Museum of International Folk Art | Feb 4, 2019
(Santa Fe, New Mexico) - The Museum of International Folk Art (MOIFA) is celebrating the 10th year of its innovative Folk Art Flea, and it is on the move. Normally held in May, this year’s Flea is jumping to June—Saturday, June 8. The Flea also is moving outdoors. Look for the big tent on Milner Plaza on Museum Hill where this year’s Flea treasures will be waiting for new homes. The large tent will be easy to spot and will provide a roomy and shaded location for shoppers to peruse this year’s folk art finds.
National Hispanic Cultural Center | Jan 28, 2019
Albuquerque, N.M.--The National Hispanic Cultural Center (NHCC) Art Museum is getting a new entrance during the month of February. In order to maintain safety and protect the artwork, the museum will be closed between January 28 and February 25.
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture | Jan 22, 2019
(Santa Fe, New Mexico) – The Museum of Indian Arts & Culture (MIAC) is pleased to present its latest exhibition opening in Feb. 23 to Oct. 27, 2019, Beyond Standing Rock. The exhibition takes a look at one of the most widespread grassroots movements in recent history, highlighting works created at the protest by Native and non-Native artists. From early 2016 to early 2017, the Sioux Nation (Očhéthi Šakówiŋ) of Standing Rock Reservation protested corporate abuses of Native sovereignty and welfare. The Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) planned construction through Standing Rock reservation, violating the 1851 Fort Laramie treaty and compromising the Sioux Nation’s access to clean water. As the movement grew, more than one hundred Native nations and allies gathered together to preserve the land through peaceful protest. The protest gained international attention through images, videos, and posters.
New Mexico History Museum | Jan 21, 2019
(Santa Fe, New Mexico) – The New Mexico History Museum/Palace of the Governors is hosting an opening reception Feb. 1 for the new exhibition: The Massacre of Don Pedro Villasur. The reception will be held from 5-7 p.m. in the lobby of the New Mexico History Museum Friday, Feb. 1.
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science | Jan 18, 2019
(Albuquerque, New Mexico ) -- . During the $5 First Friday event February 1, the Museum welcomes you to fall in love … with science, that is!
New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs | Jan 18, 2019
(Santa Fe) - New Mexico’s state-run museums and historic sites are offering free admission to furloughed federal employees and their families during the government shutdown.
New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum | Jan 15, 2019
The revamped and expanded Antique Treasures Show on Jan. 26-27 at the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum in Las Cruces. The 14th annual event is from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 26, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 27.
Museum of International Folk Art | Jan 14, 2019
(Santa Fe, New Mexico) - In May 2019 the Museum of International Folk Art (MOIFA) in Santa Fe, New Mexico, will present the traveling exhibition Alexander Girard: A Designer’s Universe, an exhibition organized by Vitra Design Museum. One of the most influential interior and textile designers of the 20th century, Alexander Girard: A Designer’s Universe is the first major retrospective on Girard’s work. The exhibition opens May 5 and runs through October 27, 2019.
New Mexico Museum of Art | Jan 10, 2019
SANTA FE, New Mexico – After more than 10 years of smuggling creativity into the business sector without getting busted, Tania Katan’s new book Creative Trespassing: How to Put the Spark and Joy Back into Your Work and Life is a refreshing look at how to fit creativity into the seemingly mundane. New Mexico Museum of Art and Creative Santa Fe are partnering on an engaging event with Tania Katan at St. Francis Auditorium March 9.
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science | Jan 10, 2019
For Immediate Release: December 13, 2019 (Albuquerque, New Mexico) – A new temporary exhibit will open at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science on January 10, 2020. The exhibit titled, “Sayaka Ganz- Reclaimed Creations,&rdquo ...
Coronado Historic Site | Jan 7, 2019
Many indigenous communities throughout the New World do not have written languages. This means that traditional cultural knowledge of those communities has to be passed orally from one generation to the next. Music often plays a pivotal role in how communities pass on knowledge, specifically during participation in seasonal cultural activities. The focus of this presentation will be on storytelling through music as learned and taught by a Jemez Pueblo tribal member. The event is Sunday, January 20, 2019 at 2 p.m at the DeLavy House.
