NewsExhibition showcases work of top local artists
- A new fine art exhibition at the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum features the beautiful work of some of southwestern New Mexico’s top artists.
“Skylines and Byways: Art from The City of Artists Promotional Ass. . . 7th Ice Cream Sunday coming July 18
- America’s favorite summer treat -- ice cream -- is the star of the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum’s most popular event of the summer.
The seventh-annual Ice Cream Sunday is set for 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, Jul. . . Hiking Apacheria subject of July lecture
- The New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum’s lecture series continues this month with a fascinating look at hiking Apache trails in southwestern New Mexico.
At 7 p.m. on July 8, historian Jerry Eagan presents “Hiking Apac. . . Museum hosts Antique Treasures Day
- Only one day a year, visitors to the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum get the opportunity to enjoy a behind-the-scenes look at the facility’s collections and preservation program.
On Sunday, June 13, the museum will. . . Museum and gift shop closed on May 28
- The Museum will be closed on Friday, May 28. The closing is part of the state's mandated furlough plan.
The Museum's Eagle Ranch Mercantile will also be closed on May 28.
The Museum will re-open and resume its regular s. . . Museum celebrates Blessing of the Fields
- The New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum will celebrate a long, historical tradition on May 15 with the annual Blessing of the Fields.
The fiesta is from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and the colorful procession around the museum’s. . . Museum to show premiere of Shalam Colony film
- The New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum will play host to the world premiere of the new documentary film that profiles a fascinating chapter in the history of the Mesilla Valley. The premiere is set for 7 p.m. on May 13.
. . . Summer camps for kids announced
- 2010 Summer Camps
Historic Games and Crafts Camp
June 9-10, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Ages 6-10
Cost: $40
Love music, dancing and storytelling? Want to learn how to play games that your great-great grandparents may have. . . New exhibit features longtime Las Cruces artist
- The paintings of Las Cruces artist George Gray will be on display in the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum’s Arts Corridor on Thursday, April 15.
An opening reception will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on April 15 fo. . . Museum closed on March 5
- The Museum will be closed on Friday, March 5. The closing is part of the state's mandated furlough plan.
The Museum's Eagle Ranch Mercantile will remain open on March 5.
The Museum will re-open and resume its regular sc. . . Cowboy Days coming March 13-14
- Dust off your boots and make plans to joins us March 13-14 for the 11th Annual Cowboy Days celebration at the New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum.
This two-day festival is packed with horseshoes, gunfight re-enactme. . . New exhibit will have visitors asking, "What in the World?"
- A new exhibit at the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum takes visitors on a fun and informative journey through a fascinating array of unusual objects from the museum’s vast collections.
The exhibit, which opens on Fe. . . Museum closed on Jan. 15
- The New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum is among the state-operated museums and monuments under the Department of Cultural Affairs that will be closed on days included in the Statewide Governor Mandated Furlough Plan.
. . . Museum closed on Dec. 24, other furlough days
- The New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum is among the state-operated museums and monuments under the Department of Cultural Affairs that will be closed on days included in the Statewide Governor Mandated Furlough Plan.
. . . Animals featured in Western paintings
- Animals are the stars of a new art show opening at the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum.
“Animal Impressions: The Art of Narrie Toole,” opens in the museum’s Arts Corridor on Dec. 17. A reception is planned for 6 p.. . . Museum closes temporarily for maintenance work
- The New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum will be closed for three hours (9 a.m. to 12 p.m.) on the morning of Dec. 7 for electrical maintenance work.
For more information, please call (575) 522-4100.
. . . New exhibit features colcha embroidery
- An embroidery method that is traced back to the 1700s in New Mexico is the focus of a tradition-rich exhibit at the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum.
“Colcha: Embroidered Connections,” opens in the museum’s Tra. . . Bruce King had strong connection to the museum
- Former New Mexico Gov. Bruce King, who passed away at his ranch in Stanley, N.M., Thursday night, was an early, important supporter for the creation of the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum.
