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1880s Parlor Arrangement

THE FLOOD SEASON:
How Silver City's Main Street Became the Big Ditch

EVERY PICTURE TELLS A STORY

. . . shows the collective human experience, familiar in historic photographs’ reflections of universal aspects of life such as family, childhood, work, and community, and includes an interactive area where the public can look at stereoscope photographs.

JOURNEY TO ENCHANTMENT: Celebrating New Mexico’s Statehood

. . . travels the long and complex road of treaties, land grants, politics, war and culture which culminated in New Mexico becoming the 47th state of the Union. Explore New Mexico Museum of Art: Journey to Enchantment and the award-winning New Mexico Art Tells New Mexico History curriculum.

LINES IN THE SAND: Maps of Territorial New Mexico

. . . tells the stories of how the movements of people, boundaries and governments drew and redrew maps across the New Mexico landscape.

TRAILS, TALES & HISTORIAS: Reflections of a Territory

. . . reflects on the lifeways and people of the Silver City area in the years just before, during and after New Mexico became a state, and will include an interactive area with a covered wagon and camp kitchen to replicate the experiences of early travelers to our area.