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New Mexico museums and history. Scroll or click on city. NEW MEXICO ** ALAMOGORDO ** ALBUQUERQUE FARMINGTON ** GHOST TOWNS ** LAS CRUCES LOS ALAMOS ** MOGOLLON ** ROSWELL RUIDOSO ** SANTA FE ** TAOS NEW MEXICO MUSEUMS and HISTORY Fort Selden The Fort Selden Visitor's Center displays exhibits depicting life at the fort -- nineteenth-century military weapons, uniforms, archaeological artifacts, and rare photographs of the U.S. Army in the West. New Mexico's Cultural Treasures Here you will find a comprehensive database of New Mexico's Museums, Parks, and Monuments. Photos, major collections and up-to-date calendars are all available here. top ALAMOGORDO MUSEUMS and HISTORY New Mexico Museum of Space History New Mexico Museum of Space History is located in Alamogordo, New Mexico. It is a complex consisting of the space museum, Planetarium, IMAX® dome theater, Hubbard Space Science Education Facility and the International Space Hall of Fame. top ALBUQURQUE MUSEUMS and HISTORY Albuquerque Aquarium The Albuquerque Aquarium exhibits Gulf of Mexico saltwater species from a variety of habitats, including estuarine, surf zone, shallow waters, coral reefs, open ocean and deep ocean. A 285,000-gallon ocean tank contains brown, sandtiger, blacktip and nurse sharks swimming alongside brilliantly colored reef fish, eels, sea turtles and open ocean species.. Albuquerque Museum Explora Explora offers 50,000 square feet of ideas you can touch, where visitors are encouraged to keep their hands ON the 250 exhibits throughout its facility. Visitors discover a new way of looking at the performing arts in the Explora Theater. The store at Explora provides a quality shopping experience with educational books, hands-on science kits and challenging puzzles for all ages. Our five classrooms host on-going educational programs, birthday parties and seasonal camp classes, and there are numerous opportunities for community rentals throughout the museum. Indian Pueblo Cultural Center Dedicated to the preservation and perpetuation of Pueblo Indian Culture, History and Art. The Indian Pueblo Cultural Center is your Gateway to the 19 Pueblos of New Mexico. Committed to educating all generations of visitors. Maxwell Museum of Anthopology One of the nation’s finest anthropology museums, the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology offers exhibits and programs relating to cultures around the world, with a special emphasis on the cultural heritage of the Southwest. Museum of Southwestern Biology The Museum of Southwestern Biology (MSB) is a research and teaching facility in the Department of Biology, housing collections of vertebrates, arthropods, and plants from the American Southwest, Central and South America, and from throughout the world. The MSB maintains seven divisions in addition to the USGS-Biological Survey Collection. National Atomic Museum Visitors can explore how nuclear science continues to influence our world. The museum strives to present through permanent and changing exhibits and displays the diverse applications of nuclear energy and its pioneers. National Hispanic Cultural Center In keeping with New Mexico’s rich Hispanic heritage, the Department of Cultural Affairs and its Hispanic Cultural Division are developing a world-class facility in Albuquerque’s South Valley to preserve, interpret, and showcase Hispanic arts and lifeways. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science The curators at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science direct scientific research and collection activities for the Museum. In recent years, all of our curators have conducted field research in the US-Mexico borderlands in cooperation with several Mexican universities and scientific agencies. Rio Grande Botanic Garden Located across the plaza from the Albuquerque Aquarium and bordered on the west by the famed Rio Grande and the largest cottonwood gallery forest in the world, the lush and peaceful Rio Grande Botanic Garden represents an oasis in the desert. The Garden currently encompasses 20 developed acres, including a 10,000 square foot glass conservatory housing native and exotic plants from desert and Mediterranean climate zones and a seasonal butterfly conservatory featuring hundreds of free-flying North American butterflies and moths. Rio Grande Zoo Founded in 1927, the 64-acre Rio Grande Zoo offers visitors a pleasant stroll highlighted by close encounters with more than 250 species of exotic and native animals. Popular species include seals and sea lions, gorillas, orangutans, elephants, polar bears, giraffes, camels, tamarins, koalas, Mexican wolves, mountain lions, monkeys, jaguars, zebras and rhinoceros. State-of-the-art exhibit design and eye-pleasing landscaping enhance zoo animal husbandry by creating naturalistic habitats complete with trees, grasses, water features and rockwork. University of New Mexico Art Museum top FARMINGTON MUSEUMS and HISTORY Farmington Museum top GHOST TOWNS MUSEUMS and HISTORY GhostTowns.com - New Mexico Ghost Towns - Viva New Mexico top LAS CRUCES MUSEUMS and HISTORY New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum The New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum is 47 acres packed with real stories about real people. top LOS ALAMOS MUSEUMS and HISTORY Bradbury Museum Over 40 high-tech interactive exhibits within five galleries explain the Laboratory's defense, technology, and basic research projects, as well as the history of the Manhattan Project. Many of the exhibits incorporate hands-on activities such as computer programs, learning activities, and videos. A 20-minute film on the history of the race to build the atomic bomb at Los Alamos is shown throughout the day. Museum guides are always on hand to answer questions. top MOGOLLON MUSEUMS and HISTORY Imperial Russian Museum of North America top ROSWELL MUSEUMS and HISTORY Anderson Museum of Contemporary Art Donald Anderson has assembled a collection of over 300 works of art produced by the talented individuals that have participated in the Roswell Artist-in-Residence Program. Housed in over 10,000 square feet of exhibition space, this permanent and growing collection represents one of the most significant gathering of contemporary art in the region. The International UFO Museum and Research Center at Roswell The International UFO Museum and Research Center at Roswell, New Mexico was organized to inform the public about what has come to