August 2021 Online & In-Person New Mexico History & Culture Opportunities

THE ALBUQUERQUE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
www.albuqhistsoc.org

& THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF NM
www.hsnm.org

Encourage your participation in the following on-line history & cultural events:

(AS COVID & MASKING REGULATIONS CHANGE, CHECK WITH THE SPONSORING AGENCY TO MAKE SURE THE PROGRAM IS STILL IN PERSON.)

FREE SATURDAY WALKING TOURS, 10 AM, OF DOWNTOWN CENTRAL (1ST – 8TH ST.) BEGIN AUGUST 7. MEET YOUR GUIDE IN FRONT OF TUCANO’S RESTAURANT AT 1ST & CENTRAL SW. Sponsored by the Albuquerque Historical Society.

The August 15 program of the Albuquerque Historical Society (AHS) will only be available via Zoom to AHS members: Dr. Gary Fogel describes his new book: Sky Rider and the Rise of Ballooning in the West. For more info go to the website, albuqhistsoc.org. Membership is $25 per household.

AUGUST 6-8, $7. Veterans, Active Military and children free. RETURN OF THE OLD LINCOLN DAYS & LAST ESCAPE OF BILLY THE KID. Lincoln, NM programs 8:30 pm Friday/Sat and 3pm Sunday.

EAST MOUNTAIN HISTORICAL SOCIETY announces the recorded program of Rt. 66 and Historic NM License PlatesGo to EastMountainHistory.org/recorded.html  to view.

Friday only Tours, 2pm, of the Randall Davey Audubon Center & Sanctuary, end of Upper Canyon Rd. Santa Fe. Only five people per tour. $5 donation requested. Call 505-983-4609 to make reservation.


AUGUST 5/6, 11 am and every Thursday/Fri. in August, in person, $2. Tour of Torreon Mundos de Mestizaje fresco by Frederico Vigil. National Hispanic Cultural Center. Register at nhccnm.org.

AUGUST 6, REMEMBRANCE DAY atomic bombing of Hiroshima, 1945

AUGUST 6, 5-8 pm, free, In-person, ! ART WALK DOWNTOWN CENTRAL. Meet the artists in person. Street music and vendors. Most artists will be along Central. Download map and descriptions at abqartwalk.com.

AUGUST 6 and other Fridays in August, 4:30-7:30 pm, free. La Familia Growers Market, 100 Isleta SW @ Bridge Blvd. Includes arts and crafts, kids’ activities, food trucks, music, heritage work

AUGUST 6/7/8, free. Fridays/Saturdays 7-9 pm; Sundays 1-3 pm, Music in the Old Town Plaza Gazebo. Bring your own chair.More details on the City’s website, cabq.gov/oldtown or call 311.

AUGUST 6/7/8, 11am, 2 pm, in person, admission fee. Cultural Dance Program representing various pueblos. Indian Pueblo Cultural Center. Go to indianpueblo.org for more info.

AUGUST 7, 8:30-11:30 am. Help Clean-up Historic Fairview Cemetery,  700 Yale SE. All may come and hoe tumbleweeds and goat heads. The cemetery is open dawn to dusk and accessible through the gates of Fairview Memorial Park. Wear hard soled shoes & bring your own tools.  www.HistoricFairviewCemeteryABQ.org or facebook.com/HistoricFairviewCemetery. “Where the Past meets the Present”.

AUGUST 7, 2 pm, in person, free. Taos County Historical Society, presents Christine St. Vrain Fischahs speaking on “Shedding Light on the Santa Fe Mysterious Female Traveler of 1835, Marie Felicik St. Vrain”. Program will be at the Kit Carson Electric Coop, 118 Cruz Alta Rd. in Taos. For more information Contact paulcfigueroa@gmail.com.

AUGUST 7, 11am-1pm, in person, free. John Taylor presents Eternal Patrol, America’s 52 subs lost in WW II. Los Lunas Transportation Center. Sponsored by the Los Lunas Museum of Heritage & Arts.

