November 24, 2015) - The Department of Cultural Affair's 2015 Winter Guide to New Mexico's Museums and Historic Sites is available online for the first time in the history of the publication, the NM Department of Cultural Affairs Cabinet Secretary announced today.
The publication is a colorful holiday guide highlighting exhibits and activities at the state's 15 museums and historic sites. In addition, the guide serves as an information source about holiday happenings from many non-state cultural institutions. The Winter Guide also includes a calendar of events.
"We are genuinely excited about widening our distribution by offering our Winter Guide to New Mexicans and out of state visitors for the first time online," said DCA Cabinet Secretary Veronica Gonzales, in announcing the URL for the site.
The 2015 Museum & Historic Site Holiday Guide will be available online Thanksgiving Day, November 26, at www.nmculture.org/guide.
Highlights from the Winter Guide to Museums and Historic Sites are:
- Launch of the New Mexico FamilyPass by the New Mexico State Library
- 10th Anniversary of the El Camino Real Historic Trail Site
- Flamenco: From Spain to New Mexico at the Museum of International Folk Art
- Staging the Self/Ponerse En Imagen, a traveling exhibition from the Smithsonian's Portrait Gallery at the National Hispanic Cultural Center
- Fall of Modernism in Santa Fe at the New Mexico Museum of Art and the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum
- In a Nutshell: Growing Nuts in New Mexico at the New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum
- High Tech Meets Historic at Coronado Historic Site
- Oblique Views: Archaeology, Photography and Time at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture