The Palace of the Governors Photo Archives contains an estimated 1,000,000 items including historic photographic prints, cased photographs, glass plate negatives, film negatives, stereographs, postcards, color transparencies, and lantern slides.

The Fray Angélico Chávez History Library is a non-circulating, closed stack research facility. It preserves historical materials in many formats documenting the history of the state, the Southwest, and meso-America from pre-European contact to the present.

A working exhibit dedicated to the history of the state's printing traditions.

The Native American Artisans Program offers buyers the chance to interact with artisans under the portal of the Palace of the Governors.

Erected in 1610 by order of the Spanish Crown, the Palace of the Governors is the oldest public building in continuous use constructed by European settlers in the continental United States.