Albuquerque Museum

10/14/2026

The Henge story continues on •Picture This• a video podcast series surfacing the stories collected in the Museum’s Photo Archives. 

As an artist and oil businessman, Donald B. Anderson had a point of view about his commission for a monumental sculpture he could see from his home in the outskirts of Roswell. He asked for the work to be turned upside down during its creation and the Albuquerque artist Herb Goldman obliged. 

Tune in next Monday for the rest of the story.

10/12/2026

10/12/2026

Looking forward to welcoming everyone for a Sunday afternoon of family and community with a Lowrider Show ‘n Shine from 12-4pm.

Please join us to celebrate “The Other Route 66: 100 Years of People, Identity, and Place in Albuquerque” with performances by the Albuquerque High’s Mariachi San Jose, Ehecatl Aztec Dancers, and music by DJ House.

Food trucks • Local vendors • Community

Come early to see the exhibition (free admission 9am-1pm every Sunday)!

10/10/2026

Celebrate the arrival of autumn with an evening of folklore, film, music, and curious stories from the Museum’s collections.

In celebration of Rudolfo Anaya’s birthday and in connection with “The Other Route 66: 100 Years of People, Identity and Place in Albuquerque,” enjoy a special screening of “Bless Me, Ultima” in the amphitheater with hot chocolate available for purchase.

Take a closer look at “The Woods Before Sunrise: Environment and Place in New Mexico’s Black Contemporary” before it closes on October 18, with one of the exhibiting artists who will give a talk in the gallery. 

Back by popular demand, step inside the Odditorium, featuring live music alongside strange, surprising, and lesser-seen objects from the Museum’s collections. 

Explore the stories, traditions, and curiosities that continue to shape New Mexico.  Costumes encouraged for October’s Free Night at the Museum! 5-8:30pm

10/10/2026

The advent of the car created a cultural tourism boom in the early 20th century where travelers had agency to navigate towards “exotic” destinations. Trading posts such as Maisel’s and Bell’s on Central Avenue as well as the Alvarado Hotel were the easiest way to experience southwestern culture. With a premium placed on authenticity, goods were produced by locals for travelers at these establishments.

The Other Route 66: 100 Years of People, Identity, and Place in Albuquerque is on view through January 3, 2027.

10/09/2026

In2027, the Museum celebrates its 60th anniversary while beginning an excitingnew chapter with the construction of a new Education Center. 

The new18,144-square-foot facility is designed to be one of the most inclusive andaccessible public cultural amenities in the region, poised to welcome over20,000 school children annually for gallery tours and to experienceindoor/outdoor classrooms for artmaking, exploration, and creativity.

Join us for an Open House and Groundbreaking ceremony on October 20th from 10am-4pm to celebrate with our cherished community.

10/07/2026

Thank you to Robin Babb and Southwest Contemporary for the thoughtful review.

“In The Woods Before Sunrise: Environment and Place in New Mexico’s Black Contemporary, nine artists engage with mythologies of the land—old, even ancient mythologies, as well as the new ones that they are actively creating.”

Experience this exhibition before it closes October 18, 2026 and see for yourself, as co-curator and exhibiting artist, Nikesha Breeze, states: The land is not neutral. It never has been.

10/06/2026

It’s Podcast Monday and this week’s installment of •Picture This• delves into the story of a remarkable work of public art in Roswell, New Mexico.

Donald B. Anderson,an artist and oil businessman, commissioned Albuquerque artist Herb Goldman in the early 1960s to create a massive concrete and steel structure on the outskirts of Roswell. 

Inspired by the ancient ruins Anderson had experienced in Iran and Afghanistan on a recent family cruise in the Near East, he invited Goldman to reside in his home to work on this private commission with no budget.

Tune in next Monday for the rest of the story.

10/05/2026

Beloved Old Town clergy —such as Father Luis Jaramillo and Monsignor James L. McNiff—blessed hundreds of animals, ranging from household dogs and cats to ponies, birds, and occasional unusual pets, each sprinkled with holy water in the 1960s and 1970s at San Felipe de Neri Church.

Annual blessing of the animals rituals are still celebrated on the feast of Saint Francis of Assisi, October 4th around the world in churches, temples, and spiritual communities.

Ceremonies are planned this weekend at various houses of worship across Bernalillo County.

Photo credit: The Blessing of theAnimals Ceremony 1960, Albuquerque Museum, giftof the Estate of Ralph and Clarabelle Looney PA2006.021.365.

10/04/2026

Jackie Mitchell Edwards is one of the nine extraordinary artists featured in The Woods Before Sunrise: Environment and Place in New Mexico’s Black Contemporary.

“My art asks the viewer to throw themselves into the unknown and “jump off the diving board and invent the water on the way down”, and spend some time connecting to the landscape of the spirit, to touch that part of their home, their landscape, that is not owned by anyone, can’t be stolen, has no borders, is everywhere and nowhere, and which is accessed through the power and strength of beauty found in color, shape, line and texture.”

Exhibition is on view through October 18, 2026.