Albuquerque Museum

Albuquerque Museum Art. History. People. Located in the heart of Old Town. Albuquerque Museum has served as the city's cultural center since 1967.
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Located in the heart of Old Town, the Museum maintains a reputation for being one of the leading institutions for art, history, and culture in the Southwest. Today, through the support of the City of Albuquerque Department of Arts & Culture and the Albuquerque Museum Foundation, the Museum continues to celebrate the rich culture of the people, history, and art through local, regional, national, an

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Albuquerque Museum: where our community is involved in Art and History and shares the stories of our rich heritage and many cultures. The Museum brings Albuquerque to the world and the world to Albuquerque.

08/06/2026

Dr. Alicia Romero, Head Curator and Curator of History, shares a bit about the origins of downtown and Central Avenue in the exhibition, The Other Route 66: 100 Years of People, Identity, and Place in Albuquerque.

Did you know that women drove the trolleys along Railroad Avenue? 

ICYMI check out the June 22 reel about early transportation in Albuquerque from the  •Picture This•  video podcast we are serializing here on Podcast Mondays.

Exhibition on view through Jan 3, 2027.

08/04/2026

This week  •Picture This•  steps into space with the history of flight preparation for the Mercury 7 astronauts in Dr. Lovelace’s clinic in Albuquerque.

In 1912, a young doctor named William Randolph Lovelace moved his frontier practice to Albuquerque. Before long he was renowned for his surgical skills and his empathetic care for his patients. Joined by Dr. Edgar T. Lassetter and eventually by other physicians, Dr. Lovelace modeled his practice, the Lovelace Clinic, after Minnesota’s respected Mayo Clinic.
With medicine rapidly advancing after WWII, pilot and decorated veteran Dr. Randy Lovelace followed in his uncle’s footsteps, joining the Lovelace Clinic in 1946. Randy had already gained renown in the field of aviation medicine. While a fellow at the Mayo Clinic, he worked on the development of the BLB mask, which delivered oxygen to aviators flying at high altitudes. Did you know that the “L” in BLB stands for Lovelace?
At the height of the Cold War, a new federal agency - NASA - announced its first major undertaking: Project Mercury, which would launch the first American space capsule into orbit around the earth with astronauts. Rigorous testing at the Lovelace Clinic narrowed the eligible field to a handful of men called the Mercury 7.
Tune in next week when •Picture This•  tells the story of women entering the aeronautic field.

08/02/2026

Every month the Photo Archives team sets up in the lobby for two hours on the 1st Wednesday and 3rd Friday with a theme to share with visitors.

Celebrities in the Archive is August’s theme and Jill Hartke, Curator of Digital Collections, will meet you in the lobby on August 5 and/or August 21 from 10am-12pm to share stories about Tinseltown in Albuquerque.

ICYMI the Tinseltown stories in 1920’s Albuquerque, check out the July 20 and July 27 reels of the  •Picture This•  video podcast we are serializing here on Podcast Mondays.

08/01/2026

It’s exhibition opening weekend again at the Museum.

Fun at the State Fair! opens Saturday, August 1 to the public.

Sunday, August 2, there is a New Mexico Quilters Association quilt show in Ventana Salon from 10am-4pm. Admission is free all day from 9am-5pm.

August = Free Chamber Music Concerts every Thursday, a new exhibition about the beloved state fair, art making opportuni...
07/31/2026

August = Free Chamber Music Concerts every Thursday, a new exhibition about the beloved state fair, art making opportunities, and heritage arts workshops at Casa San Ysidro.

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Sat Aug 1 - Family art workshop
Sun Aug 2 - NM Quilters Show + free admission 9am-5pm
Wed Aug 5 - Free 1st Wednesdays + Convos with Collections
Thu Aug 6 - Forest of Azure opens at SBCC + Chatter concert
Sat Aug 8 - Colcha workshop + Museum Dash
Thu Aug 13 - Chatter concert
Sat Aug 15 - Family art workshop
Thu Aug 20 - 3rdThursday Free Night at the Museum
Sat Aug 23 - Panel discussion - photographing Rt. 66
Thu Aug 27 - Chatter concert
Sat Aug 29 - Fiber workshop

This morning, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham announced the 2026 Governor’s Award in the Arts. We are thrilled to share ...
07/30/2026

This morning, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham announced the 2026 Governor’s Award in the Arts. 

We are thrilled to share that our Museum Director, Andrew Connors, is a recipient of this prestigious acknowledgement of service and excellence. 

Andrew has led the Museum since 2008 and previously served as its Curator of Art. His career includes roles at Albuquerque Academy, National Hispanic Cultural Center, and the Smithsonian American Art Museum, among others, where he developed collections and exhibitions focused on Hispanic, Latino, Native American, and Folk Art. In 2022, President Biden appointed him to the US Department of State’s Cultural Properties Advisory Committee, where he continues to serve.

Please join us in congratulating Andrew!

In 2023, long-time supporter and Foundation board member, Hal Behl, established a scholarship in honor of his wife, Regi...
07/29/2026

In 2023, long-time supporter and Foundation board member, Hal Behl, established a scholarship in honor of his wife, Regina “Reggie” Behl (1922-2011), for K-12 students who demonstrate passion and potential in visual arts.  
This summer scholarships were awarded to (in alphabetical order):
Desmond Reynolds
Kaimi Navarret

LilllieAnna Nelms

Mateo Espinosa

Maya Trujillo
Sofia Holmes
Zaya Holmes
Ziaontaye Lujan

Reggie Behl grew up in Long Beach, New York, and earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts from Pratt Institute in 1944, the same year she married her high school classmate, Hal Behl. After Hal began work on the Manhattan Project and was assigned to the K-25 plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, in 1945, Reggie joined him and taught art at Highland View Grammar School, where she was promoted to head art teacher within a year.
Following the Manhattan Project, the couple raised three sons before Behl returned to school to earn a master’s degree in painting from California State University at Northridge. A prolific artist and lifelong educator, she became known nationally for her “Quick Sketching for Travel” workshops and went on to teach drawing around the world, including at the University of New Mexico.
For more information please contact Curator of Education, Elizabeth Becker at [email protected] or call 505-243-7255.

07/29/2026

On the summer solstice and Juneteenth, the Museum opened The Woods Before Sunrise: Environment and Place in New Mexico’s Black Contempory. Co-curator, William Gassaway, shares insights about Karsten Creightney’s work, that inspired the show. 

Have you heard about the pigeons?

On view through Sunday, October 18, 2026.

07/28/2026

Today’s video podcast of •Picture This• continues the Tinsel Town story in Albuquerque, documented by Henry Steele Dean in the 1920s, and how his photographs were first acquired by the Albuquerque Public Library and later by the Museum.

Please join Conversations with Collections on August 5 and 21, when Jill and her team will share more Tinsel Town photographs from the Photo Archives. What memories or photographs have been passed down in your family about this era in Albuquerque’s history?

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2000 Mountain Road NW
Albuquerque, NM
87104

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Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm
Saturday 9am - 5pm
Sunday 9am - 5pm

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