Please join Shelby Tisdale, PhD, Retired Director, Center of Southwest Studies, Fort Lewis College, Durango Co., Former Director, Museum of Indian Arts and Culture I Laboratory of Anthropology, Santa Fe, NM., for an ONLINE talk on Marjorie Ferguson Lambert, who became one of only a handful of women who left their imprint on the study of Southwestern archaeology and anthropology, as part of our ONLINE Friends of History lecture series. ONLINE Registration Link here: Marjorie F. Lambert: Museum of New Mexico’s Curator of Archaeology, 1936-1969 - Friends of History ...

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Visit us for FREE Admission as we celebrate Art and History every first Friday evening of every month!

This month, visitors are treated to a delightful trio in the Palace of the Governors featuring Highlights from the Collection--18th century paintings, selections of Nuevomexicano santos, and Native American jewelry.

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Please join us for Late Night Friday as we offer the public the opportunity to extend their visit at the museum and explore our amazing collections, and learn more about the historic people, places, and events, that over time touched New Mexico.

Tonight’s visit is FREE TO NEW MEXICO RESIDENTS

Photo credit: State capitol rotunda, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Date: 1970

Photographer: Robert H. Martin, Negative number: 068301

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Join us in the courtyard of the New Mexico History Museum for the 2023 Native American Portal Artisans’ Summer Youth Show July 15 & 16th! Support the talents from the next generation of Native American artists and craftspeople. Youth artists ages five to seventeen who specialize in a variety of artistic mediums will be showcasing and selling their work in the museum’s courtyard of the Palace of the Governors.  Enter through the “blue gate” on Lincoln Ave or through the museum’s main entrance. This is a free event and free ...

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Join us in the courtyard of the New Mexico History Museum for the 2023 Native American Portal Artisans’ Summer Youth Show July 15 & 16th! Support the talents from the next generation of Native American artists and craftspeople. Youth artists ages five to seventeen who specialize in a variety of artistic mediums will be showcasing and selling their work in the museum’s courtyard of the Palace of the Governors.  Enter through the “blue gate” on Lincoln Ave or through the museum’s main entrance. This is a free event and free ...

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Please join us for Late Night Friday as we offer the public the opportunity to extend their visit at the museum and explore our amazing collections, and learn more about the historic people, places, and events, that over time touched New Mexico.

Tonight’s visit is FREE TO NEW MEXICO RESIDENTS

Photo credit: Cassell Motor Co., Lincoln Avenue at Palace Avenue, Santa Fe, New Mexico

Photographer: T. Harmon Parkhurst, Date: ca. 1929

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Please join the New Mexico History Museum every third Friday for Bilingual Storytime! Settle into our main lobby for a fun and exciting story, read by our educators and guest readers, that is historically relevant to New Mexico. All ages are welcome, especially visitors 5-9 years old.

Free to New Mexico residents.

Photo credit: NMHM Photo Archives: Children in reading room, Santa Fe Public Library, Santa Fe, New Mexico. C. 1957. Negative Number: 145395

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Please join us for Late Night Friday as we offer the public the opportunity to extend their visit at the museum and explore our amazing collections, and learn more about the historic people, places, and events, that over time touched New Mexico.

Tonight’s visit is FREE TO NEW MEXICO RESIDENTS

Photo credit: Lensic Theater, San Francisco Street, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1935.

Photographer: T. Harmon Parkhurst Negative number: 051556

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