Unless otherwise noted, events and activities are held at the Silver City Museum, 312 W. Broadway in downtown Silver City, New Mexico, and are free unless noted otherwise (donations are always welcome ).

For more information call 575.538.5921, or e-mail info@silvercitymuseum.org.

The fascinating and little-known history of early 20th-century carnival chalkware prizes will be the subject of an illustrated lecture by Eric Renner at the Silco Theater. An admission donation of $4 per person is suggested. Over 150 pieces from Renner’s extensive collection of carnival chalkware are being shown through September in the Silver City Museum’s featured exhibit, "Glitter & Chalk: Carnival Prize Caricatures, 1915-1960." Renner is the author of American Disguise (Flying Monkeys Press, 2007), which explores the images and archetypes found in the cheap plaster figurines once awarded as prizes by traveling carnivals. Copies of the book will be available at the lecture, and are also on sale at the Silver City Museum Store. For more information, contact the Silver City Museum at 538-5921 or (toll-free for long distance callers) (877) 777-7947.

Although ordinarily closed Mondays, the Silver City Museum is open on Memorial Day.

Ice cream, floats, cold drinks, musical entertainment, children’s games, cakewalk, vintage tractor show. Free; refreshments and game tickets sold.

Although ordinarily closed Mondays, the Silver City Museum is open Labor Day.

The Silver City Museum is open to the public during the above hours on the day after Thanksgiving.

Extended hours for Saturday after Thanksgiving. The Silver City Museum remains open until the start of the Downtown Lighted Christmas Parade at 7 p.m.

An old-fashioned holiday celebration with musical entertainment, costumed characters, children’s stories, plum pudding, hot mulled cider, and other delights of the season. Admission donation $3 for adults; accompanied children admitted free.