Here's the latest from the Silver City Museum, presentations, exhibits, and the Museum Store.

Silver City Museum

Ben Lilly (center) with hunting companions and one of his renowned hounds on a mounted expedition from Willow Creek Cabin. The legendary hunter and mountain man (1856-1936) tracked bears and mountain lions throughout the South and Southwest and once guided President Theodore Roosevelt on a hunting expedition in Louisiana. He is buried in Silver City's Memory Lane Cemetery, where his tombstone bears the epitaph of “Lover of the Great Outdoors."
Community Conversations

LIVING ARTS STUDIO
Living Arts Studio Artists

"Living Arts Studio: Women's Health and Healing at Every Stage and Age"

Wednesday October 8 | 12pm – 1pm
WNMU Global Resource Center, ABC Room

Juniper Bowers, Kaya Lazzell, and AnneLiese Nachman explore the challenges women face in prioritizing their own well-being, while also covering resilience, self-discovery, and the ongoing work of caring for family, self, and community. They will also share the story behind Living Arts Studio and its mission to support women at every life stage.

The Silver City Museum's Community Conversation Series is presented in partnership with Western Institute for Lifelong Learning (WILL). To attend via Zoom, use the following link: https://wnmu.zoom.us/j/8818268280. Free and open to the public.
Upcoming Events

SOUTHWEST PRINT FIESTA
Southwest Print Festival

"Make Your Own Collagraph Print"

Saturday October 11 | 10am - 4pm
Main Street Plaza
Downtown Silver City

Join Events Manager Ana Trinidad and museum volunteers at the museum booth for a hands-on exploration of the tactile art form of making your own collagraph! This printmaking technique invites experimentation and discovery, perfect for all ages looking to engage with materials in a completely new way. Leave with original artwork and a deeper appreciation for the beautiful unpredictability of the collagraph process.

Free and open to the public. For more information about this four day event, visit southwestprintfiesta.org

NOW SHOWING

"Gila Wilderness by Foot"

Photography by Jay Hemphill
Silver City Museum

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the opening reception! The response to Jay's work has been overwhelming. His dedication to documenting our first wilderness shines through in every photograph.

This powerful exhibit runs through March 2026 and presents more than mere landscape documentation. Hemphill's images evoke the profound solitude, immense scale, and raw beauty that define the pristine landscape of the Gila Wilderness. Stop by and experience these awe-inspiring images for yourself. After all, some places can only be truly understood through the eyes of those willing to walk the distance.

EXHIBIT REFRESH

"Healers & Heroines: Women and the Shaping of Local Health Care"

Beginning Tuesday October 7
Silver City Museum

We've listened to your feedback! Thanks to newly acquired historical information and valuable input from our community, we're enhancing our exhibit to provide a more complete and accurate picture of this vital aspect of health care history. Stop by starting Tuesday, October 7, to explore the updated exhibit and discover the expanded stories and artifacts that bring these important stories to life.
Lifelong Learning

LUNCH & LEARN
Will Community

"The High Desert Humane Society: Our Story and Road Ahead"

Presented by Heidi Ogas
Wednesday October 15 | 12pm to 1pm
WNMU Global Resource Center, ABC Room

Attendees will learn some of the history of the High Desert Humane Society, how we came to be and how we operate. We will discuss what our mission is and all the things we do to fulfill that mission. We will also learn about the not so well-known things the Humane Society does to help companion animals and the citizens of our community. What are our goals and dreams for the future? Come find out!

The WILL's Lunch & Learn Series is presented in partnership with the Silver City Museum. To attend via Zoom, use the following link: https://wnmu.zoom.us/j/8818268280.

Free and open to the public. For more information on WILLs Lunch & Learn, visit https://will.community/

READ, WONDER, SHOP, REPEAT

The Silver City Museum Store

Hours of Operation
Tuesday - Friday | 9am to 4:30pm
Saturday & Sunday | 10am to 4pm

Discover page-turning histories, bilingual children's books, and unique jewelry that adds meaning to your style. Browse at your pace, get spot-on recommendations from our genuinely witty volunteers, and enjoy the kind of vibe that makes shopping feel like an outing, not an errand. Shop with purpose. Support your museum. Find something extraordinary.

Support Your Museum

The Friends of the Silver City Museum is the nonprofit partner of the Silver City Museum. It complements public resources with private philanthropy. As the museum's premier support organization, The Friends provides crucial funding for exhibits, educational programming, and collection care.

Click HERE to learn more and join today.

You can also stop by the museum to pick up a membership form in person. We'd love to welcome you to our community of history enthusiasts and museum supporters!

Silver City Museum, 312 W. Broadway, Silver City, NM 88061 ~ 575-597-0221