In 1991, King attended a . . . Museum explores rural schoolhouses in NM
- LAS CRUCES -- 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 museums or c. . . Ghosts of the Past return on Oct. 22-24
- Stand on a 107-year-old bridge under the moonlight and hear the story of La Llorona, the “weeping woman” in Hispanic folklore. Spend a few moments with Pat Garrett, the lawman who killed Billy the Kid. Or meet Anastacia Perea. . . Museum to close for 3 hours on Aug. 31
- The New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum will be closed for maintenance purposes from 9 a.m. until 12 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 31. Electrical work is being done and power to the facility will be shut down for about three hours. . . Bracero Program subject of new exhibit
- A controversial labor program that brought millions of Mexicans across the border to work in U.S. fields is the subject of a new exhibit at the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum.
"Bracero Memories," opens in the muse. . . Exhibit opening highlights busy evening at museum
- The opening of a new exhibit featuring some of the region's top artists highlights a busy evening at the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum on Aug. 13.
The exhibit, "The Art of Cultivation: Agriculture in the Mesilla . . . Museum produces new oral history catalog for state
- The treasured voices of our ancestors are an important resource when it comes to New Mexico history, and the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum has completed a year-long project that will make discovering those voices ea. . . Colorful new exhibit shows international agriculture
- The New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum is exhibiting colorful images by artist Betty LaDuke that illustrate agriculture in its purest form.
"Dreaming Cows: The Artwork of Betty LaDuke" opened Friday, May 22, and featu. . . Museum closed on Memorial Day
- The New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum will be closed on Monday, May 25 in observance of Memorial Day.
The museum will resume its regular schedule on Tuesday, May 26.
Regular museum hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Mond. . . Museum has busy week ahead
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The New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum is having a busy week with a special lecture, a plant and tree sale, and the traditional Blessing of the Fields event.
The museum's lecture series continues May 14 at 7 p.m. wi. . . Area students earn medals at National History Day
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Several middle school and high school students from southern New Mexico earned medals at the New Mexico History Day state contest at the National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque last week.
More than 750 students . . . New exhibit features work of Las Cruces artist
- A new exhibit coming to the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum features the traditional paintings of a talented Las Cruces artist.
Retablo, Metamorphosis, Vision: The Art of Virginia Maria Romero will be on displ. . . Firearms focus of new exhibit
- Firearms shaped the history of the people who wielded them, especially in the American West, from the first coming of the Europeans to the beginning of the 20th century.
The New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum in Las C. . . Museum requests concession proposals
- The New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum has issued Requests for Proposals from qualified independent contractors for two concession operations: a gift shop/snack bar and a catering service. All potential offerors are requ. . . Greenhouse opens with plant sale
- The new greenhouse at the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum will open on March 12 with a four-day plant sale.
The featured plants for the March 12-15 sale mainly include vegetables, herbs and house plants.
The 2,6. . . Museum site of annual History Day
- Southern New Mexico History Day, a competition which annually involves numerous teachers and students throughout the area, will be held March 6 at the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum.
The theme for this year's. . . 10th Annual Cowboy Days
- If a hearty breakfast is the best way to start the day, then the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum's 10th annual Cowboy Days festival should get off to a good start.
Cowboy Days is scheduled for 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on . . . Museum receives awards from historical society
- The New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum received two awards at the Dona Ana County Historical Society's 42nd annual banquet on Jan. 17.
The museum received The Old Timers Award for its work in preserving the Historic G. . . Exhibit features contemporary quilts
- A beautiful new exhibit at the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum will have people looking at quilts in a whole new way.
"Elements from the Front Range Contemporary Quilters" features 35 quilts created by an organizat. . . Cowgirl with Some Sand
- A retired movie double who has spent much of her extraordinary life in the saddle will be the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum's guest during a special presentation on Dec. 11.
The event begins at 7 p.m. and admissi. . . CAPA show focuses on Western Heritage
- The City of Artists Promotional Association (CAPA) and the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum have collaborated to create an exhibition titled Western Heritage.
An opening reception for the exhibit is scheduled f. . . Chautauqua features Judge Roy Bean
- The legendary and colorful Judge Roy Bean comes to life on Nov. 13 at the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum.
Randy Milligan of Carlsbad will portray the judge in a Chautauqua performance at 7 p.m. in the museum's the. . . Ghosts of the Past
- History comes to life each fall at the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum, but this year will be a little different.