AUGUST 7, 5-9 pm, free in person. Summerfest in Nob Hill along Central between Girard & Carlisle. Music, food vendors, adult beverages for sale. More info cabq.gov/artsculture.

AUGUST 7 & other Saturdays in AUGUST, 8 am – 12 – Downtown Growers Market at Robinson Park, 8th & Central NW. Mask not required if you are vaccinated. (Honor System)

AUGUST 7 , 1 pm, $20, Anthropological Genetic History, The Jesuits Part 1 presented by Angel de Cervantes from the New Mexico DNA Project and the Iberian Peninsula DNA Institute. Pay by check. To pay and get a link for the program contact angelrcervantes@gmail.com

AUGUST 7, 11am-4 pm, free in person. Open House for the National Dance Institute for children at Hiland Theater, 4800 Central SE. Meet instructors, tour facility, music games, surprises. For Children ages 3-14. ndi-nm.org.

AUGUST 8, 8:30-10 am, free in person. Preregistration required.  Guided hike of the Elena Gallegos foothills area led by Kyle Bality. Contact him at kbality@cabq.gov or 768-4205. Sponsored by the City’s Open Space Division.

AUGUST 8, 15, 22, 29, 10 am-2 pm and other Sundays  Rail Yards Market. Various vendors, 777 1st St. SW.

AUGUST 9 REMEMBRANCE DAY, atomic bombing of Nagasaki 1945.

AUGUST 9, PICURIS PUEBLO FEAST DAY

AUGUST 10, Jon Ghahate speaks at 9am, 11 am and 1 pm. Admission fee. Commemoration of the Pueblo Revolt of 1680 at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center. Other events include a yucca cordage demo, cooking demo and more. Details at indianpueblo.org.

AUGUST 10, COMMEMORATION OF THE PUEBLO REVOLT OF 1680, San Lorenzo Feast Day.

AUGUST 11 , 10 am, virtual, free. Online. Native pottery Demonstration by Jeff Suina, Cochiti Pueblo. Go to   indianartsandculture.org.

AUGUST 11,  10 am, Zoom, free. Friends of Coronado Historic Site present Marlon Magdalena speaking about the Shields of the Pueblo People in commemoration of the 1680 Pueblo Revolt (Aug. 10-21, 1690).  Magdalena is from Jemez Pueblo and is an instructional coordinator at Jemez Historic Site. www.kuaua.org.

AUGUST 11, Albuquerque Public Schools first day back for students. Covid info at aps.edu.

AUGUST 12, SANTA CLARA PUEBLO FEAST DAY

AUGUST 12, 6:30 pm, in person capacity limited to 200. Tour of UNM’s Johnson Center (formerly Johnson Gym). Tour led by Jon Newman Gonchar UNM head volleyball coach. A program of Lobo Living Room. Register with alumni@unm.edu or call 277-5808. Get more info about parking.

AUGUST 12, 12 noon, virtual, free. Museum of Las Cruces presents Dr. Garcia Bryce speaking on Revolts in Latin America. Go to las-cruces.org/1523/museums.Contact Kayla Myers for link and more information. kmyers@las-cruces.org, 575-541-2154

AUGUST 13-14, in person. Los Alamos County Fair, Festival, Parade & Rodeo. More information at LosAlamosMainStreet.com.

AUGUST 13, 1 pm, Zoom. Colcha Embroidery. National Hispanic Cultural Center. www.nhccnm.org.

AUGUST 13/14/15, 11am, 2 pm, in person, admission fee. Cultural Dance Program representing various pueblos. Indian Pueblo Cultural Center.Go to indianpueblo.org for more info.

AUGUST 13/14/14 free. Fridays/Saturdays 7-9 pm; Sundays 1-3 pm, Music in the Old Town Plaza Gazebo. Bring your own chair. More details on the City’s website, cabq.gov/oldtown or call 311.

