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New Mexico History Museum Promoting understanding of the diverse experiences of New Mexico residents. Closed Thanksgiving Day, December 25, and January 1.
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The New Mexico History Museum includes the Palace of the Governors, Fray Angelico Chavez History Library, Palace of the Governors Photo Archive, Palace Press, & Native American Artisans Portal Program. HOURS
Open Daily 10am-5pm from May through October
Tuesday-Sunday 10am-5pm from November through April.

It's the last weekend of Balloon Fiesta in Albuquerque. Here's a throw-back to a crew inside a hot air balloon ca. 1990....
10/10/2026

It's the last weekend of Balloon Fiesta in Albuquerque. Here's a throw-back to a crew inside a hot air balloon ca. 1990.

Photographer: Mark Nohl. Palace of the Governors Photo Archives New Mexico Magazine collection. Neg. no. HP.2007.20.1324

The History Museum is hosting a panel discussion with members of Santa Fe’s LGBTQ+ community in partnership with the Hum...
10/07/2026

The History Museum is hosting a panel discussion with members of Santa Fe’s LGBTQ+ community in partnership with the Human Rights Alliance on Sun., Oct. 25, 1:30 - 3 p.m.

Members of the Santa Fe LGBTQ+ community will talk about the formative and tumultuous years of the late 1980s and early 1990s. The panelists have personal experiences of resilience: living through social stigma and legal discrimination, surviving the HIV/AIDS crisis, observing and navigating Santa Fe's unique local scene, being creative and creating opportunities, and witnessing, organizing, or participating in early activism, leading up to the first Santa Fe Pride in 1988 and formation of the Human Rights Alliance in 1993.

Moderated by author and historian Garrett Peck. Featured panelists include Oona Bender, musician, DJ/activist; Porfirio ‘Pilo' Bueno, gardener, recovery advocate, community elder; Walter Cooper, author of the memoir Unbuttoned: Gay Life in the Santa Fe Arts Scene; Maurice Dixon, author, designer, historian; Roman Garcia, Santa Fe NM native and activist; Hal Myers (He/him/his) organizer with the AIDS Wellness Program; Diane Reyna, artist and facilitator; Linda Siegle, lobbyist and first president of the Human Rights Alliance.

This is a free event with RSVP: https://events.hrasantafe.org/events/humanrightsalliancesantafe/2459323

Join the Friends of History for a New Mexico History & Heritage Lecture in the museum's auditorium tomorrow, Wed., Oct. ...
10/06/2026

Join the Friends of History for a New Mexico History & Heritage Lecture in the museum's auditorium tomorrow, Wed., Oct. 7, 1 p.m.

"Manhattan Project: The Project Y Spies" with Alan B. Carr, Senior Historian & Program Manager, Los Alamos National Laboratory

$15 for the general public; Free for current Friends of History members and our walking tour and NMHM volunteers. Advance registration for this in-person event is required. Register at https://friendsofhistorynm.org/event/in-person-event-manhattan-project-spies/

📷Los Alamos Main Gate, circa 1940s

This massive Wooten desk, marketed as the "King of Desks," evokes power. It belonged to German Jewish pioneer merchant, ...
10/06/2026

This massive Wooten desk, marketed as the "King of Desks," evokes power. It belonged to German Jewish pioneer merchant, rancher, and trader Charles Ilfeld, whose company might just have been New Mexico's most successful by 1912—having started as a retailer and by then wholesaling everything from hardware and dry goods to ci**rs. The Charles Ilfeld Company was also a major player in the sheep and wool export business.

Come see this desk in person in our newest exhibition, "1912."

📷 Charles Ilfeld’s desk, about 1880. New Mexico History Museum, 3113.45.

Visiting artist Pável Acevedo is doing a week-long residency at the Palace Press Mon. - Fri., Oct. 5-9. Visit the Palace...
10/05/2026

Visiting artist Pável Acevedo is doing a week-long residency at the Palace Press Mon. - Fri., Oct. 5-9. Visit the Palace Press in the History Museum to see the artist at work during regular museum hours, or join us on Fri., Oct. 9 from 5-7 p.m. for a public presentation about Acevedo’s work.

