April 30th, 1pm (Mountain Time) Instagram link: https://www.instagram.com/herflag2020/ Facebook link: https://www.facebook.com/herflag2020/ NM History Museum FB link: https://www.facebook.com/events/647980252635912/ In 2020 America […]
LITERACY VOLUNTEERS of SANTA FE Since 1985, Literacy Volunteers of Santa Fe (LVSF) has been serving the community by providing literacy instruction for adults and their families. We believe that literacy is essential to improving the quality of life of individuals, promoting economic growth, and building an informed, responsible citizenry. Our purpose is to offer programs […]
Quilling or paper filigree is an art form that involves the use of thin coiled strips of paper that are shaped and glued together to create decorative designs. Experiment with color and a new old medium. All ages welcome, and free with admission.
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