AUGUST 14, 9-10:30 am, in person but must register. Instruments of the Worldat the Bachechi Open Space Center, 9521 Rio Grande Blvd. NW at Alameda. Presented by the Maxwell Museum traveling trunk program and Bernalillo County Open Space program, BernCo.gov/openspace or 314-0420 for more information.

AUGUST 14, 5-9 pm, free in person. Summerfest at Ventana Ranch Park. Music, food vendors, adult beverages for sale.More info cabq.gov/artsculture or call 311.

AUGUST 14, 12 noon, virtual. Casa San Ysidro in Corrales presents Dave Sabo speaking on the Spanish History of Blacksmiths.

AUGUST 14/15. $18. Santa Fe Wine Festival held at El Rancho de los Golondrinas.

AUGUST 14, 11am-1pm, in person. John Taylor & Richard Melzer present WW II in New Mexico. (Bataan Death March, Navajo Code Talkers, Manhattan Project. Los Lunas Transportation Center next to the Railrunner Station. Sponsored by the Los Lunas Museum of Heritage & Arts.

AUGUST 14 & 25, free day at Bandelier National Monument. Regular fee is $25 per vehicle. Commemorates the 1st anniversary of the Great America Outdoor Act and the 105th anniversary of the National Park Service. Open sunrise to Sunset, cafe open 9am-4:30 pm. More info at 505-672-3861 # 0.

AUGUST 15, FEAST DAY AT ZIA AND LAGUNA PUEBLO

AUGUST 15, 2 pm, must be ABQ Historical Society member to view live. The program will be recorded and posted later in the fall for viewing. Go to www.albuqhistsoc.org for more info.

AUGUST 17 Maxwell Museum on the campus of UNM reopens to the public. Hours will be Tuesday – Saturday from 10am-4 pm.

AUGUST 19, 6-8 pm, virtual, free. THIRD THURSDAY AT THE ALBUQUERQUE MUSEUM. Go to cabq.gov/museum for more details and  listing of activities. Info from Jessica Coyle, 764-6517,   jcoyle@cabq.gov.

AUGUST 21 , 1 pm, $20, Anthropological Genetic History, The Jesuit Order Part 2. Presented by Angel de Cervantes from the New Mexico DNA Project and the Iberian Peninsula DNA Institute. To pay and get a link for the program contact angelrcervantes@gmail.com

AUGUST 19/20, 11 am and every Thursday/Fri. in AUGUST, in person, $2. Tour of Torreon Mundos de Mestizaje fresco by Frederico Vigil. National Hispanic Cultural Center. Register at nhccnm.org.

AUGUST 20/21/22, 11am, 2 pm, in person, admission fee. Cultural Dance Program representing various pueblos. Indian Pueblo Cultural Center. Go to indianpueblo.org for more info.

AUGUST 20 and other Fridays, 5-8 pm free. Music & Market at the historic El Vado Motel, 2500 Central SW. Food and drink available.

AUGUST 20/21/22, free. Fridays/Saturdays 7-9 pm; Sundays 1-3 pm, Music in the Old Town Plaza Gazebo. Bring your own chair. More details on the City’s website, cabq.gov/oldtown or call 311.

AUGUST 20-21, $15, in person. Pride Fest at Expo NM. Parade is August 21 at 10am at Central  & Tulane SE. More info at Facebook.com/ABQpride or 873-8084.

AUGUST 21, 6-8 pm, free. Moonlight Concert by Last Call Jazz –Winner of the NMAA award for best jazz competition. On the lawn at the Open Space Visitor Center. Bring a chair or blanket. Open Space Visitor Center, 6500 Coors NW. Leave pets at home.

AUGUST 25, 5:30-6:30 pm, in person & Zoom, free. Rachael Kaufman speaks on Translating History through Poetry: the Mexican Inquisition and Crypto-Jewish Memory. Waters Room inside Zimmerman Library. Request a Zoom link from tjaehn@unm.edu.

