Education
Touch Here! Hands-on Family fun
The museum offers a variety of scheduled programs and activities for all ages throughout the year:
  • Make It - Take It
  • Hide and Seek
  • I Can Do, Too
  • Yippee Sabados
  • Craft Classes
  • Discovery Hunts
  • Activity Stations
  • Family Fun Saturdays
School Programs and Field Trips
  • Footprints through Time curriculum based program for 3rd grade classes (requires advanced reservation)
  • History Trunks and History Kits for classroom use.
  • Self-guided Exhibit Tours for all grade levels (requires advance reservations).
Grown Ups, History Geeks and other adult-minded pursuits
  • Brown Bag Presentations — Talks and discussion led by guest speakers on a wide range of southwest New Mexico topics including mining, ranching, the built environment, the wilderness, politics and cultural heritage.
  • Then and Now — Workshops and classes celebrating local and regional cultural traditions and folkways.
  • Book Signings — Among others, past authors have included noted historians Thomas Chavez, Marc Simmons, Richard Meltzer and Luis Alberto Urrea.
Please Note: Dates and times vary for all programs. For the most up-to-date program listing, please call the Curator of Education at 575-538-5921.