The New Mexico History Museum is a
history museum
A museum is an institution dedicated to displaying or Preservation (library and archive), preserving culturally or scientifically significant objects. Many museums have exhibitions of these objects on public display, and some have private colle ...
in
Santa Fe,
New Mexico
New Mexico is a state in the Southwestern United States, Southwestern region of the United States. It is one of the Mountain States of the southern Rocky Mountains, sharing the Four Corners region with Utah, Colorado, and Arizona. It also ...
, US. It is part of the state-run
Museum of New Mexico
The Museum of New Mexico is a collection of museums, historic sites, and archaeological services governed by the State of New Mexico. It currently consists of six divisions: the Palace of the Governors state history museum, the New Mexico Museum o ...
system operated by the
New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs. Opened in 2009, the museum houses of permanent and rotating exhibits covering the history of New Mexico from ancient Native American cultures to the present.
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
The Palace of the Governors () is an adobe structure built in the Territorial Style of Pueblo architecture on Palace Avenue in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Located within the Santa Fe Historic District along the Santa Fe Plaza between Lincoln and Wa ...
. The new
US$
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44 million museum opened to the public on May 24, 2009, holdings around 20,000 artifacts, and receiving more than 10,000 visitors on its first day.
The New Mexico History Museum.
has 3½ floors of exhibitions telling the stories that made the American West, from the early lives of Native people to Spanish colonists. The museum has a section for the Fray Angélico Chávez History Library and Photo Archives.
[ It also has the Palace Print Shop & Bindery, and the Native American Artisans Program. 501 New Mexicans were killed in the ]First World War
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.[ On 11 November 2018, the 100th anniversary of the Armistice, New Mexico History Museum opened "The First World War" exhibit.]
Facilities
In addition to the main building, the museum campus includes the following facilities:
*Palace of the Governors
The Palace of the Governors () is an adobe structure built in the Territorial Style of Pueblo architecture on Palace Avenue in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Located within the Santa Fe Historic District along the Santa Fe Plaza between Lincoln and Wa ...
*Fray Angélico Chávez History Library
*Palace Press
*Photo Archives
References
6. https://www.newmexicoculture.org/museums/history-museum/
https://www.santafenewmexican.com/pasatiempo/art/exhibitionism/the-first-world-war-at-the-new-mexico-history-museum/article_c381f5ba-576f-11ec-a332-974f8ac58338.html