Stranger Things Around New Mexico
Center of the Universe, Albuquerque While the Center Of The Universe may be quotidian on the University of New Mexico’s Albuquerque campus, Bruce Nauman’s concrete walk-through sculpture has a…
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Category: Museum
The History of Trinitite
WHEN THE FIRST ATOMIC bomb was tested at White Sands Missile Range in 1945, surrounding sands were sucked into the flames. That atomic sludge dried out to trinitite, an eerie-looking grayish-green…
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Small Wonders in Roswell
CO-FOUNDERS ELAINE HOWE and Nancy Fleming already feature at least 30 makers of miniature dwellings and oddities in Roswell’s Miniatures & Curious Collections Museum. But a recent trip to Beverly…
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New Mexico Museums Get Hands-On
MUSEUMS AND HISTORIC SITES are reaching beyond their walls to attract new audiences, spark young minds, and spread the enchantment. “These programs bring our collections to life and make every visit…
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5 Treasures in New Mexico’s Museums
Indian Detours bus at Santa Clara Pueblo, circa 1926. (Above) One hundred years after the start of the Harvey Indian Detours, which changed Southwest tourism, a staged image of a Packard passenger…
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8 Only-in-New-Mexico Museums
SMOKEY BEAR HISTORICAL PARK Capitán In the mountain village where a rescued cub became a national icon, this small but poignant museum traces Smokey Bear’s journey from the 1950 Capitán Gap Fire to…
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Explore New Mexico’s Farm & Ranch Museum
ON A CLOUDLESS MAY morning, girls in sparkly white dresses and boys in tidy polos mill about. The crowd of more than 250 goes silent as Bishop Peter Baldacchino strides to the front of the New Mexico…
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NAGPRA Reshapes New Mexico Museums
AMENDED IN 2024 BY THEN Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland (Laguna), the 1990 Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) mandates a 2029 deadline for museums and federal…
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From Earth to Acoma’s Sky City
MARIA “LILLY” SALVADOR would know the red cheeks of her late mother’s face pots anywhere. She recognized Frances Torivio’s figurative pieces at the Museum of International Folk Art as soon as she saw…
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Roswell Museum’s Long Road Back
WHEN A FLASH FLOOD tore through downtown Roswell in October 2024, water surged into the Roswell Museum with terrifying speed. Muddy currents rose to nearly six feet, rushing down the hallways of a…
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