New Mexico Museum of Space History | Jan 7, 2019
The New Mexico Museum of Space History has acquired a German Tornado jet fighter and plans to move the vehicle from Holloman Air Force Base thru Alamogordo to the Otero County Fairgrounds on Saturday, January 12. A public event is planned for Sunday, Jan. 13, followed by a sponsor event Jan. 14, with the final move to the museum of Jan. 15.
The aircraft will be towed roughly 16 miles on its landing gear from the flight line at Holloman AFB to the La Luz Gate, along La Luz Road to Hwy 54/70, where it will turn on the highway and move to the Otero County Fairgrounds. It will stay at the Fairgrounds Jan. 12-15, and on Jan. 15 it will make its final journey along Fairgrounds Road and Scenic Drive to the Museum.
The media is invited to attend the move and/or the public event. Because of the logisitics of the move, it will be necessary for attending media to register prior to COB January 10.
Please register here: https://www.spacehalloffame.org/tornado/media.html
About the Tornado:
Height at the tail: 20’
Length nose to tail: 56.53’
Wingspan: (open) 45.63’ (swept) 28.09’
Weight: 12,000 lbs (with engine and other components removed)
Manufacturer: Panavia Aircraft GmbH
The New Mexico Museum of Space History, a Smithsonian Affiliate, is a division of the NM Department of Cultural Affairs. For more information, call 575-437-2840 or toll free 1-877-333-6589 or visit the website at www.nmspacemuseum.org. Like us at: www.facebook.com/NMSpaceMuseum/
Cathy Harper, Marketing/Public Relations Director
NM Museum of Space History
(575) 437-2840 ext 41153
National Hispanic Cultural Center | Jan 6, 2019
(Albuquerque, New Mexico) -- During 2019, the National Hispanic Cultural Center (NHCC) Art Museum permanent collection grew by 258 artworks. While some artworks were purchased with the help of the museum’s small acquisitions fund, the majority were generous donations from collectors and artists alike.
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science | Jan 4, 2019
(Albuquerque, New Mexico ) -- Another Supermoon Total Eclipse is coming to the skies over New Mexico Jan. 20, 2019. The New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science’s will open its doors from 8:30 – 11:30 p.m. for visitors to fully appreciate the astronomical coincidence happening in the sky that evening after sunset (weather permitting).
New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum | Jan 3, 2019
Visitors to the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum in Las Cruces later this month will enjoy learning about the technology, history and importance of gristmills.
The “Grist for the Mill” exhibit opens on Jan. 18.
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture | Jan 2, 2019
(Santa Fe, New Mexico) – Admission to the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture on Santa Fe’s Museum Hill will be half-price while the Here Now and Always core exhibit is closed from February 11 through 22 for upgrades to the HVAC system in the gallery.
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science | Dec 24, 2018
(Albuquerque, New Mexico ) -- On July 14, 2015, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft flew past Pluto, but its mission didn’t end there. On New Year’s Day, the probe will perform another flyby of a Kuiper Belt object nicknamed Ultima Thule. The New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science is closed on January 1, but will host an encounter party on January 2 from 12 – 3 p.m. Learn about the first mission to study the edges of our solar system with hands-on activities, videos, and local solar system experts.
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science | Dec 21, 2018
(Albuquerque, New Mexico ) -- Another Super Moon Total Eclipse is coming to the skies over New Mexico on the evening of Jan. 20, 2019. That night the moon will be full and relatively close to the Earth, which in recent years has become known as a Super Moon, and it will also be totally eclipsed! During the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science’s $5 First Friday event January 4 there will be a preview event of this astronomical convergence.
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture | Dec 19, 2018
(Santa Fe, New Mexico) -- The Museum of Indian Arts and Culture (MIAC) is pleased to announce Diego and Mateo Romero as the 2019 recipients of the Native Treasures Living Treasures award. This award honors Native American artists who have made outstanding artistic contributions to the field of indigenous arts and culture.
