Palace of the Governors Photo Archives

Palace of the Governors Photo Archives We are open by appointment only. The Palace of the Governors Photo Archives is administered as part of the New Mexico History Museum.
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Our collection contains more than an estimated 1,000,000 items including historic photographic prints, cased photos, glass plate negatives, film negatives, stereographs, photo postcards, panoramas, transparencies, lantern slides, and motion pictures. Social Media Policy: To understand the types of comments allowed and what happens if these guidelines are violated, please visit our Social Media Policy: nmculture.org/legal/social-media-standards

Line for the Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back opening at the Lensic Theater, Santa Fe, New MexicoPhotograp...
05/04/2026

Line for the Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back opening at the Lensic Theater, Santa Fe, New Mexico

Photographer: Michael Heller
Date: 1980
Negative Number: PAAC.0125.p0191

This is your chance to show up for New Mexico. Join Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham and the Salamanca Twins at The Great...
04/17/2026

This is your chance to show up for New Mexico. Join Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham and the Salamanca Twins at The Great NM Clean Up, April 17 & 18 in Española, Taos, Los Lunas, and Socorro to help keep litter out of our territory. Keep Litter Out NM

Find clean-up events around the state at breakingbadhabits.nm.gov

The Floersheims at their residence, Roy, New MexicoNegative Number: 112986
04/10/2026

The Floersheims at their residence, Roy, New Mexico

Negative Number: 112986

Vineyard, Bernalillo, New MexicoDate: ca. 1880-1900Negative Number: 014595
01/30/2026

Vineyard, Bernalillo, New Mexico

Date: ca. 1880-1900
Negative Number: 014595

01/28/2026

A photographer, like any artist working in any medium, makes deliberate choices about what to leave in the frame and what to exclude. What should we make of a photographer from a century ago who was using his camera to promote tourism in Gallup but also taking photographs of the tourists gawking at Indigenous dancers at the Gallup Inter-Tribal Ceremonial? William Thomas Mullarky can’t answer our questions about his unexpected framing of life in Gallup in the 1930s but his photos are now housed at the ‘s and they provide fascinating fodder for researchers piecing together the past. On this new episode of Encounter Culture, David Correia talks about his quest to find these previously inaccessible photos and what makes them so unusual. Listen on any podcast app! And check out Correia’s recent article about the Gallup Coal Wars of 1933-35 in the fall 2025 issue of El Palacio. Mullarky’s photos are featured throughout. (elpalacio.org)

📣 Nominations for the 2026 Governor’s Awards for Excellence in the Arts are now open! Presented by New Mexico Arts, nomi...
01/15/2026

📣 Nominations for the 2026 Governor’s Awards for Excellence in the Arts are now open! Presented by New Mexico Arts, nominations are open through February 23, 2026. It’s easy to nominate individuals and arts organizations in New Mexico using an online form: https://nmarts.pulse.ly/k0tpjxhfxc

Self-nominations and nominations by immediate family or members of the same household will not be accepted. Selected nominees will be recognized by the Governor at the annual award ceremony in the fall, and their work will be featured in an exhibition at the Governor’s Gallery in the Roundhouse State Capitol building.

Nine men having a meal at "Hotel Deluxe", Mills, New MexicoDate: ca. 1910-1920Negative Number: HP.2022.15.50
01/08/2026

Nine men having a meal at "Hotel Deluxe", Mills, New Mexico

Date: ca. 1910-1920
Negative Number: HP.2022.15.50

🎆Happy New Year! We are closed today in observance of the holiday.
01/01/2026

🎆Happy New Year! We are closed today in observance of the holiday.

We are closed today in observance of the Christmas holiday. Wishing you and yours a happy holiday!
12/25/2025

We are closed today in observance of the Christmas holiday. Wishing you and yours a happy holiday!

Joyeux Noel (Merry Christmas) postcardDate: ca. 1925Negative Number: 176110
12/23/2025

Joyeux Noel (Merry Christmas) postcard

Date: ca. 1925
Negative Number: 176110

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