Sep 1, 2013 - Sep 28, 2013
Historical Downtown Walking Tours
New Mexico History Museum
10:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Starting April 15 and continuing through Oct. 12, learn about the history of Santa Fe on a Downtown Walking Tour led by New Mexico History Museum/Palace of the Governors guides every Monday through Saturday. Gather at the Palace Courtyard’s Blue Gate just south of the History Museum entrance at 113 Lincoln Avenue at 10:15 am. Cost: $10; children 16 and under free when with an adult. Museum guides do not accept tips. (No tours on Saturdays when large events are held on the Plaza, such as Spanish Market and Santa Fe Fiesta.)
Sep 2, 2013 - Oct 7, 2013
Extended open Mondays schedule
New Mexico History Museum
As a treat for Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta-goers, the museum is staying open on Mondays through Oct. 7. Traditionally, we returned to a Tuesdays through Sundays schedule on Labor Day through the following Memorial Day. This year, we start the Tuesdays-through-Sundays schedule on Oct. 8.
Sep 4, 2013
Fiesta Lecture: Diego de Vargas’s Two Families
New Mexico History Museum
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Two families, two continents, and the divided loyalties of the architect of the 1693 Spanish reconquest. State Historian Rick Hendricks delivers the New Mexico History Museum/Palace of the Governor’s annual Fiesta Lecture at 6 pm on Wednesday, Sept. 4, in the auditorium. The event is sponsored by the Palace Guard, a support group of the Museum of New Mexico Foundation. Admission is $5 at the door; free to members of the Palace Guard. Seating is limited.
Not a Museum of New Mexico Foundation or Palace Guard member? Please call (505) 982-6366, ext. 100 or click JOIN.
Sep 4, 2013
Palace Guard The Annual Fiesta Lecture
New Mexico History Museum
Sep 6, 2013
Closing at 5 pm
New Mexico History Museum
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
The New Mexico History Museum will close at 5 pm today. We’re back open at 10 am Saturday and free to everyone all weekend long. ¡Que viva!
Sep 7, 2013 - Sep 8, 2013
Free admission during Santa Fe Fiestas weekend
New Mexico History Museum
Delve into New Mexico art, history and culture for free on Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 7 and 8, at the New Mexico History Museum and the New Mexico Museum of Art -- a special treat that’s part of Santa Fe Fiestas. (Both museums will close at 5 pm on Friday, Sept. 6, so that our staff can enjoy a few of the activities, too.)
Sep 12, 2013
Friends of Indian Art Two Native Artists Bridging Traditional and Contemporary Art Forms
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
Marla Allison and Pat Pruitt are two young artists who have made a significant impct on today’s Native American art scene. Their award-winning works are sought by museums, institutions and private collections worldwide. Their presentation will encompass Marla’s dynamic painting style and use of materials. Pat will focus on his masterful metal creations, and learn about the inspiration behind his contemporary style of jewelry and sculpture. Not a FIA member? Join here!
Sep 14, 2013
Frontier Day
Fort Selden Historic Site
8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Sep 15, 2013
Harvest Festival on Museum Hill
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
with MOIFA
12:00–1:00 pm · Talk by Stanley Crawford, Author & Farmer on The Farming Life
1:00–4:00 pm · Food, Vendors, Hands-on Projects, and Fun for the Entire Family, Music by Mariachi Buenaventura and El Camino de Paz Marimba Ensemble
Free on Milner plaza on the Hill
Sep 15, 2013
Worshipful Feathers
Coronado Historic Site
2:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Friends of Coronado Lecture Series
Sep 18, 2013
Let’s Take A Look
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Curators Look at Your Treasures
During this time, curators from The Museum of Indian Arts and Culture and The Laboratory of Anthropology are in the lobby of MIAC to look at your treasures. These curators will attempt to identify and explain any artifact or historic object presented to them.
The event is always FREE and open to the public. Federal and State regulations prohibit the curators from appraising any artifact.
Sep 19, 2013
Constructing the Land of Enchantment: The Writings and Patronage of Henderson, Dodge Luhan, and Austin
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
A Brainpower and Brownbags Lecture
Sep 20, 2013
Cowboy Movie Night: John Wayne and Robert Nott
New Mexico History Museum
5:30 PM - 8:00 PM
As part of the exhibit Cowboys Real and Imagined, join film critic and Santa Fe New Mexican journalist Robert Nott for a discussion and showing of John Wayne's The Cowboys at 5:30 pm on Friday Sept. 20, in the History Museum Auditorium. A free event.
Filmed at various locations in New Mexico and elsewhere, The Cowboys (1972) is considered one of John Wayne’s greatest movies. Based on the William Dale Jennings’ novel, the movie follows a cattle drive from Montana to South Dakota with real “boys,” after the real ones flee the range in search of gold. Free.