The Museum's fourth-annual living history event has been moved from early December to late Octo. . . Concert celebrates Songs of the Cowboys
- A concert celebrating Nathan H. "Jack" Thorp and his 1908 publication, "Songs of the Cowboys," will be held at 7 p.m. on Sept. 29 in the theater at the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum.
Funded by the New Mexico Huma. . . Exhibit explores Shalam Colony
- A strange mix of agriculture and spiritualism in the Mesilla Valley is weaved together in a new exhibit at the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum.
"Shalam Colony: Dream in the Desert," opens in the museum's north corr. . . Museum receives award from mayor
- Las Cruces Mayor Ken Miyagishima presented the first Mayor's Distinguished Service Award to the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum for the museum's help during the battle of a fire in the Organ Mountains last June.
Mi. . . Old West stories, paintings features in new exhibit
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The storytelling and paintings of the late Keith Humphries provide insight into the Old West in a new exhibit at the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum.
"Keith Humphries: Stories of the Old West," is now open i. . . Museum hosts fifth-annual Ice Cream Sunday
- The New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum will host one of its most popular events on July 20 with its fifth-annual Ice Cream Sunday.
The celebration of America's favorite summer dessert will be from noon to 4 p.m. Reg. . . New exhibit features Spanish glassware
- The Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum's new Traditions Gallery opens this week with an exhibit featuring beautiful Spanish glassware that dates to the 18th century.
"Real Cristales: Royal Crystals of La Granja, Spain," features. . . Museum hosts fifth-annual Antique Treasures Day
- Only one day a year, visitors to the Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum get the opportunity to enjoy a behind-the-scenes look at the facility's collections and preservation program.
On Sunday, June 29, the museum will celeb. . . Artist brings rusted implements to life in form of paintings
- When Mesilla artist Jeanne Rundell walked along the Antique Equipment Park at the Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum, she saw more than old, rusted farm implements. She saw what she refers to as "dinosaur bones" from the industrial. . . Museum closed on Memorial Day
- The New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum will be closed to the public on Memorial Day, May 26.
The museum will resume its regular hours on Tuesday, May 27. The museum is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and. . . Museum celebrates San Ysidro on May 15
- The New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum will celebrate the annual San Ysidro Day on May 15 with a blessing of the fields processional.
Bishop Ricardo Ramirez of the Las Cruces Diocese will lead the colorful procession . . . Museum changes food services
- The New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum is modifying its food services to better fit its evolving needs.
The museum is replacing its daily restaurant with a snack bar that will be operated by the Eagle Ranch Mercantile. . . . Mercantile exhibit takes visitors back in time
- It's not often you see two people playing checkers inside a museum exhibit.
But then there are not many exhibits like the new mercantile in the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum's Heritage Gallery. The recreated gene. . . Museum announces Summer Class schedule for kids
- Summer Classes 2009
June 16 (Tuesday): Toys and Games
Grades 3rd-6th; 9am to 11:30am; Class Limit: 12
Instructor: Karen Stith
What was life like before video games? What did pioneer children do for fun?
Learn about an. . . Popular Shufelt drawings on display
- LAS CRUCES -- 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 through Aug.. . . Museum to help host Rag Rug Festival
- The Rag Rug Festival Las Cruces is returning to the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum the weekend of March 15 and 16.
Rag Rug Festival™ is a program of New Mexico Women's Foundation whose mission is to create . . . Exhibit features Jewish Pioneers
- A new exhibit at the Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum brings to light the contributions to New Mexico's cultural, civic, economic, and creative life of Jewish merchants, bankers, miners, ranchers, and even a Jewish governor of A. . . Chavez lecture focuses on New Mexico history
- New Mexico's history and how it relates to the rest of the world will be the subject of a special presentation on Feb. 14 at the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum.
Noted historian Dr. Thomas Chavez will be the guest . . . Cowboy Days rides again on March 8-9
- New Mexico's ranching heritage comes to life on March 8-9 when the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum hosts Cowboy Days.