AUGUST 25, 6 pm, Zoom Hakim Bellamy poet presents Commissions y Corridos. He celebrates Albuquerque & NM. Hispanic Cultural Center. Get link at nhccnm.org.

AUGUST 25,  10-11 am., Zoom must register to get a link. Discussion and Q & A with Zuni Pueblo jeweler and silversmith Abraham Peina. More info at Indianartsandculture.org.

AUGUST 25, free day at Bandelier National Monument. Regular fee is $25 per vehicle. Commemorates the 1st anniversary of the Great America Outdoor Act and the 105th anniversary of the National Park Service. Open sunrise to Sunset, cafe open 9am-4:30 pm. More info at 505-672-3861 # 0.

AUGUST 26/27, 11 am and every Thursday/Fri. in AUGUST, in person, $2. Tour of Torreon Mundos de Mestizaje fresco by Frederico Vigil. National Hispanic Cultural Center. Register at nhccnm.org.

AUGUST 27, 12 noon, Zoom, free.  Lecture on New Mexico history topic. Sponsored by the Historical Society of New Mexico. Will be recorded for future viewing on its you tube channel. Go to hsnm.org then programs then events. Request Zoom link by emailing,  hsnmgeneral@gmail.com.

AUGUST 27, 10am-12 noon, in person free. Guided public tour of the Candelaria Nature Preserve NW. Park at the end of Arbor Road. Make reservation with Alyssa O Brien, 768-4204. Email alyssaobrien@cabq.gov or Candelariafeedback@cabq.gov.  More info at cabq.gov/openspace.

AUGUST 27/28/29, 11am, 2 pm, in person, admission fee. Cultural Dance Program representing various pueblos. Indian Pueblo Cultural Center. Go to indianpueblo.org for more info.

AUGUST 28, 10am-4 pm. In person, free admission. Mountainair Sunflower Festival. Arts, crafts, food vendors, music entertainment, children’s games and activities, raffles. More information at manzanomountainartcouncil.org.

AUGUST 27/28/29, free. Fridays/Saturdays 7-9 pm; Sundays 1-3 pm, Music in the Old Town Plaza Gazebo. Bring your own chair. More details on the City’s website, cabq.gov/oldtown or call 311.

AUGUST 27 and other Fridays, 4:30-7:30 pm, free. La Familia Growers Market, 100 Isleta SW @ Bridge Blvd. Includes arts and crafts, kids’ activities, food trucks, music, heritage workshops. Sponsored by the South Valley Main Street. Contact Biana Encinias @ 400-3635 for more info or southvalleymainstreeet@gmail.com.

AUGUST 28, 9-10:30 am, in person outdoors at the Bachechi Open Space, Rio Grande & Alameda NW. Rio Grande: The Changing River. This event looks at the past, present and future of the River. It is led by Tish Morris, co-editor of Bosque Education Guide. . More info from BernCo.gov/openspace or 314-020.

AUGUST 28, 9am-1 pm, entry fees vary. Superhero Heart Run at Sandia Lakes Recreation Area in Bernalillo. Raises money for Children’s Congenital Heart Disease.  More info at superheroheartrun.com/albuquerque.

AUGUST 28, ST. AUGUSTINE FEAST DAY AT ISLETA PUEBLO


AMERICAN INDIAN EDUCATION AT UNM, iaie.unm.edu. Watch several previously recorded programs about Native American education, the Dine language and more.

EL RANCHO DE LAS GOLONDRINAS. Go to Golondrinas.org and click on the Facebook icon on the right to watch a variety of past programs. Examples are: The Truchas Mill, El Horno, Sheep to Blanket, Chile & Wild Greens, NM Remedios.

