MUSEUM INFORMATION

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The New Mexico History Museum will change the way that New Mexicans and visitors from across the country and around the world will understand our state history, and the history of the nation.

Current & Upcoming Exhibitions

• Segesser Hide Paintings
  On long-term display
• Treasures of Devotion/Tesoros de Devoción
  On long-term display
• Telling New Mexico
  On long-term display
• Santa Fe Found: Fragments of Time
  Nov 20, 2009 through May 21, 2011
• Wild at Heart: Ernest Thompson Seton
  May 23, 2010 through May 8, 2011
• El Hilo de la Memoria
  Oct 17, 2010 through Jan 9, 2011
• Home Lands: How Women Made the West
  Jun 17, 2011 through Sep 11, 2011
• The St. John’s Bible
  Oct 21, 2011 through Jan 22, 2012
• The Contemplative Landscape
  Oct 21, 2011 through Jan 28, 2013

Recent Press Releases

• Chow Down at the Cowden Cafe
  Sep 1, 2010
• Dignitaries to Attend U.S. Debut of Rare Spanish Documents
  Aug 31, 2010
• Wild at Heart: Ernest Thompson Seton
  May 27, 2010
• The History Museum Turns 1: Start the Party
  May 13, 2010
• Plaza Restaurant to Operate New "Cowden Cafe" at History Museum
  Apr 29, 2010
• Downtown Santa Fe Walking Tours Set to Resume
  Apr 6, 2010
• New Mexico History Museum to Receive Hewett Award
  Nov 20, 2009
• Exhibit opening: Santa Fe Found: Fragments of Time
  Nov 20, 2009
• Spanish Crown Prince Tours NM History Museum,
  Nov 20, 2009
• Announcing the Telling New Mexico Inaugural Lecture Series
  Nov 20, 2009
• The Jewish-Converso Roots of Don Juan de Oñate
  Nov 20, 2009
• Ilan Stavans Shakes Things Up
  Nov 20, 2009
• Preserving Your Family’s Heirloom Textiles
  Nov 20, 2009
• Museum group honors History Museum
  Sep 25, 2009
• The Gambling Queen of Santa Fe
  Aug 20, 2009
• The Long Walk of the Navajo and Mescalaro Indians and its Enduring Mark on Western History
  Jun 11, 2009
• Another free weekend, a booksigning, and a Top 5 Listing
  May 28, 2009
• It’s History in the Making as the Nation’s Newest Museum Opens its Doors:
  May 26, 2009
• Spiritual Blessings and Pilgrimage Kick Off Museum’s Second Day of Grand Opening Events
  May 26, 2009
• Historic scissors to cut the ribbon at NMHM
  May 22, 2009
• The Art of the Exhibit: It Took a Village to Build These Stories
  May 21, 2009
• High-Tech Techniques Bring New Mexico’s Past to Life
  May 15, 2009
• New Mexico History Museum takes another step to completion
  May 14, 2009
• Riding the Rails... in Style
  May 12, 2009
• Duty, Honor, Sacrifice: New Mexico Veterans answered the Nation’s call
  May 7, 2009
• Join the Stampede! New Mexico History Museum’s Grand Opening events promise two days of family fun!!
  May 5, 2009
• Four Centuries of History: the Fiestas de Santa Fe
  Apr 28, 2009
• Where ancient artifacts meet cutting-edge art
  Apr 24, 2009
• Fashioning New Mexico
  Apr 22, 2009
• The Tiffany Ties that Bind
  Apr 16, 2009
• The Railroad Wars
  Apr 13, 2009
• The Tales that Made the American West
  Apr 7, 2009
• The New Face of History
  Apr 7, 2009
• Barrier around new museum set for removal
  Feb 24, 2009
• Through the Lens: Creating Santa Fe – Events and Lecture Schedule
  Dec 4, 2008
• 150/100! The Historical Society and the Museum of New Mexico to offer free Symposium
  Nov 10, 2008
• Department of Transportation puts wheels under New Mexico History Museum
  Nov 6, 2008
• New Mexico History Museum: Grand Opening, May 24, 2009
  Sep 17, 2008
• Holiday at the Palace of the Governors
  Sep 12, 2008
• Through the Lens: Creating Santa Fe
  Apr 24, 2008
• Segesser Hide Paintings: An Overview
  Apr 24, 2008
• Treasures of Devotion/Tesoros de Devoción
  Apr 15, 2008
• Old Spanish Trail
  Mar 17, 2008