The ninth-annual festival features two days packed with demonstrations, music, book-signings, ch. . . Museum announces holiday closings
- The New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum will be closed on Dec. 25 and Jan. 1.
The museum also will be closed to the public from noon to 5 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 28.
The museum's restaurant will be closed from Dec. 23 . . . Author presents 'Avenging Victorio"
- Author Dave DeWitt of Albuquerque will be at the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum on Dec. 13 to discuss his new book, "Avenging Victorio: A Novel of the Apache Insurgency in New Mexico, 1881."
DeWitt will present a . . . Time Travel by Lantern Light
- The New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum's fastest-growing event takes place on three consecutive nights next week.
"Time Travel by Lantern Light" is an interactive journey back in time that introduces visitors to New M. . . French Buckaroos focus of new exhibit
- A new exhibit at the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum gives visitors an inside look at a centuries-old cowboy culture in France.
"Gardians of the Camargue: The French Buckaroo Tradition" opens in the Museum's South . . . Celebration set for Historic Green Bridge
- After years of planning, researching and seeking funding, the Historic Green Bridge has been moved and is settled in at its new home.
The New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum is planning a large celebration on Oct.. . . Noted artist, students to create mural for Main Gallery
- Noted Las Cruces artist Anthony Pennock is teaming with a group of New Mexico State University students to create a mural for the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum's Main Gallery.
Known mainly for his water tank mura. . . Museum earns awards for parade float
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The New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum received two major awards for its float in the New Mexico State Fair Parade on Sept. 8.
The Museum received the Governor's Most Extraordinary Award, as well as the Most Specta. . . Storyteller comes to Museum
- Nationally known storyteller Paulette Atencio will present a special program at the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum in Las Cruces on Thursday, Sept. 13.
Atencio will present "Life of a Farmer," and "Chili Seeds of . . . Museum hosts first Harvest Festival
- The New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum in Las Cruces will hold its first Harvest Festival on Sunday, Sept. 9.
The event will be from noon to 5 p.m. and admission is $5 for adults, $3 for senior citizens and $2 for chi. . . Exhibit Explores "Castas" of New Spain
- The New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum is opening a new temporary exhibit that depicts the castas (castes) of New Spain in the form of beautiful prints.
"Castas: Emergence of a National Identity" is a collection of 24. . . Voices of American Farm Women
- Two Dona Ana County women who have been heavily involved in agriculture for years will be the speakers at an exhibit opening at the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum.
Emma Jean Cervantes and Lacy Simpson will speak a. . . Antique Treasures Day
- That once-a-year peek into the enormous Collections Storage Room at the Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum is right around the corner.
"Antique Treasures Day" is scheduled for noon to 4 p.m. on Sunday, June 17. In celebration o. . . Museum hosts annual Ice Cream Sunday
- LAS CRUCES – There is nothing like enjoying ice cream on a hot Sunday afternoon in July.
The New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum in Las Cruces hosts its fourth-annual Ice Cream Sunday from noon to 4 p.m. on July 15. . . . Museum event features cowboy folk songs
- Historian Elvis Fleming of Roswell presents "Cowboy Folk Songs of Southeastern New Mexico" at 7 p.m. on July 12 at the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum in Las Cruces. The performance is part of the Museum's monthly lec. . . Exhibit draws visitors into 1920s-era farm house.
- It's a colorful, nostalgic "slice of life" illuminating the Main Gallery of the Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum in Las Cruces.
The new addition to the gallery is called "Home Sweet Home," a component of the exhibit: "Farm Lif. . . Historic bridge headed to Museum
- LAS CRUCES – For almost 90 years it delivered New Mexicans from one side of the river to the other. Soon, the historic Rio Hondo Bridge will once again deliver its passengers to the other side -- this time across the To. . . Museum hosts blacksmith event
- LAS CRUCES -- The New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum and the Southwest Artist Blacksmiths Association are teaming up to bring a new and exciting event to Las Cruces.
The first Regional Blacksmiths Conference is sche. . . Museum visitors to step back in time
- LAS CRUCES -- History comes alive each December at the New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum.
For the second straight year, the museum is hosting Time Travel by Lantern Light. From 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Dec. 7-9, visitors . . . |