NEW MEXICO HUMANITIES COUNCIL has numerous programs on their YouTube Channel including What Public Memorials mean in New Mexico, A Tribute to Rudolpho Anaya, Creating a Multi Cultural NM. Go to their website www.nmhumanities.org. Blackdom,  a panel discussion about the southern NM town founded in 1903. There are programs about the French in New Mexico, Japanese Internment camps during WW II, Women’s Suffrage and the Rio Grande. Go to nmhum.org  You tube channel.

HISTORIC SANTA FE FOUNDATION (historicSantaFe.org) offers two free programs to watch: Ron Duncan Hart speaking on the Early Jews in NM; Rob Martinez – The Enduring Hispanic Music of NM.

The Wheels Museum, 1100 2nd St. SW has reopened. Times are Monday-Thursday, 9am-12 noon. Call first to confirm, 243-6269 or info@wheelsmuseum.org.

Commemoration of the adoption of the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution giving women the right to vote. Various Speakers including elected officials, poets, One Albuquerque Media Facebook page.  https://www.facebook.com/OneABQMedia/videos/321398079104075

Corrales Historical Society celebrates the 50th anniversary of the incorporation of the Village of Corrales and the 300th anniversary of the Corrales area. Historical displays all year at the Corrales Village Hall and in the windows of the Corrales Library. View more than 1500 photos now at UNM through econtent.unm.edu/digitalcollection/chs. More info on the website of CorralesHistory.org.

INDIAN PUEBLO CULTURAL CENTER  — Thursdays – Sundays !  This includes the restaurant and gift shop. www.indianpueblo.org.

MURALS OF ALBUQUERQUE (www.murosabq.com) This shows over 130 murals in the ABQ metro area. You click on each picture and it shows the mural, gives its title and address, describes the image, and the artists.

ONLINE TOUR OF THE 15 HISTORIC MURALS AT THE INDIAN PUEBLO CULTURAL CENTER The tour gives details  of the artist and the dance or ritual illustrated in the mural. https://indianpueblo.org/pueblos-pigments-and-prominence-the-murals-of-ipcc/

Virtual Tour of the Downtown Main Library, 1975. Presented by Modern Albuquerque and sponsored by the Urban Enhancement Trust Fund. More information including the YouTube link to the live stream is on their Events page. See www.modernabq.org/events

Historic Carizozo, NM, see the winners of the New Mexico Magazine 2020 Photo Contest at the Tularosa Basin Photo Gallery. It is now open on Friday/Saturday 10 am-5 pm and Sundays from 12 noon-5pm. PhotoZozo.org, 575-937-1489.

Cibola County History Museum, 525 West High St., Grants NMSocial distancing and masks required. Go to cibolaHistory.org for more information.

OASIS SENIOR LEARNING IS PROVIDING ONLINE PROGRAMS. Contact 884-4529 or visit albuquerque.oasisnet.org for more information.

THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO CENTER FOR SOUTHWEST RESEARCH AT ZIMMERMAN LIBRARY IS TAKING LIMITED APPOINTMENTS FOR RESEARCH. Go to their website to fill out an application,  ELibrary.unm.edu/cswr/.

NUCLEAR MUSEUM – The Museum has a huge collection of oral history interviews (also transcribed) called Voices of the Manhattan Project. There are some 600 interviews of individuals who were either at the Manhattan Project or a family member who worked there. The  interviews are organized into 39 categories such as: Internment of Japanese Americans, Life in the Secret cities,  Hispanic employees, Native American. https://www.nuclearmuseum.org/educate/atomic-heritage-foundation  https://www.manhattanprojectvoices.org/

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

Historic Fairview Cemetery, 700 Yale SE. invites anyone to come and hoe tumbleweeds and goat heads. The cemetery is open dawn to dusk and accessible through the gates of Fairview Memorial Park. Wear hard soled shoes & bring your own tools.   www.HistoricFairviewCemeteryABQ.org or Facebook.com/HistoricFairviewCemetery. “Where the Past meets the Present.

”Watch Early Jews in New Mexico presented by Ron Duncan Hart. Sponsored by the Historic Santa Fe Foundation. Go to HistoricSantaFe.org. for information.

