History

Friends Of History Announce Historic Santa Fe Walking Tours April–November

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FOH News:

SANTA FE — Friends of History has announced its historic walking tours of Santa Fe are available to the public almost daily for eight months this year, from April 1 through November 30.

History buffs and students, educators and travelers, writers and artists, and New Mexicans everywhere are invited to step into the atmosphere and authentic story of a top-rated U.S. travel destination* with Friends of History, the official walking tours and volunteer docents of the New Mexico History Museum.

Friends of History offer three, two-hour walking tours for small groups. On the regularly Read More

Explore New Mexico’s French Connection At Brown Bag Lecture April 15

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NMOAS News:

James Bruseth, author of From a Watery Grave, the Discovery & Excavation of La Salle’s Shipwreck, La Belle, presents details of 22-year-long analysis and conservation of the recovered 1.8 million artifacts—representing an explorer’s “kit” for building a colony in the seventeenth-century New World

In 1686, the ill-fated La Salle expedition found itself stranded on a Texas beach. What followed was years of desperation, starvation, and the murder of La Salle by his own crew.

Two of those crew members, Jean L’Archeveque and Jacques Grollet, settled in New Mexico under the names Read More

Celebrate Ancestral Roots To The Land This Earth Day At Jemez Historic Site

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NMDCA News:

Celebrate Earth Day with a variety of fun activities including a hike, traditional children’s games, an “artifact” dig, pottery demonstrations, bread baking in the horno, and Native arts and crafts vendors.

This year, Jemez Historic Site celebrates Earth Day in a big way.  From 10 a.m.–4 p.m., Saturday, April 18, we’ll be leading a guided 3.2-mile hike up Oak Canyon (a.k.a. Church Canyon) to teach about native plants, birds, and animals. The event will also include a pottery demonstration where you can make your own pottery. You can paint flowerpots and take home a daisy plant in Read More

Remembering The Legacy: Fred Harvey’s Indian Detours 100 Years Later

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NMDCA News:

The New Mexico History Museum and La Fonda on the Plaza in Santa Fe present an afternoon of armchair travel along historic Route 66 and the Fred Harvey Company’s Indian Detours with four special guests. The event will take place from 2–4 p.m., Sunday, May 3.

Join four guest speakers at La Fonda at the Plaza for photos and stories about the history of Indian Detours. Ed Pulsifer, historian at La Fonda on the Plaza, will give a tour of yesteryear, when the Fred Harvey Company started its residency and Mary Colter’s vision radically changed the look and feel of the hotel.

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Nuclear Museum To Host 29th Annual Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Festival May 2

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NMNSH News:

Join the National Museum of Nuclear Science & History for a day of fun celebrating the culture and influence of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. Hosted at the Nuclear Museum with activities from 10 a.m.–3 p.m., Saturday, May 2, the annual Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Festival will allow guests to explore the museum and enjoy cultural performances, music, exquisite Japanese floral arrangements, and intricate Chinese art.

The event is hosted in partnership with the Sandia National Laboratories Asian Leadership Outreach Committee.

“We are delighted Read More

Panel Discussion Explores Heritage Arts And Belonging In Northern New Mexico April 26

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MIFA News:

Join the Museum of International Folk Art for a panel discussion presented in conjunction with the exhibition Appearances Deceive: Embroideries by Policarpio Valencia, 2-4 p.m., Sunday, April 26. The program brings together scholars and cultural practitioners to explore themes of belonging, identity, and the enduring traditions of heritage arts in northern New Mexico.

Levi Romero is a former New Mexico Poet Laureate and former professor in the Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies at the University of New Mexico. Juanita Lavadie is a weaver, colchera, scholar, and native Read More

Sow, Share, Grow At Coronado Historic Site Starting April 15

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NMDCA News:

Join staff at Coronado Historic Site at Kuaua Pueblo for a gardening series that shares various methods of planting in New Mexico. The series will take place from 10:30–11:30 a.m., on the third Wednesday of month, beginning April 15.

Ranger Anthony will lead the first program in a monthly gardening series. Each month he will focus on a different aspect of garden care and maintenance. This month he’ll talk about the different types of plants planned for this year’s garden at Coronado and will begin planting seeds. You will be able to take home seeds saved from last year’s Read More

New Mexico Governor Departs For Official Trip To Spain

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STATE News:

SANTA FE — Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham left Monday for a trip to Madrid, Spain, to participate in an educational and business outreach summit hosted by the Friends of the National Museum of the American Latino.

The delegation will examine more than 500 years of shared history between the United States and Spain, especially the role of Spanish history in shaping the American story — from Santa Fe, New Mexico, the nation’s first capital, to St. Augustine, Florida, the nation’s oldest city. The governor will also meet with Spanish business leaders to discuss opportunities for Read More

Ancient Skies, Modern Eyes: Museum Of Space History, Jornada Research Institute Present Free Archaeoastronomy Program On Creekside Village Great Kiva

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NMDCA News:

ALAMOGORDO — New Mexico Museum of Space History, in collaboration with Jornada Research Institute, will host a special free public presentation “Astronomical Associations of the Creekside Village Great Kiva and the Agricultural Cycle” at 2:30 p.m., Sunday, April 12, 2026, in the New Horizons Dome Theater as part of the museum’s annual Archaeoastronomy outreach program and will be followed by a question-and-answer session. 

Archaeologist David H. Greenwald, President and Director of Jornada Research Institute, will demonstrate how the Creekside Village Read More

Sheep Shearing Day Celebrates Northern New Mexico Traditions At Los Luceros April 12

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NMDCA News:

Los Luceros Historic Site is hosting its annual Sheep Shearing Day in conjunction with Northern Rio Grande National Heritage Area’s Cultures and Creators festival.

Visitors can watch shearer Kerry Mower use traditional double-bow shears to remove wool from the site’s Navajo-Churro sheep from 9 a.m.–2 p.m., Sunday, April 12. As the wool is sheared, visitors can help clean and skirt the wool and learn from site staff about the importance of these sheep in New Mexico. Bags of fleece will be available for a small donation.

The event is held in conjunction with the Northern Read More