Museum of New Mexico 100th Anniversary Events
3/13/10, Saturday
2:00pm — 3:30pm
Just How Old Is Santa Fe?
A Santa Fe Found lecture
Is Santa Fe really 400 years old? Join Thomas Chávez, former director of the Palace of the Governors, for a lecture on the "first" founder of Santa Fe, Juan Martínez de Montoya. This latest lecture in support of the exhibit Santa Fe Found: Fragments of Time is free with museum admission. The lecture series also supports the city of Santa Fe’s 400th anniversary.
New Mexico History Museum/Palace of the Governors
3/28/10, Sunday
2:00pm — 4:00pm
Exile from Paradise, Internment in New Mexico: My Grandfather’s Journey
The Telling New Mexico Inaugural Lecture Series
Gail Y. Okawa, professor of English at Youngstown State University in Ohio, delivers the next talk in the Telling New Mexico Inaugural Lecture Series at 2 pm Sunday, March 28, in the History Museum Auditorium, 113 Lincoln Ave. “Exile from Paradise, Internment in New Mexico: My Grandfather’s Journey,” recounts Okawa’s search for a family story that had lived in silence – and that carries lessons for today. Tickets are $10. To purchase tickets online, log onto http://www.museumfoundation.org/tellingnm. (Online tickets must be purchased by 4 pm the Friday before the lecture.) Tickets can also be purchased in-person at any of the Museum of New Mexico shops.
New Mexico History Museum/Palace of the Governors
4/17/10, Saturday
2:00pm — 3:30pm
The Journey of Mayolica Pottery
A Santa Fe Found lecture
Robin Farwell Gavin, senior curator of the Museum of Spanish Colonial Art, will speak on the sometimes perilous journey made by Mayolica pottery up El Camino Real to the young Spanish colony of Santa Fe in the 1600s. This event, free with museum admission, will be at 2 pm, Saturday, April 17, at the New Mexico History Museum Auditorium, 113 Lincoln Ave.
New Mexico History Museum/Palace of the Governors
5/2/10, Sunday
2:00pm — 4:00pm
New Mexico and World WarII
The Telling New Mexico Inaugural Lecture Series
Join UNM History Professor Ferenc Szasz for a lecture on "New Mexico in the Second World War," including the development of the atomic bomb, part of the Telling New Mexico Inaugural Lecture Series. Tickets are $10. The subscription cost for all five Telling New Mexico lectures is $40. To purchase tickets online, log onto http://www.museumfoundation.org/tellingnm. (Online tickets must be purchased by 4 pm the Friday before the lecture.) Tickets can also be purchased in-person at any of the Museum of New Mexico shops.
New Mexico History Museum/Palace of the Governors
5/13/10, Thursday
6:00pm — 7:30pm
Peralta and the Founding of Santa Fe
A Santa Fe 400th Anniversary lecture
Join Joseph Sánchez, director of the University of New Mexico Spanish Colonial Research Center and director of the Petroglyph National Monument, for a free, public lecture on “Peralta and the Founding of Santa Fe.” This event, part of the Santa Fe 400th Anniversary lecture series, will be 6 pm Thursday, May 13, 2010, at the New Mexico History Museum Auditorium.
New Mexico History Museum/Palace of the Governors
8/22/10, Sunday
2:00pm — 4:00pm
Navajo Women: At the Intersection of Nation, Gender, and Tradition
The Telling New Mexico Inaugural Lecture Series
Join Din'e author Jennifer Nez Denetdale for a lecture on "Din'e/Navajo Women: At the Intersection of Nation, Gender, and Tradition," part of her current book project recounting the stories of Navajo Women. Denetdale's lecture is part of the Telling New Mexico Inaugural Lecture Series. Tickets to the lecture cost $10.The subscription cost for all five Telling New Mexico lectures is $40. To purchase tickets online, log onto http://www.museumfoundation.org/tellingnm. (Online tickets must be purchased by 4 pm the Friday before the lecture.) Tickets can also be purchased in-person at any of the Museum of New Mexico shops.
New Mexico History Museum/Palace of the Governors