75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE END OF WW II – The War Years: Selected Images from the NM Digital Collection. Go to the website of the Center for SW Research/Zimmerman Library,  Elibrary.unm.edu/cswr/

DAILY ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS & ADULTS AT THE MAXWELL MUSEUM OF ANTHROPOLOGY maxwellmuseum.unm.edu Daily programs on their website: MONDAY-object,  TUESDAY-Education,  WEDNESDAY -Resources, THURSDAY -History, FRIDAY-Ask the Maxwell

THE NEW MEXICO HISTORY MUSEUM has put many programs on Facebook or YouTube including The Santa Fe River in NM History presented by William Mee, ex. director of the Santa Fe Watershed Association and Andy Otto from Agua Fria. There are six videos telling the story of The Harvey Girls. YouTube https://www.YouTube.com /user/NM museum . Look up the titles. More info at the NM History Museum website, nmhistorymuseum.org.
For Facebook, click on: https://www.facebook.com/events/3051120368304586/
For YouTube, go to:  https://www.youtube.com/user/NMmus

VISIT THE SPECIAL COLLECTIONS LIBRARY  Library branches have opened on a limited basis. Staff will help you with research or setting up an appointment by contacting  specialcollections@cabq.gov.

TRIBUTES TO AUTHOR RUDOLFO ANAYA AND LINKS TO HIS ARCHIVES AT THE UNM CENTER FOR SOUTHWEST RESEARCH https://anaya.unm.edu Because of Rudolfo Anaya’s literary and cultural significance to New Mexico and to honor his legacy, UNM Libraries’ Department of Digital Initiative and Scholarly Resources (DISC) created the Rudolfo Anaya Digital Archive, a comprehensive online guide to his life and work. Oral histories, draft manuscripts, book covers, and an extensive bibliography of Anaya resources are available in the online archive. CSWR staff, and indeed, the entire UNM Libraries community is deeply saddened by Mr. Anaya’s death, one of New Mexico’s great writers and cultural icons.  While his passing is a great loss, by placing his papers with CSWR he left an incredible gift to New Mexico. His work will be treasured and preserved in perpetuity in the Center for Southwest Research and Special Collections for future generations to enjoy. For detailed descriptions of the material in the Rudolfo A. Anaya Papers please see the CSWR finding aid at  https://rmoa.unm.edu/docviewer.php?docId=nmu1mss321bc.xml#crit To access the Rudolfo A. Anaya Digital Archive, please visit https://anaya.unm.edu/

Many museums now have virtual tours. Many museums and history organizations are providing free lectures & programs by using Zoom, YouTube or the Facebook page of the organization.(Note: you do NOT have to be a Facebook user to view the Facebook page of many organizations). Some of these require pre-registration so you may receive a “specific link and password”. The programs are recorded to watch later. Most programs are free but some groups are requiring payment of a fee prior to getting a link or password to access the site.

*****AMAZING HISTORY / CULTURE OPPORTUNITIES ONLINE*****

Many of the museums and cultural centers in the ABQ metro area have put programming on their websites, Facebook pages or YouTube links. This includes everything from:

  • concerts, history lectures, video tours of various museum collections,
  • photograph pod casts, curriculum and study guides for children, audio interviews,

All of this is free and even “low tech” individuals can navigate these websites There are YouTube channels available at no cost to watch to all. You are urged to explore many websites but especially these:

