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About Contact -- Exhibitions Events Press Releases -- Photo Library -- Institutions -- ☰ ˟ Exhibitions Upcoming Current Long Term Past Events Press Releases -- Photo Library -- Institutions -- About Contact Upcoming Exhibitions To Keep Them Warm: The Alaska Native Parka Opening May. 21, 2023, at the Museum of International Folk Art. more » Between the Lines: Prison Art & Advocacy Opening Mar. 12, 2023, at the Museum of International Folk Art. more » Dressing with Purpose: Belonging and Resistance in Scandinavia Opening Dec. 12, 2021, at the Museum of International Folk Art. more » The Media Center is a resource for media representatives to obtain information about the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs. Here you will find information about current and upcoming programs, exhibitions, and events, as well as background information on each of the state museums and historic sites in our system. The Media Center is a resource for media representatives to obtain information about the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs. Here you will find information about current and upcoming programs, exhibitions, and events, as well as background information on each of the state museums and historic sites in our system. -- Most Recent Press Releases Apr 27, 2021 | New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science | City Nature Challenge ABQ 2021 to Begin on April 30 In a partnership between  the Sandia Mountain  Natural History Center and the  R.H. Mallory  Center for Community Geography at the University of New Mexico,  City Nature Challenge ABQ  2021 invites residents of  Bernalillo, Sandoval, an d Valencia counties  to e xplore nature  in  the ir  community and share those  observations  via the free mobile app  iNaturalist   from Friday, April 30 ,  through Monday, May 3, 2021 .   -- Apr 27, 2021 | Department of Cultural Affairs | Click Here: A Discussion on the Asylum System, Short Biographies on New Mexico Farmers, Return of Science Story Time, and More Apr 26, 2021 | New Mexico Museum of Space History | New Mexico Museum of Space History to Re-Open on May 7 The New Mexico Museum of Space History, a division of the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs, is pleased to announce that it will re-open to the public on  National Space Day,   Friday, May 7 .   -- Apr 23, 2021 | National Hispanic Cultural Center | NHCC to Host Virtual Performance of “Conjunto Blues” The National Hispanic Cultural Center will host an online performance of “Conjunto Blues , ”   the Albuquer que premiere of this critically- acclaimed  one-person show written and performed by  playwright, actor, and musician  Nicolás  R. Valdez and directed by Joel C. Settles, at 7 p . m .  on Thursday, April 29 . -- Apr 23, 2021 | National Hispanic Cultural Center | History and Literary Arts Building at the NHCC to Reopen Next Week The National Hispanic Cultural Center is pleased to announce that a portion of the History and Literary Arts building on the Center’s campus will reopen to the public beginning on April 29, 2021. -- Apr 21, 2021 | Museum of Indian Arts and Culture | Museum of Indian Arts & Culture Receives $100K from Henry Luce Foundation The Museum of Indian Arts & Culture (MIAC) is pleased to announce that it has been  awarded a $100,000 grant from the Henry  Luce  Foundation. This is the second grant the museum h as received from the foundation  as part of an emergency response to support MIAC’s operations due to the  COVID-19 pandemic.   -- Apr 21, 2021 | Department of Cultural Affairs | Click Here: Earth Day Celebrations at New Mexico Historic Sites, a New Virtual Exhibit at NHCC, a Look at Planets Beyond Our Solar System, and More Apr 20, 2021 | Department of Cultural Affairs | National Hispanic Cultural Center Seeks New Executive Director Apr 15, 2021 | New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science | Scientists Have Named a 300-Million-Year-Old “Godzilla Shark” That Was First Discovered in New Mexico Apr 14, 2021 | Museum of Indian Arts and Culture | “Why We Serve: Native Americans in the United States Armed Forces” Set to Open at MIAC SANTA FE –  The Museum of Indian Arts & Culture (MIAC) is pleased to announce the opening of “Why We Serve: Native Americans in the United States Armed Forces.” Available for viewing beginning May 16, 2021,  when MIAC reopens to the public,  this new traveling exhibition highlights the generations of Native Americans who have served in the United States military.   -- Apr 12, 2021 | New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum | Farm & Ranch Museum Art Show features Monumental Territory Apr 9, 2021 | New Mexico State Library | State Library Bookmobiles Set to Return with Limited Service, Wi-Fi Access Apr 8, 2021 | Museum of Indian Arts and Culture | MIAC Announces New Opening Date for “Clearly Indigenous: Native Visions Reimagined in Glass” SANTA FE –  Breaking the boundaries of what is deemed traditional Indigenous art,  a  new exhibition at the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture (MIAC), “Clearly Indigenous: Native Visions Reimagined in Glass,”   examines how Native artists reinterpret cultural narratives and designs in new mediums. The exhibition   is scheduled to open on May 16 , 2021.   -- Apr 8, 2021 | National Hispanic Cultural Center | National Hispanic Cultural Center to Host Virtual Children’s Bilingual Book Festival The History and Literary Arts p rogram at the National Hispanic Cultural Cent er  will host  its annual Children’s Bilingual Boo k Festival  via Zoom  April 15- 18, 2021. -- Apr 7, 2021 | New Mexico Museum of Art | MOA Presents “Southwest Rising: Contemporary Art and the Legacy of Elaine Horwitch” SANTA FE – Elaine  Horwitch  was a major force in contemporary art in the Southwest from the early 1970s until she died in 1991, and a new exhibition at the New Mexico Museum of Art (MOA) surveys her influence. “Southwest Rising: Contemporary Art and the Legacy of Elaine  Horwitch ” opens on April 17, 2021, and will be on view until January 2, 2022. -- Apr 6, 2021 | New Mexico State Library | New Mexico Poet Laureate to Co-Host Virtual Poetry Reading The New Mexico Poet Laureate Prog ram and Southwest Word Fiesta will be  spo nsoring  Poetas   del  Sur, a  virtual poetry reading   by 20  poets from southern New Mexico ,  co-hosted by  State Poet Laureate  Levi Romero  and Silver City Poet Laureate  Eve We st  Bessier. -- Apr 6, 2021 | Department of Cultural Affairs | Click Here: Watch a Pottery Demonstration, Learn About New Mexico’s Early Literary Tradition, Take a Hike in the Organ Mountains, and More Apr 5, 2021 | Museum of Indian Arts and Culture | MIAC Announces New Opening Date for the Exhibition “A Place in Clay” SANTA FE – The Museum of Indian Arts & Culture (MIAC) is pleased to announce the opening of “ A Place in Clay . ”  A vailable for viewing   from   May 16, 2021,  to March 6, 2022 ,   t his  new  exhibition will feature the  artwork  of  Kathleen Wall (Jemez Pueblo) , the museum’s 2020-2021 Native Treasures Living Treasure . -- Apr 2, 2021 | New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science | Museum of Natural History & Science Hatches “Tiny Titans: Dinosaur Eggs and Babies” Online Exhibition Apr 1, 2021 | National Hispanic Cultural Center | New Exhibit Focused on the View of Quarantine Life from the Balconies of Ordinary People to Open at NHCC Bosque Gallery The National Hispanic Cultural Center (NHCC) Visual Arts Program, in collaboration with Instituto Cervantes of Albuquerque an...