What's Happening at the FRHM

Exhibitions On Display in May 2013

Virginia Maria Romero: Past, Present, Future
April 18, 2013 through August 4, 2013
In this show, Las Cruces artist Virginia Maria Romero not only showcases some of her well-known pigmented wood panels, paintings, and sculpture, but has also pushed her art in a new direction. There are 34. . .

New Mexico's African American Legacy: Visible, Vital, Valuable
March 21, 2013 through September 15, 2013
“New Mexico’s African American Legacy: Visible, Vital, Valuable” is on display in the museum’s North Corridor through Sept. 15. The exhibit, presented by the African American Museum and Cultural Center. . .

Green Machines: Celebrating 175 Years of John Deere
March 9, 2012 through October 9, 2013
(This exhibit is temporarily closed and will reopen on Oct. 24, 2012) For generations, farming and the name John Deere -- with its green tractors and equipment -- have been an interwoven mix that has pr. . .

The Canada Alamosa: 4000 Years of Agricultural History
April 9, 2013 through March 16, 2014
In this extraordinary exhibition, visitors may explore artifacts, photographs, oral history, and interpretation of life and survival in the Cañada Alamosa, an isolated and beautiful New Mexico canyon that . . .

Stiches in Time
February 7, 2013 through March 23, 2014
Thirty-two beautiful quilts from the Museum’s collection are featured in a new exhibit in the Traditions Gallery. “Stitches in Time: Quilts from the Museum’s Collection” is a colorful display of quilts. . .

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, Monda. . .

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. . .

Slim Green: Master Saddle Maker
On long-term display
The Museum’s Horse & Cattle Barn is the site of a new, long-term exhibit celebrating the art of saddle making. The exhibit features the recreated workshop of the late, legendary saddle maker Slim Green,. . .

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 . . .