Acevedo is an Oaxacan printmaker and artist based in Los Angeles, CA. His artistic work reflects the collectivism that exists in the ecosystems of the natural world and modern society. During his week-long residency at the Palace Press, he will be combining linocut printmaking with historic type from the museum’s collection.

In a partnership project with the Museum of International Folk Art, Acevedo installed Día de los Mu***os, or Day of the Dead, murals he created in collaboration with the print collective Colectivo Subterráneos, Oaxaca, onto the Milner Plaza welcome center walls. The murals are free for visitors to see on Museum Hill in Santa Fe.

This residency and related programming is held in conjunction with the Museum of International Folk Art's current exhibition, "Truths Be Told: Artists Activate Tradition."

Photos: (1) Courtesy of Pável Acevedo. (2) Photo by Noe Montes. (3) Photo by Deedsythecreator.

Join us today, Sun., Oct. 4, 1 - 3 p.m. in the museum auditorium to listen to photographer Carlan Tapp talk about his pr...
10/04/2026

Join us today, Sun., Oct. 4, 1 - 3 p.m. in the museum auditorium to listen to photographer Carlan Tapp talk about his process for creating the exhibition, “A Question of Power.“ He will also share more about present-day resource extraction and environmental issues on the Navajo Nation. Free to NM residents on First Sunday; Included with admission for non-residents.

📷By Carlan Tapp. NMHM/POGPA PAAC.0114.034

Join us tomorrow, Sun., Oct. 4, 1 - 3 p.m. in the museum auditorium for a talk with photographer Carlan Tapp who will di...
10/03/2026

Join us tomorrow, Sun., Oct. 4, 1 - 3 p.m. in the museum auditorium for a talk with photographer Carlan Tapp who will discuss his process for creating the exhibition, “A Question of Power.“

His photography documents the cancellation of the Desert Rock coal-fired power plant proposed to be built on the Navajo reservation. Due to widespread opposition and environmental concerns, Desert Rock was canceled in 2011. Tapp will also discuss present-day resource extraction and environmental issues on the Navajo Nation.

Free to NM residents on First Sunday; Included woth admission for non-residents

🏈📣 It's football season! Who are you cheering for? These cheerleaders rally a crowd of spectators at a homecoming footba...
10/02/2026

🏈📣 It's football season! Who are you cheering for? These cheerleaders rally a crowd of spectators at a homecoming football game at Wingate Vocational High School, Ft. Wingate, New Mexico, on October 2, 1954.

📷 Photographer: George Hight. Palace of the Governors Photo Archives Neg. No. HP.2015.44.14

A century-old horse-drawn hearse reappears in the History Museum's lobby for a limited time only. This ornate funerary c...
10/01/2026

A century-old horse-drawn hearse reappears in the History Museum's lobby for a limited time only. This ornate funerary coach was manufactured by James Cunningham, Son & Co. in the early 1900s. It was purchased by a funeral director in the mining town of Santa Rita, New Mexico, where it was in service until 1919.

Visit the museum during the month of October to see this stunning piece of history on display.

Catalog image courtesy of AACA Library & Research Center, Hershey, PA.

This Friday! Author Virginia Sánchez will speak about her book "Pleas and Petitions: Hispano Culture and Legislative Con...
09/30/2026

This Friday! Author Virginia Sánchez will speak about her book "Pleas and Petitions: Hispano Culture and Legislative Conflict in Territorial Colorado."

📅 Fri., Oct. 2
🕔 5 - 6:30 p.m.
🆓 Admission is free during Palace Avenue First Friday Art Walk.

In 1861, New Mexico Territory lost its northernmost area when the U.S. Congress established the Territory of Colorado. With no vote of the people 7,000 residents, bound to New Mexico by ties of ancestry and a common language, system of law and religion, were displaced into a new Protestant, English-speaking territory. Within two years, these settlers petitioned to be returned to New Mexico. In this presentation, Sánchez introduces new research and examines the dynamic history and the challenges these nuevomexicanos and their elected Hispano legislators faced, and how New Mexico worked to restore her people and the region that had long been a part of her soil.

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