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Art. History. People. Located in the heart of Old Town. Albuquerque Museum has served as the city's cultural center since 1967.
Located in the heart of Old Town, the Museum maintains a reputation for being one of the leading institutions for art, history, and culture in the Southwest. Today, through the support of the City of Albuquerque Department of Arts & Culture and the Albuquerque Museum Foundation, the Museum continues to celebrate the rich culture of the people, history, and art through local, regional, national, and international exhibitions. MISSION STATEMENT
Albuquerque Museum: where our community is involved in Art and History and shares the stories of our rich heritage and many cultures. The Museum brings Albuquerque to the world and the world to Albuquerque.
It’s Podcast Monday and this week’s installment of •Picture This• delves into the story of a remarkable work of public art in Roswell, New Mexico.
Donald B. Anderson,an artist and oil businessman, commissioned Albuquerque artist Herb Goldman in the early 1960s to create a massive concrete and steel structure on the outskirts of Roswell.
Inspired by the ancient ruins Anderson had experienced in Iran and Afghanistan on a recent family cruise in the Near East, he invited Goldman to reside in his home to work on this private commission with no budget.
Tune in next Monday for the rest of the story.
10/05/2026
Beloved Old Town clergy —such as Father Luis Jaramillo and Monsignor James L. McNiff—blessed hundreds of animals, ranging from household dogs and cats to ponies, birds, and occasional unusual pets, each sprinkled with holy water in the 1960s and 1970s at San Felipe de Neri Church.
Annual blessing of the animals rituals are still celebrated on the feast of Saint Francis of Assisi, October 4th around the world in churches, temples, and spiritual communities.
Ceremonies are planned this weekend at various houses of worship across Bernalillo County.
Photo credit: The Blessing of theAnimals Ceremony 1960, Albuquerque Museum, giftof the Estate of Ralph and Clarabelle Looney PA2006.021.365.
Jackie Mitchell Edwards is one of the nine extraordinary artists featured in The Woods Before Sunrise: Environment and Place in New Mexico’s Black Contemporary.
“My art asks the viewer to throw themselves into the unknown and “jump off the diving board and invent the water on the way down”, and spend some time connecting to the landscape of the spirit, to touch that part of their home, their landscape, that is not owned by anyone, can’t be stolen, has no borders, is everywhere and nowhere, and which is accessed through the power and strength of beauty found in color, shape, line and texture.”
Exhibition is on view through October 18, 2026.
09/30/2026
In Albuquerque, October brings ballooning, autumnal festivals, and unique opportunities to enjoy Halloween.
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Mark your calendars for ongoing public programming for "The Other Route 66: 100 Years of People, Identity, and Place in Albuquerque;" workshops to experience and make art; the return of The Odditorium; "Time Travel" at Casa San Ysidro; tours led by Museum Guides every day the Museum is open; and more.
Photo credits:
slides 5+6: Bobby M. Gutierrez, Balloon Fiesta October 11, 2019, Albuquerque Museum, giftof Bobby Gutierrez PA2023.020.036.
slides 11+12: Gabriela Campos, Three Wheelin' on Seventh and Central, April 10, 2022, archival pigment print, lent by the artist.
09/22/2026
Kathleen Dull, librarian and archivist at the New Mexico History Museum, invites you to join aboard “the world’s most distinctive motor cruise service.”
Discover the origins of a new kind of tourism that revolutionized the industry and transformed the economic and cultural trajectory of the Southwest.
Meet the drivers and couriers, and enjoy armchair travel in Fred Harvey luxury as we explore the history of the Southwest.
Sunday, September 27
2-3pm free with admission
This program accompanies “The Other Route 66: 100 Years of People, Identity, and Place in Albuquerque” on view through January 3, 2027.
Did you know that The Imperial Building at 205 Silver Avenue SW perpetuates the name of one of the biggest steam laundries that operated in the area more than a century ago?
The laundry-labor rights story continues in this week’s installment of •Picture This• from the Museum’s Photo Archives.
Patrick Turk joined the Collections team in June as the Preparator and introduces himself here with glimpse of behind the scenes teamwork with Katrina Kiapos, Assistant Preparator.
Patrick’s professional artwork has already found local representation since arriving from Houston.
09/18/2026
Congratulations are in order for Paula Wilson and her team for being awarded the Best Cover in this year’s AIGA’s 50 Books | 50 Covers of 2025 (AIGA Design)!
“Toward the Sky’s Back Door”, published by the Tang Teaching Museum and DelMonico | D.A.P. (Tang Teaching Museum DelMonico Books), is the first major monograph on American artist Paula Wilson (b. 1975).
Living and working in rural New Mexico, Wilson seamlessly integrates painting, sculpture, printmaking, and textiles into her multidisciplinary practice.
Designed in close collaboration with Wilson and curator Rebecca McNamara (Rebecca McNamara), the book rejects rigid structure, instead interweaving plates with essays by Taylor Renee Aldridge (Taylor Renee), Ebony Y. Rhodes (Ebony Y. Rhodes), and Stephanie Sparling Williams (Stephanie Sparling Williams) to mirror the layered, nonlinear nature of Wilson’s work.”
Paula is one of nine artists living and working in New Mexico featured inThe Woods Before Sunrise: Environment and Place in New Mexico’s Black Contemporary, on view through October 18, 2026.
“Towards the Sky’s Back Door’ is available in the Museum gift store. Cheers, Paula!
Dr. Alicia Romero, Head Curator and Curator of History, shares the significance of lighting along the Mother Road in the exhibition she organized, The Other Route 66: 100 Years of People, Identity, and Place in Albuquerque.
On view through Jan 3, 2027.
Third Thursday means another free night at the Museum.
Celebrate “The Other Route 66” with an evening of art, performance, and storytelling. Experience a series of pop-up performances throughout the Museum, including original poetry by former Albuquerque Poet Laureate Anna Martinez; an excerpt from a new opera inspired by stories of migration along Route 66; and a new theatrical performance created by students in response to the exhibition.
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