Opening May 23 at the New Mexico History Museum, Wild at Heart: Ernest Thompson Seton dedicates itself to telling the often overlooked story of the conservationist, author, artist, lecturer and co-founder of the Boy Scouts of America. Ernest Thompson Seton’s impact on America’s conservation movement was immeasurable but, today is largely forgotten. Wild at Heart: Ernest Thompson Seton sets out to change that.

A yearlong set of workshops and lectures supports the exhibit.

Now celebrating its 400th anniversary, Santa Fe was once an infant city on the remote frontier. A new exhibition, opening Nov. 20, 2009, at the Palace of the Governors explores the archaeological evidence and historical documentation of Santa Fe before the Spanish arrived, the first colony in San Gabriel del Yungue, the founding of Santa Fe and its first 100 years as New Mexico’s first capital.

A symposium and lecture series supports the exhibition.

Co-curated by Josef Diaz of the New Mexico History Museum/Palace of the Governors and Stephen Post of the DCA/Office of Archaeological Studies, Santa Fe Found collects more than 160 artifacts from four historic sites, along with maps, documents, household goods, weaponry and religious objects. Together, they tell the story of cultural encounters between early colonists and the Native Americans who had long called this place home.

Telling New Mexico: Stories from Then and Now, the core exhibition of the New Mexico History Museum, sweeps across more than 500 years of stories -- from early Native inhabitants to today's residents -- told through artifacts, films, photographs, computer interactives, oral histories and more. The state's newest museum, it's connected to the state's oldest, the Palace of the Governors. Together, they breath life into the people who made the American West: Native Americans, Spanish colonsits, Mexican traders, Santa Fe Trail riders, fur trappers, outlaws, railroad men, scientists, hippies and artists.

The museum's second floor holds a changing gallery with a rotation of exhibits. The Cowden Cafe offers food, along with free wifi and a lovely downtown Santa Fe view from its outdoor terrace.

Members of the Palace of the Governors' Native American Artisans Program add to the annual Indian Market fun with their Celebration in the Courtyard -- Native American dances, art sales, food and beverages, and a different raffle each day. Free to the public; enter through the Blue Gate on Lincoln Avenue.

10am: Tony Duncan Dance Troupe (San Carlos Apache/Arikara Nation/Navajo). Traditional and contemporary Native American Song and Dance.

11am: Red Turtle Dancers (Northern Pueblos). Traditional Northern Pueblo Children’s Dance.

Noon: Tony Duncan Dance Troupe.

1pm: Ed Kabotie (Hopi/Santa Clara Pueblo). Singer/songwriter – traditional and contemporary Native American music.

2pm: Red Turtle Dancers (Northern Pueblos). Traditional Tewa Children’s Dance.

3pm: Tony Duncan Dance Troupe

4pm: Raffle drawing.

Diné author Jennifer Nez Denetdale speaks at 2 pm, Sunday, Aug. 22, on “Diné/Navajo Women: At the Intersection of Nation, Gender and Tradition,” in the New Mexico History Museum Auditorium. Denetdale’s lecture falls on the final afternoon of the Santa Fe Indian Market of the Southwestern Association of Indian Arts, a fitting time to slow down and consider that always-changing place where the ancient past meets the modern present.

The lecture completes the inaugural year of the Telling New Mexico Lecture Series. Tickets cost $10 at the Museum Shops or online at http://www.museumfoundation.org/tellingnm.

Members of the Palace of the Governors' Native American Artisans Program add to the annual Indian Market fun with their Celebration in the Courtyard -- Native American dances, art sales, food and beverages, and a raffle. Free to the public; enter through the Blue Gate on Lincoln Avenue.

10am: Tony Duncan Dance Troupe (San Carlos Apache/Arikara Nation/Navajo). Traditional and contemporary Native American Song and Dance.

11am: Red Turtle Dancers (Northern Pueblos). Traditional Northern Pueblo Children’s Dance.

Noon: Tony Duncan Dance Troupe.

1pm: Ed Kabotie (Hopi/Santa Clara Pueblo). Singer/songwriter – traditional and contemporary Native American music.

2pm: Red Turtle Dancers (Northern Pueblos). Traditional Tewa Children’s Dance.

3pm: Tony Duncan Dance Troupe.

4pm: Raffle drawing.