Sep 20, 2013 - Sep 21, 2013
Friends of Archaeology Pot Creek and Philmont Boy Scout Ranch
Office of Archaeological Studies
Sep 20, 2013
Celebrating Collections
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Three exhibitions opening examine the intent behind collecting art – from the perspectives of the museum and the private collector. Free reception.
Sep 21, 2013
Chávez History Library Book Sale
New Mexico History Museum
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
The Fray Angélico Chávez History Library’s occasional book sale is back. Come to the Meem Community Room on the New Mexico History Museum’s Washington Avenue side between 9 am and 4 pm on Saturday, Sept. 21, to score bargains on books about Western Americana, political science, the nuclear age, a bit of fiction and a few coffee-table books. The Photo Archives at the Palace of the Governors will also be selling reprints from its collections.
Sep 21, 2013
ˇFiesta Piró!
El Camino Real Historic Trail Site
8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Sep 22, 2013
From Vaqueros to Rancheros: Hispanic Heritage on the Range
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
A Cowboys Real and Imagined event
New Mexico and the American West would know nothing of cowboys if it weren’t for the Spanish vaqueros who brought the first horses, sheep and cattle to the “new” world. Their equestrian techniques, clothing, boots, tools and tack can be seen today in canyons, plains, and backyard corrals. But will a ranching tradition that has survived land-grant swindles, droughts, storms, changing rules for leased lands, and global economic crises last another generation?
The New Mexico History Museum/Palace of the Governors welcomes members of a deep-rooted family to discuss those topics and share the traditions that molded them in “From Vaqueros to Rancheros: Hispanic Heritage on the Range.” Part of the exhibit Cowboys Real and Imagined, the event honors Hispanic Heritage Month. Abiquiu rancher Virgil Trujillo and his father, Floyd Trujillo, will share stories, some of them by song, at 2 pm on Sunday, Sept. 22, in the History Museum Auditorium. The event is free with admission; Sundays are free to NM residents. (Every day is free to children 16 and under.)
Sep 27, 2013 - Sep 29, 2013
8th Annual Palace Gem & Mineral Show
New Mexico History Museum
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Formed as water flows around rocks in sunny, desert lands, turquoise has come to symbolize both water and sky. From Cerrillos to China to the Middle East, the people who found it, mined it, polished it and wore it believed it empowered them with the promise of safety, health and plenty.
The lore of turquoise helps open the 8th Annual Palace Gem & Mineral Show, Sept. 27-29, in the Palace Courtyard. Join Museum of Indian Arts & Culture Curator Maxine McBrinn for a kickoff lecture on Friday, Sept. 27, at 6 pm, in the museum auditorium. “Turquoise, Water, Sky” focuses on the history of turquoise in the Southwest and its evolution as jewelry from prehistoric times to today.
Friday through Sunday, the shady Palace Courtyard will play host to a variety of exhibitors offering geodes, fossils, opals, turquoise and more for sale. Entry is free through the Blue Gate south of the History Museum’s main entrance on Lincoln Avenue.
Sep 28, 2013
Palace Guard The Bosque Redondo Memorial at Fort Sumner Historical Site
New Mexico History Museum
Sep 29, 2013
Friends of Folk Art: Bring Your Friends to Zocalo in Santa Fe
Museum of International Folk Art
The Friends of Folk Art invite their members and prospective members to Zocalo, the brilliant residential complex designed by world-renowned architext Ricardo Legoretta. Tour homes by several collectors, learn about Legoretta and Zocalo design, greet fellow FOFA members and enjoy refreshments. Not a member of the Friends of Folk Art? Join here!
Sep 29, 2013
Heartbeat: Music of the Native Southwest
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Exhibit Opening
1pm and 3:30 p.m.: Haaku’ Buffalo Group of Acoma Pueblo on Milner Plaza
1:30 p.m. and 3:15 p.m.: Tewa Women’s Choir of Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo in the MIAC Theater
2 p.m.: Sihasin, Alter-Native Rock Music on Milner Plaza
2:30 p.m.: Talk: Overview of Native Music of the Southwest by Angelo Joaquin (Tohono O’odham), Ethnomusicologist in the MIAC Theater
Ongoing from 1-4 p.m.: All-ages hands-on activity, cardboard drum decorating in the MIAC classroom
1-4 p.m.: Drum making demonstration by Arnold Herrera (Cochiti Pueblo) in the Mural Gallery
Refreshments by the Women’s Board of the Museum of New Mexico. Free with admission.
Utilizing the extraordinary musical collections of the museum and multimedia of the sights and sounds of musical styles and elements, Heartbeat is a vibrant exhibition exploring the role of music and music making in the life of the Southwest’s Native people.
