NM Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum

Experience a history like no other

For at least 4,000 years, people have been growing food in this region, and New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum tells this amazing story through interactive exhibits, demonstrations, oral histories, objects, and educational programs.

It’s a story of survival, ingenuity, and hope. It connects generations, and weaves together people from various cultures that are uniquely New Mexico.

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New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum

A top attraction in southern New Mexico, drawing visitors from all 50 states.

Featured Museum Exhibits

The New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum has a wide variety of indoor and outdoor exhibits — everything from fine art shows, to farm implements, to recreated structures in our Heritage Gallery.

A photo of Fern Sawyer a woman on a horse on panels in the Her Land Women in Agriculture exhibit

Her Land: Women in Agriculture – Fern Sawyer

A legacy built stitch-by-stitch, Fern Sawyer (May 17, 1917 – Oct. 16, 1993), became an agricultural icon with her fearless attitude and bold style. The ...

AgrAbility

Farm and ranch work is long, difficult and dangerous, especially when the person doing it is challenged with a disability. New Mexico AgrAbility, the New Mexico ...

Beyond the Farm

Farmers and ranchers keep us fed, clothed, and sheltered. With fewer farmers, less land in agriculture, and more people to feed, the demand to increase ...

Education &
Programs

Our educational resources, and programs provide engaging, educational, and fun content that has been adapted virtually. Through our summer camps, virtual tours, and classes, schools, and families now have quality online resources they can use to entertain and educate.

Families

Engaging programs. From our family to yours, the Farm & Ranch invites families to dive right in, and experience New Mexico’s rich heritage. We offer a wealth of farm and ranch programs created to delight, inspire, and engage all ages.

Volunteers

Come on over and see what’s happening at your Museum! You will have fun, learn new skills, meet new people, and help the Museum preserve the history of farming, ranching, and rural life in New Mexico. You will make a difference!

Featured

Demonstrations

Enjoy demonstrations from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Schedules are subject to change.

Sewing and Twinning

Quilting

Blacksmithing

Testimonials

"The Farm & Ranch Museum is a treasure. The wonderful exhibits capture the essence of rural New Mexico, and the special events bring this rich heritage to life."

Anne HillermanNew York Times best-selling author

We farm and ranch in Oklahoma so this place was tops on our list during our 1 day stop in town. We were simply amazed! The exhibits inside were Smithsonian quality and the live animal areas were fantastic. We even picked up several ideas.

Terry BoehrerTripAdvisor

"Highly recommended for all ages. Very modern and clean with tours of the farm. Very educational all around. Easily accessible from downtown with ample handicapped parking and general parking."

Brian TresickTripadvisor

"The renovations they've made to the museum itself are so amazing!! The new exhibits they had when I were interactive and fun. I don't think I've felt this way about a museum since I lived in Colorado. Walking through connected me with the history of the region and I loved how there was a metate that you could grind corn with. Hit close to home."

Crystal BalesTripadvisor

This is more than a farm museum. Wonderful exhibits that show the life of native New Mexicans, the history of White Sands, beautiful pieces of art by local artists, nearly purebred animals that have been here for 400 years, beautiful plants. Great for adults or children!

Kathy G.TripAdvisor

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