be known as "The Roswell Incident." The Museum is a non-profit 501 (c)(3) corporation located in Roswell, New Mexico dedicated to the collection and preservation of materials and information in written, audio and visual formats that are relevant to the 1947 Roswell Incident and other unexplained phenomena related to UFO research. The Museum endeavors to be the leading information source in history, science and research about UFO events worldwide. The International UFO Museum's constituents are committed to gathering and disbursing to all interested parties, the most qualified and accurate up-to-date information available. Roswell Museum and Art Center A visit to the Roswell Museum and Art Center is food for the soul and fire for the imagination. One of the Southwest's great museums, we offer an impressive collection of fine art, history, and space science technology; we also house one of the two largest planetariums in New Mexico named for rocketry pioneer Robert H. Goddard. Roswell UFO Crash top RUIDOSO MUSEUMS and HISTORY Fort Stanton The Hubbard Museum of the American West top SANTA FE MUSEUMS and HISTORY Georgia O'Keeffe Museum The Museum offers many educational opportunities for children, families, adults, students, and educators. Outreach programs include the nationally recognized O'Keeffe Art and Leadership Program for Girls and statewide community events in collaboration with local partners. The Museum's Public Lecture Series brings renowned scholars from around the world to Santa Fe to speak on various aspects of American Modernism. El Rancho de las Golondrinas El Rancho de las Golondrinas is a living history museum located on 200 acres in a rural farming valley just south of Santa Fe, New Mexico. The museum, dedicated to the heritage and culture of Spanish Colonial New Mexico, opened in 1972. Original colonial buildings on the site date from the early 18th century. In addition, historic buildings from other parts of northern New Mexico have been reconstructed at Las Golondrinas. Villagers clothed in the styles of the times show how life was lived in early New Mexico. Special festivals and theme weekends offer visitors an in-depth look into the celebrations, music, dance and many other aspects of life in the period when this part of the United States was ruled by Spain and Mexico. Loretto Chapel Museum of International Folk Art The Museum of International Folk Art collects, preserves, interprets, and presents material folk culture from all parts of the globe. Additionally, it seeks to promote and broaden the study of other expressive aspects of folk culture, including folk music, drama, dance, and verbal arts. While the traditional arts necessarily provide the focus for the museum's activities, the museum shall also act as an advocate for the preservation of folklife, especially the survival and transmission of folk arts. Museum of Indian Arts and Culture The Museum of Indian Arts & Culture, one of four museums in the Museum of New Mexico system, is a premier repository of Native art and material culture and tells the stories of the people of the Southwest from pre-history through contemporary art. The museum serves a diverse, multicultural audience through changing exhibitions, public lectures, field trips, artist residencies, and other educational programs. Museum of New Mexico Older than the state of New Mexico itself, the Museum of New Mexico houses the country's most intriguing collection of art, history and culture in four museums and five monuments statewide. Come discover the true heart and soul of the Southwest. Museum of New Mexico Foundation In a unique partnership with the state of New Mexico, the Museum of New Mexico Foundation helps to preserve the cultural treasures at the four museums (Museum of Fine Arts, Museum of Indian Arts & Culture/ Laboratory of Anthropology, Museum of International Folk Art, and the Palace of the Governors) and five state monuments (Coronado, Fort Selden, Fort Sumner, Jémez, and Lincoln) that are part of the Museum of New Mexico. Museum of New Mexico Foundation Shops The Museum Shops support the educational experience of museum visitors by featuring handmade art and crafts from New Mexican artists and artisans as well as other items that reflect each museum's permanent collection. Proceeds from sales in the Foundation Shops provide important revenues for acquisitions, exhibitions and other programs at each museum. Palace of the Governors Originally constructed in the early 17th century as Spain's seat of government for what is today the American Southwest, the Palace of the Governors chronicles the history of Santa Fe, as well as New Mexico and the region. This adobe structure, now the state's history museum, was designated a Registered National Historic Landmark in 1960 and an American Treasure in 1999. Santa Fe Southern Railway Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian top TAOS MUSEUMS and HISTORY Harwood Museum of Art In the early part of the 20th Century, many artists were drawn to the Taos area to pursue a new, truly American art devoid of industrial influence, inspired instead by New Mexico's landscape and light and the traditional Native American and Hispanic cultures of the region. Kit Carson Home and Museum La Hacienda De Los Martinez La Hacienda de los Martinez is one of the few northern New Mexico style, late Spanish Colonial period "Great Houses" remaining in the American Southwest. Millicent Rogers Museum At the Millicent Rogers Museum in Taos, New Mexico, visitors enjoy outstanding historical collections of Native American jewelry, cermaics, paintings, and weavings; Hispanic textiles, metalwork, sculpture; and a wide range of contemporary Southwestern art. Museum Association of Taos The Museum Association of Taos was formed to enhance the educational missions of seven Taos museums through shared resources, facilities and staff expertise, focusing on community and cultural awareness of visitors through programs and publications. Southwest Research Center of Northern New Mexico The Southwest Research Center of Northern New Mexico opened its doors April 9, 1999, as the combined collections of Taos Historic Museums, Millicent Rogers Museum, and the Harwood Museum of Art. Taos Art Museum Located in the historic home of Russian born artist Nicolai Fechin, the Taos Art Museum's permanent collection includes over 300 works of art by more that 50 Taos artists. top NewMexicoLinks.Net -^-^- |
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