Explore
View online exhibitions and digital resources provided by the Department of Cultural Affairs' various museums, libraries, historic sites, and cultural institutions.
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Visit
Virtually visit your favorite New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs museum, historic site, and cultural institutions from your computer or mobile device.
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Tools for Families & Educators
Check out resources and learning opportunities from all institutions of the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs.
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El Pal Online
El Palacio is a quarterly magazine which primarily serves the museums and historic sites of the Museum of New Mexico system. It is the oldest museum magazine of its kind, first published in 1913 by the Museum of New Mexico. Users can access and view magazine issues online dating back to 1913 when the magazine was first published.
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Library Resources
The New Mexico State Library offers many online resources. We provide reference service by telephone and email as well as our state-wide interlibrary loan services. Books by Mail and the Library for the Blind and Print Disabled are also available for service. Please contact library staff at reference@state.nm.us or 505-476-9700.
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Invite a DCA Educator
School teachers, homeschool instructors, afterschool clubs, and community organizations can schedule an online visit from an educator to discuss a variety of subjects related to the DCA.
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Public Meetings
1:00 PM New Mexico Museum of Space History Commission
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Latest Press Releases
- 12/2/2021 Lincoln and Fort Stanton Historic Sites call for volunteers to help bring their work alive
- 11/18/2021 Museum of International Folk Art Announces New Exhibition Dressing with Purpose: Belonging and Resistance in Scandinavia
- 11/16/2021 New Mexico Museum of Art announces special holiday concert by Maxine Thévenot featuring the newly restored Frederick R. Hass Pipe Organ
- 11/15/2021 Department of Cultural Affairs requests $37.25 million in general funds for FY23
- 11/10/2021 Museum of Indian Arts and Culture Announces 2022 MIAC Living Treasure
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The New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs is building a more vibrant, resilient New Mexico by improving the quality of life, supporting a culturally rich education, strengthening the creative economy, fostering a diversity of expression, and preserving our cultural resources.
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Featured DCA Exhibitions
In Search of Domínguez and Escalante: Photographing the 1776 Expedition Through the Southwest
Beginning in 2003, photographers Siegfried Halus and Greg Mac Gregor set out with their cameras and maps in hand to
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Icons of Exploration
Showcases some of the Museum’s most celebrated objects including a real "moon rock," rare replicas of the first
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Yōkai: Ghosts & Demons of Japan
Vivid in Japanese art and imagination are creatures that are at once ghastly and comical. Yōkai is a catchall word
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The Cowboy Way: Drawings by Robert ’Shoofly’ Shufelt
The first artwork ever to be displayed at the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum belonged to Robert
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