What's Happening at the FRHM

Events for the Month of May 2008

Demonstrations are part of what makes our museum unique. Click here for our demonstration schedule.

May 1, 2008
Life of a Rodeo Announcer
7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Doug Mathis, one of the top rodeo announcers in the country and an actor, will talk about his illustrious career. This presentation is co-sponsored by the New Mexico State University Rodeo Team and the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Foundation. Admission is free.

May 6, 2008
Harvest Cooking Class
2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Come learn the secrets of preparing shelling peas, rhubarb, and onions as our chef, Carol Koenig, prepares delectable recipes you can make at home. Pre-registration is required and the cost is $30.

May 8, 2008
Lecture Series: "King of the Road"
7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Lesley King, author, editor and photographer, will take us on a journey through New Mexico's back roads and small towns in this engaging presentation. She will be signing her most recent book, "King of the Road. Admission is free.

May 15, 2008
San Ysidro Day
10:00 am – 11:00 am
Join us for a traditional processional and blessing of the museum’s farm fields, animals and gardens. Regular admission applies for this colorful New Mexico tradition.

May 20, 2008
Cooking with Class
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Join us for this gourmet dinner and enjoy the fun and fellowship as we learn new culinary skills. Pre-registration is required and admission is $30.

Exhibitions On Display in May 2008

Jewish Pioneers of New Mexico: 1821-1917
February 29, 2008 through June 15, 2008
The exhibit, “Jewish Pioneers of New Mexico, 1821-1917,” brings to light the contributions to New Mexico's cultural, civic, economic, and creative life of Jewish merchants, bankers, miners, ranchers, and . . .

Robert Shufelt Drawings
March 19, 2008 through August 10, 2008
The popular offset lithographs by artist Robert “Shoofly” Shufelt are now being featured in the north hallway of the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum. The pencil sketches will be on display throu. . .

Antique Equipment Park
On long-term display
Dozens of farm implements line the pathways through this outdoor exhibit. The park includes threshing machines, hay rakes, cultivators, planters, and many other horse-drawn and tractor-pulled equipment. . . .

Watering Place
On long-term display
This unique sculpture by artist Armando Alvarez is dedicated to New Mexico agriculturalists. The sculpture is shaped like a water tank. The cut-out figures were inspired by photographs of New Mexico farm a. . .

Skaggs Dairy Barn
On long-term display
A fixture at the Museum since it opened, the Skaggs Dairy Barn features exhibits that trace New Mexico's unique and long history of dairy production. Milking demonstrations are held here twice daily, at 11. . .

Witte Cabin
On long-term display
Built in the early 1920s, the "cabin" was intended for use as a garage for Marcus Witte's Model A. However, it soon became the blacksmith shop for the Witte ranch. The Museum relocated the historic str. . .

Generations
On long-term display
The Museum's first permanent exhibit takes visitors on an odyssey through 150 generations over 3,000 years of agriculture in New Mexico. The exhibit uses the biographies of 33 people from New Mexico's hist. . .

Peter Hurd's charcoal studies
On long-term display
In order to create a large work, like a mural or fresco on a wall, artists must plan and prepare. This is can be achieved through charcoal studies that work out compositional elements for the final versio. . .

Farm Life in New Mexico: Then & Now
On long-term display
Located in the Main Gallery, this beautiful new exhibit features four major sections: “Moving Around,” “On the Farm,” “Home Sweet Home,” and “Going to Town.” This extensive exhibit is packed full of intere. . .

Inside Story of the Roadside View
On long-term display
This exhibit focuses on contemporary agriculture in the Mesilla Valley. It provides a detailed look at irrigation, dairies, ranching and many of the crops that highway drivers see up and down the valley, s. . .

Historic Green Bridge
On long-term display
Formerly known as the Pecos River Bridge and the Rio Hondo Bridge, New Mexico's second-oldest highway bridge is the Museum's newest exciting structure. Built as part of a three-span bridge across the . . .