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Santa Fe: part of the Camino Real in New Mexico, AD 1598-1881 Multiple Property Submission: 15: Camino Real-Canon de las Bocas Section: April 8, 2011 : Address Restricted: Santa Fe: part of the Camino Real in New Mexico, AD 1598-1881 Multiple Property Submission: 16: Camino Real-La Bajada Mesa Section: Camino Real-La Bajada Mesa Section
This list of museums in New Mexico is a list of museums, defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
The museum was built after the Museum of New Mexico's collection of historic artifacts had outgrown its previous home at the 400-year-old Palace of the Governors. [3] The new US$ 44 million museum opened to the public on May 24, 2009, holdings around 20,000 artifacts, [ 4 ] and receiving more than 10,000 visitors on its first day.
It adds, "Saqqara is truly an open-air museum, one that has all of ancient Egyptian history on display" with kings and noblemen from c.3040–2686 BC being buried in the cemeteries.
Canyon Road is a long, narrow road that leads to the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. It runs parallel to the Acequia Madre ("mother ditch"), [2] an irrigation ditch dating back to 1680. Prior to Spanish arrival, the road was a footpath between the Santa Fe River Valley and Pecos Pueblo. [2] Canyon Road was once a primarily residential neighborhood. [2]
The Museum of New Mexico is a collection of museums, historic sites, and archaeological services governed by the State of New Mexico. [1] It currently consists of six divisions: the Palace of the Governors state history museum, the New Mexico Museum of Art, the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, the Museum of International Folk Art, the archaeology division, and the state historic sites.
The Barrio de Analco is located on the south side of the Santa Fe River, across the river from the main downtown area that includes the Santa Fe Plaza and the Palace of the Governors. The district is anchored at the junction of Old Santa Fe Trail and East De Vargas Street, and extends a short way (partial blocks) to the south, east and west.
The museum opened in 1972 and is dedicated to the history, heritage and culture of 18th and 19th century New Mexico. Guides are dressed in period clothing and demonstrate weaving, hide tanning, milling, blacksmithing and the planting of crops. In addition to normal hours of operation there are ten annual festivals at El Rancho de las Golondrinas.