  • CORONADO HISTORIC SITE- Watch numerous programs from the website of the Friends of Coronado Historic Site. Kuaua.org/presentations. You can also just listen by phone. All info on their website.
  • NEW MEXICO HISTORY IN TEN MINUTES (newmexicohistory.org) On the home page, go to the bottom and click on Video of the Month. The entire list of episodes will appear by clicking on the corner of the video. NM State Historian Rob Martinez is most engaging and informative and there are more than 40 Episodes. The episodes may be heard in chronological order or by topic which is introduced in the first minute or so of the episode.
  • NATIONAL HISPANIC CULTURAL CENTER (www.nhccnm.orgLa Hilacha Podcast-numerous podcasts including the 1918 Pandemic: What does History teach us by NM State Historian Rob Martinez. There are many videos about NM history related topics from the La Canoa series including Nina Otero Warren, New Mexican 20th Century Mujerota. You may visit various exhibits.
  • NEW MEXICO PBS PODCASTS ON WOMEN & THE RIGHT TO VOTE. go to NewMexicoPBS.org/new-mexico-and-the-vote-podcast/
  • ALBUQUERQUE MUSEUM OF ART & HISTORY http://www.cabq.gov/culturalservices/albuquerque-museum Picture This! Podcast – short 5-6 minute podcasts (combo of voice and photographs) by Museum photo archivist Jill Hartke. The podcasts include: baseball in ABQ, downtown businesses in the early 1920s, local photos from 1969-1970, Lovelace astronauts, Streetcars and Motorettes (ABQ 1907-1920s).
  • CIVIC AUDITORIUM HISTORY VIDEO (1957-1986) www.modernabq.org. Go to the Resources Tab, then the drop down to the three Civic Auditorium videos. They tell the story of the structure: why it was built, how it was used and why it was ultimately demolished.
  • OUR FAIR NEW MEXICO: A VIRTUAL CONCERT SERIES OF NM MUSIC http://www.newmexicoculture.org/virtualconcerts Concerts began on April 10 and there are numerous concerts by NM artists ranging from harpist Otilio Ruiz, Jemez flutist Marlon Magdalena, Lone Pinon, Dos Gatos, and Rob Martinez playing Northern NM music.
  • INDIAN PUEBLO CULTURAL CENTER (indianpueblo.org)  You may read about current and past exhibits. These include Matriarchs at the Heart of Pueblo Families and Recipes from a Pueblo Kitchen. The website also gives an overview of each of the 19 NM pueblos and lists the individual websites. Go to NativeAmericanHeritageMonth.gov for links to the Smithsonian, National Endowment for Humanities, National Park Service, National Archives, Teacher resources and more.
  • YOU CAN STILL WATCH THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY PROGRAM RECORDED OCTOBER 12 AT THE INDIAN PUEBLO CULTURAL CENTER – GO TO THEIR WEBSITE, indianpueblo.org.
  • COULD COLUMBUS HAVE BEEN JEWISH AND SHOULD WE CARE? (YouTube) presented by Norma Libman  and the New Mexico Jewish Historical Society. Use this link. To contact Norma directly go to her website www.normalibman.com.  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4pesp7e8EmbyZJmt4ze9oQ/
  • LAS CRUCES MUSEUM SYSTEM has many interesting history programs on their website/Facebook Page/YouTube. On line at the Las Cruces Museum Facebook page. www.facebook.com/LCmuseums/   Call 575-541-2154 for more information, Kayla Myers las-cruces.org/1523/museum. Branigan Center.

Holocaust Museum and Gellert Education Center NM, 616 Central SW. Go to the website nmholocaustmuseum.org. Questions call 247-0606.

ALBUQUERQUE OASIS LIFELONG LEARNING PRESENTS VARIOUS NM TOPICS www.albuquerque.oasisnet.org  or 884-4529.

ALBUQUERQUE HISTORICAL SOCIETY ARCHIVED VIDEO PROGRAMS The Albuquerque Historical Society provides videos of scheduled program presentations that are live-streamed to the Society’s Facebook page. If viewed live, the Facebook live-stream event allows those who are unable to attend the opportunity to participate in the question and answer session following the event.  The video presentations are permanently available in the “Videos” section of the AHS Facebook page, on the AHS YouTube Channel, as well as linked to from the appropriate AHS Program pages. Presentations captured on Facebook videos to date include:

DISCLAIMER: All information should be checked with the sponsoring entity as changes may have occurred.