Fri Mar 7, 2025
5:00 - 7:00 pm
Palace Avenue First Friday Art Walk-FREE ADMISSION 5-7PM
Gas Baths and the Bracero Program in New Mexico and Beyond
Join us for the Palace Avenue First Friday Art Walk to view the newly installed exhibit, "Gas Baths and the Bracero Program in New Mexico and Beyond," an award-winning exhibit created by Moriarty High School students Hannah Davis and Elena Dominguez, that explores the intersection of public health, labor, and immigration in 20th-century New Mexico. Created for the 2025 New Mexico National History Day competition, the exhibit uses interpretive panels and a timeline constructed from glass bottles to tell the story of gas baths used to delouse braceros and other Mexican ...
Fri Mar 7, 2025
10:00 - 5:00 pm
National History Day - 2025 NM Northern Regionals
New Mexico History Museum is partnering with the New Mexico Humanities Council to host one of four National History Day 2025 New Mexico Regionals contests on Friday, March 7, 2025. This exciting event brings hundreds of students, teachers, and judges to the museum to share their historical perspectives in a juried competition.