Oct 1, 2013 - Oct 12, 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.)
Oct 4, 2013
The Circles: Pre-Opening Selling at the Foundation Shops Tent Sale
Museum of International Folk Art
Members of The Circles are invited to shop the Foundation Shops Tent Sale one night before the public from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on Fri., Oct. 4 on Milner Plaza (located between the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture and the Museum of International Folk Art).
Shop and save 25 to 80 percent off regular priced merchandise from the shops. Not a Circles member? Join here!
Oct 7, 2013
Last Open Monday
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
for the Season
Last Open Monday for the Season. After October 7th, MIAC returns to 6 day a week (Tuesday - Sunday) 10am-5pm.
Oct 7, 2013
Last open Monday
New Mexico History Museum
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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.
Oct 7, 2013 - Dec 2, 2013
New Mexico: The Artists’ Century
New Mexico Museum of Art
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Series of lectures about art history in New Mexico during the 20th century. 10:00am - 11:30am
Oct 12, 2013
FOCA+P Annual Artist Studio Tour
New Mexico Museum of Art
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Get on the bus for the annual artists’ studio tour, where you’ll have a chance to see where artists hone and apply their craft. This year’s tours will be in Albuquerque. Not a FOCA+P member? Join here!
Oct 12, 2013
Friends of Archaeology Rio Chama Sites
Office of Archaeological Studies
Oct 13, 2013
Collector Sundays
New Mexico Museum of Art
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Gerald G. Stiebel
Guest speakers discuss the challenges and rewards of building a legacy of art
Oct 16, 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.
Oct 16, 2013
Hippies, Indians and the Fight for Red Power
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
A Brainpower and Brownbags Lecture
Southern Methodist University history Professor Sherry Smith delivers a free Brainpower & BrownBags Lecture on "Hippies, Indians and the Fight for Red Power," on Wednesday, Oct. 16, at noon, in the Meem Community Room. Enter for free through the museum's Washington Avenue doors.
Oct 17, 2013
Friends of Indian Art The Plains Indians: Art and Life
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
Oct 19, 2013
Fiesta of Cultures
Coronado Historic Site
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Annual Craft Fair
Oct 24, 2013
Business Council: Celebration
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Business Council members are invited to preview Heartbeat, an exhibition about Native music and instruments, followed by a cocktail party and live music by Native musicians. Not a member of the Business Council? Join here, or contact Mariann Minana-Lovato at (505) 982-6366 ext. 117.
Oct 26, 2013
Friends of Folk Art: Two Remarkable Taos Women
Museum of International Folk Art
Join the Friends of Folk Art as they travel to Taos to explore the lives of two remarkable women, Mabel Dodge Luhan and Millicent Rogers, as seen through the eyes of their biographers, Lois P. Rudnick and Cherie Burns. Visits to the historic Mabel Dodge Luhan House and Millicent Rogers Museum, talks by the biographers, and lunch complete the day. Ticketed event, learn more here. Not a member of the Friends of Folk Art? Join here!
Oct 27, 2013
Nice Jewish Cowboys and Cowgirls
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Married to a Jewish merchant in Deming, NM, Ella Klauber Wormser took what may be the only photographs documenting the transition from cattle drives to rail transport in the late 1880s. Her contribution is but one of many made by Jewish pioneer families to the ranching heritage of New Mexico.
At 2 pm on Sunday, Oct. 27, the museum joins with the New Mexico Jewish Historical Society and Temple Beth Shalom to present “Nice Jewish Cowboys and Cowgirls” in the History Museum auditorium. The event is part of the exhibit Cowboys Real and Imagined. Free with admission; Sundays are free to NM residents.
Oct 27, 2013
Dia De Muertos/Day of the Dead
Museum of International Folk Art
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Annual community Celebration
Decorate sugar skulls, make muertos nichos, sample pan de muerto, listen to Las Flores Del Valle, watch Los Niños de Santa Fe y Compañía perform and more!
Oct 30, 2013
Film screening
Museum of International Folk Art
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Todos Santos Film Project
Day of the Dead film screening at the New Mexico History Museum Theater
Oct 30, 2013
La Festividad de los Muertos /Lanii Xtee Tugul -- A Day of the Dead documentary
Museum of International Folk Art
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Film Screening with Q & A
The Museum of International Folk Art will screen the documentary film, La Festividad de los Muertos /Lanii Xtee Tugul in the New Mexico History Museum/Palace of the Governors’ Auditorium on Wednesday, October 30 at 2 p.m.
The film focuses on Día de Muertos (Day of the Dead) or Todos Santos (All Souls) celebrations by members of today’s Zapotec community in Teotitlán del Valle, Oaxaca, Mexico. The film highlights the enduring influence of the ancient Zapotecs’ cultural legacy, that is deeply rooted in pre-Hispanic indigenous cultures, in pagan, and in Catholic rituals (as it is throughout Latin America).
Oct 30, 2013
La Festividad de los Muertos /Lanii Xtee Tugul -- A Day of the Dead documentary
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Film Screening
The Museum of International Folk Art will screen the documentary film, La Festividad de los Muertos /Lanii Xtee Tugul in the New Mexico History Museum/Palace of the Governors’ Auditorium on Wednesday, October 30 at 2 p.m.
The film focuses on Día de Muertos (Day of the Dead) or Todos Santos (All Souls) celebrations by members of today’s Zapotec community in Teotitlán del Valle, Oaxaca, Mexico. The film highlights the enduring influence of the ancient Zapotecs’ cultural legacy, that is deeply rooted in pre-Hispanic indigenous cultures, in pagan, and in Catholic rituals (as it is throughout Latin America).