New Mexico State Library | Dec 14, 2018
(Santa Fe, New Mexico) -- The New Mexico State Library Foundation (NMSLF) was established in 2017 to support the New Mexico State Library, an institution that is somewhat mysterious to many state residents. NMSLF created and produced the Fun Facts social media campaign to educate the public and potential funders about the State Library’s collections and the programs and services it provides to New Mexico’s 119 local libraries. As a result of this social media campaign, nearly 800 people now follow the Foundation on Facebook.
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science | Dec 13, 2018
(Albuquerque, New Mexico) – Palentologists are announcing a new dinosaur discovery in the southwest United States. Crittendenceratops krzyzanowskii is a new ceratopsid (horned) dinosaur from 73-million-year-old (Late Cretaceous) rocks in southern Arizona. It is one of the few dinosaurs named from Arizona.
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture | Dec 10, 2018
(Santa Fe, New Mexico) -- The Museum of Indian Arts & Culture GranMary’s Place, a beloved story telling program for children, will continue on the first Sunday of the month at the Museum in 2019.
New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum | Dec 4, 2018
“Around the Farm and Ranch: Watercolors by Penny Thomas Simpson” opens on Dec. 14 and will be in the Museum’s Arts Corridor through March 31, 2019.
Museum of International Folk Art | Nov 28, 2018
(Santa Fe, New Mexico) – The Museum of International Folk Art in Santa Fe is hosting an opening reception for a new exhibition in the Gallery of Conscience entitled Community through Making. The public opening Sunday, January 6, 2019 from 1-4 p.m. will feature artists talking about their work from 1-2 p.m.; an Artists’ Pop up Art market from 2-4 p.m.; and art making activities related to the exhibit from 2 -4 p.m. The public opening is a free event occurring on the first Sunday of the month.
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science | Nov 26, 2018
(Albuquerque, New Mexico) -- The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Division (SAMHSA) of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration will reimburse transportation costs for student field trips to the upcoming exhibition Drugs: Costs & Consequences: Opening Eyes to the Damage Drugs Cause at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science. The exhibition will be available for tours beginning Jan. 26, 2019, and will continue through Fall of 2019.
New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs | Nov 23, 2018
(Santa Fe, New Mexico ) – The free New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs Museums & Historic Sites Guide for Winter 2018/Spring 2019 is now available online at nmculture.org/guide.
This season’s Guide cover features a detailed image of Snow in Santa Fe by Paul Lantz – which is on long term loan to the New Mexico Museum of Art.
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science | Nov 21, 2018
(Albuquerque, New Mexico) -- An historic plant-eating reptile fossil discovery near Alamogordo, New Mexico, rewrites the known evolutionary timeline. (See below for Links to Media Resources: audio, video, stills)
The New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science (NMMNHS) announces the discovery of Gordodon, a new sail-backed reptile based on an incomplete skeleton found in Permian age (about 300 million years old) rocks near Alamogordo, New Mexico. The unique structure of the skull, jaws and teeth of Gordodon indicate it was a surprisingly specialized plant eater (herbivore). Previously, such specialized plant eating was not known in reptiles older than about 200 million years
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science | Nov 19, 2018
(Albuquerque, NM) - Travel back to the sights and sounds of immortal musical groups, brought to life in laser light! Laser and planetarium projectors will fill the dome with choreographed light, allowing the music and images to envelope the audience. More than a million laser-generated hues and colors poetically express each timeless track. Laser concerts will light up the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science Planetarium December 14 - 21.
Museum of International Folk Art | Nov 16, 2018
(Santa Fe, New Mexico – Free admission, live music, hands-on art projects are added attractions planned around the opening of A Gathering of Voices: Folk Art from the Judith Espinar and Tom Dillenberg Collection. The exhibition celebrates the promised gift to the Museum of International Folk Art of the collection of Judith Espinar and Tom Dillenberg. The museum opens the exhibition Sunday, Dec. 16, 2018. It runs through September 9, 2019.
New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum | Nov 16, 2018
“Drawn to the Land: Peter Hurd’s New Mexico” features 24 paintings and some of the artist’s belongings, including one of his palettes with brushes, a pair of chaps, boots, sombrero, guitar, and polo helmet and mallet. The show, which includes loans from the Hurd La Rinconada Gallery in San Patricio, N.M., and the El Paso Museum of Art, also features a video about Hurd (1904-1984).
