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The Diplomacy of Independence: Benjamin Franklin and Spain

Join us on March 26 for the El Rancho de las Golondrinas Winter Lecture Series. This long running collaboration explores exciting corners of New Mexico’s history and culture as presented by engaging authors and historians. As part of the Committee of Secret Correspondence Benjamin Franklin was sent to France along with Silas Deane and Arthur...

50 Years, 7 Families: The Legacy of Rick Dillingham and Pueblo Pottery

Join us for a lively conversation about the lasting impact of Rick Dillingham’s 1974 publication 7 Families in Pueblo Pottery, featuring a panel of experts in contemporary ceramics, pueblo pottery, and anthropology. This program will explore the legacy of 7 Families, the artwork of Dillingham, and the socio-cultural tensions between Dillingham’s aesthetics and indigenous pottery...

Organ Recital Series - Part II

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20 at 12 PM, St. Francis Auditorium | NM Museum of Art Frederick Frahm, composer, organist, publisher, and parish musician was born in California in1964. A graduate of Pacific Lutheran University (Tacoma), Frahm directed church musicprograms across the US for 40 years before retiring in 2021. From 2011 to 2022, he served as acollaborative...

Organ Recital Series- Part III

In the third installment of Pro Musica’s Organ Recital Series local organ extraordinaire David Solem performs on the McNary Pipe Organ in Santa Fe Auditorium. David Solem has bachelor’s and master’s degrees in music from Baltimore’s Peabody Conservatory where he studied organ, harpsichord, piano, and flute. He has over 30 years of experience in liturgical...

Of Noble Kings Descended: Colonial Documents and the Ancient Southwest

Join us on February 27  for the El Rancho de las Golondrinas Winter Lecture Series. This long running collaboration explores exciting corners of New Mexico’s history and culture as presented by engaging authors and historians. Early Spanish and Mexican records may have much to tell us about the ancient Southwest. Those records, of course, recount...

My Life as a Collector

Hear directly from the collectors who donated the photographs on view! Jamie Brunson, Caroline Burnett, and W.M. Hunt will share stories and insights and talk about their collections on view in Ways of Seeing. Free with Admission image credit:  Jeff Brouws, Mobil/Trailer, Inyokern, Calif., 1991, chromogenic print, 18 × 18 in. Collection of the New...

Organ Recital Series - Part I

In the first installment of Pro Musica’s Organ Recital Series local organ extraordinaire David Solem performs music by Louis Vierne, J.S. Bach, and César Franck. David Solem has bachelor’s and master’s degrees in music from Baltimore’s PeabodyConservatory where he studied organ, harpsichord, piano, and flute. He has over 30 years ofexperience in liturgical music and has taught...

New Mexico’s Geological Landscape and Its Effect on Our Culture and Social History

Join us on January 30 for the El Rancho de las Golondrinas Winter Lecture Series. This long running collaboration explores exciting corners of New Mexico’s history and culture as presented by engaging authors and historians. New Mexico’s landscape is a snapshot of both the geologic past and the dynamic geology that continues to form our...

N.M. Art Book Club

Is there anything more enjoyable than looking at art and talking about books?  We at the Museum Library don’t think so and that’s why we started an art-themed book club!    Join us in the galleries to discuss Walter Cooper’s memoir: Unbuttoned: Gay Life in the Santa Fe Arts Scene” as we take a look...