What's Happening at the FRHM

Exhibitions On Display in September 2010

Building for the Future: Rural Schoolhouses of New Mexico 1880-1965
October 9, 2009 through October 31, 2010
They are unofficial monuments to the beginnings of public education in New Mexico, dotting the rural landscape in our vast state. They are all shapes and sizes. And while some have found new life as museum. . .

What in the World?: Unusual Objects from the Museum Collections
February 11, 2010 through November 28, 2010
This highly interactive exhibit takes visitors on a fun and informative journey through a fascinating array of unusual objects from the museum’s vast collections. The gadgets featured in the exhibit wer. . .

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 10. . .

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 . . .

Skylines & Byways: Art from the City of Artists Promotional Association
On long-term display
A new fine art exhibition at the museum features the beautiful work of some of southwestern New Mexico’s top artists. “Skylines and Byways: Art from The City of Artists Promotional Association” opened i. . .