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Exploring the Southwest

People • Cultures • Communities

What's New


Free Guided Virtual Tours Now Available

Museum docents are hosting live virtual tours online! Each tour, offered on the Zoom platform, will last approximately 50 minutes and will feature a specific theme or aspect of our Telling New Mexico exhibits. Visit the Tour Schedule to see the calendar of tours available and register to attend. Tours are free of charge, but registration is required. Upon registration, the online link to the selected tour will be sent by email along with instructions for joining the group.






Take a Virtual Tour

Telling New Mexico

Telling New Mexico

Discover the stories of the people who made the American West in this virtual tour through Telling New Mexico, a permanent exhibition that sweeps across more than 500 years of history—from the state’s earliest inhabitants to the residents of today..

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Looking Back

Looking Back

"Looking Back" is on exhibit now, but if you are not able to visit in person, check out this virtual model.

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Museum Highlights

Rex Studio. Photographer or photographer's assistant near Las Vegas, New Mexico, ca. 1910. Palace of the Governors Photo Archives, Negative No. 070835
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Photo Archives

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.
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A view of the Chávez Library facade and museum entrance on Washington Ave.
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Chávez Library

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.
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Curator Tom Leech assists in the printing of a souvenir impression of the Palace. Photo by Hannah Abelbeck
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The Palace Press

A working exhibit dedicated to the history of the state's printing traditions.
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A portal artisan answers questions from a visitor about his handcrafted jewelry. Photo by Hannah Abelbeck
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Portal Artisans Program

The Native American Artisans Program offers buyers the chance to interact with artisans under the portal of the Palace of the Governors.
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Palace of the Governors. Photo by T. Harmon Parkhurst
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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.
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On the north side of the Santa Fe Plaza

113 Lincoln Avenue, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501
505-476-5200

Hours of Operation

SUNDAY10am-4:30pm

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TUESDAYCLOSED

WEDNESDAY10am-4:30pm

THURSDAY10am-4:30pm

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