Your Visit

Museum staff member talking with guests about "Fragments," an art installation by Kumi Yamashita

The following pages provide the basic information you’ll need to plan a successful visit.

Getting Here

Our entrance is at 113 Lincoln Ave. Parking and public transportation are nearby

Tours and Groups

Docent-led tours, Historic Downtown Walking Tours, and scheduling group visits

Accessibility

The New Mexico History Museum Palace of the Governors invites visitors of all abilities.

Visitation Policies

You may photograph, but please do not bring food and beverages into the museum

For additional information or special requests please contact us at: (505) 476–5200

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

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.

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.