Centennial, Culture, Highlights, History, Museums, Outdoors
Saturday, May 26, 2012 through Friday, June 8, 2012
Western Heritage Museum Complex
On May 26, 2012, the New Mexico Centennial Pony Express ride will kick-off at 7:30 am in front of the Western Heritage Museum Complex in
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Centennial, Civic, Family, Food, History, Music, Outdoors, Restoration
Saturday, June 9, 2012
Downtown Los Alamos on Central Avenue
Join us on Central Avenue in downtown Los Alamos for a day of fun in the sun for this annual event. This year ChamberFest celebrates
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Art, Centennial, Civic, Culture, Family, Food, Highlights, History, Lectures, Music
Saturday, June 16, 2012
Civic Plaza and Central Avenue
Join us in Downtown Albuquerque as we celebrate New Mexico’s Centennial with dancing, food, music, car shows, an arts market, free children’s activities and a
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Art, Centennial, Culture, Museums
Saturday, February 25, 2012 through Sunday, June 17, 2012
Harwood Museum of Art
The Harwood Museum of Art has long considered itself the institutional home of internationally acclaimed artist Agnes Martin. In 1995 the Harwood inaugurated the Agnes
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Centennial, Culture, Family, Food, History, Music, Outdoors, Sports
Friday, June 29, 2012 through Saturday, June 30, 2012
Smokin' On the Pecos BBQ Competition at the Eddy County Fairgrounds
Artesia is located in the Southeast corner of our great state. The Tate Branch Auto Group 1st Annual Smokin’ On the Pecos is an Artesia
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Art, Centennial, Culture, History, Museums
Friday, October 7, 2011 through Sunday, July 1, 2012
New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum
A profile of New Mexico’s official and unofficial state symbols, including some of the stories behind the symbols (or those who created them, like the
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Art, Centennial, Culture, Food, History, Lectures, Multi media, Museums
Friday, February 10, 2012 through Sunday, July 15, 2012
Fleming Hall Museum on campus of WNMU
The Western New Mexico University Museum will host an opening reception for our upcoming Centennial exhibition. The opening reception will feature an introduction to the
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Art, Centennial, Museums, Readings
Friday, June 1, 2012 through Sunday, July 15, 2012
Millicent Rogers Museum
Opening exhibit reception and book release for “Taos Portraits”, a book of photographs by Paul O’Connor featuring members of the Taos art community with profiles
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Centennial, Culture, Family, Food, History, Lectures, Outdoors
Friday, July 20, 2012
NMSU Agricultural Science Center at Farmington
The 2012 Field Day Open House serves as a research dissemination event for local, regional, and state agricultural producers. All participants are invited to visit
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Art, Centennial, Culture, Family, History, Museums
Saturday, May 5, 2012 through Saturday, August 11, 2012
Carlsbad Museum & Art Center
In commemoration of New Mexico’s century of statehood, the exhibition “New Mexico: 100 Years of Art”, features the work of artists from the last century
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Centennial, Culture, Food, History, Lectures, Outdoors
Saturday, August 25, 2012
Leyendecker Plant Science Research Center
New Mexico State University’s Leyendecker Plant Science Research Center south of Las Cruces will be holding a field day August 25, 2012 to commemorate New
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Art, Balloons, Centennial, Civic, Culture, Family, Food, Health, History, Lectures, Multi media, Museums, Music, Outdoors, Readings, Sports, Theatre
Thursday, August 23, 2012 through Sunday, August 26, 2012
Great American Duck Race
The Great American Duck Race is held in Deming the fourth weekend in August at Courthouse Park. To celebrate the Centennial, this year’s theme is
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Art, Centennial, Culture, Music, Theatre
Friday, August 31, 2012 through Saturday, September 1, 2012
throughout Albuquerque
Noche Azul is Albuquerque’s version of Nuit Blanche, a celebration of contemporary art and culture in cities around the world. This is the night of
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Centennial, Culture, History, Museums
Friday, November 18, 2011 through Saturday, September 1, 2012
New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum
An eclectic look at the last one hundred years of New Mexico through historical photographs and artifacts, including objects depicting and celebrating previous statehood celebrations
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Centennial, Sports
Sunday, September 16, 2012
Fort Marcy/Buffalo Thunder Resort & Casino
The second annual Santa Fe to Buffalo Thunder Half Marathon will showcase spectacular scenery as participants run down the Old Taos Highway from Fort Marcy
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Balloons, Centennial, Culture, Family, Food, History, Museums, Outdoors, Restoration, Sports
Saturday, September 1, 2012 through Sunday, September 30, 2012
Community Airports at: Hatch, Moriarty, Ruidoso, Grants/Milan, Santa Fe, Tucumcari, Roswell, Carlsbad, Santa Teresa, and Socorro
Throughout September 2012, New Mexico airports are celebrating 100 years of rich aviation heritage with fly-ins, air shows, and a weekend air tour. Visitors will
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Balloons, Centennial, Civic, Culture, Family, Museums, Music, Outdoors, Sports
Saturday, October 6, 2012 through Sunday, October 14, 2012
Balloon Fiesta Park
The Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta is the biggest and best gathering of balloons anywhere on this planet. For nine days every October, the crisp, clear
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Art, Centennial, Culture, Museums
Friday, July 6, 2012 through Monday, October 15, 2012
Harwood Museum of Art
An exhibition celebrating the centennial of the birth of Taos Modernist Beatrice Mandelman, born the same year that New Mexico achieved statehood. The exhibition will
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Art, Centennial, Culture, Family, Multi media
Friday, September 7, 2012 through Wednesday, October 31, 2012
WNMU and Silver City
“Do you have a song that reminds you of your childhood?” “Yes.” “Could you hum it for me?” Silver City is humming, and an artist
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Art, Centennial, Culture, Music
Friday, November 9, 2012
St. Francis Auditorium
In celebration of New Mexico’s 100th anniversary, “Caprichos”, by renowned composer Roberto Sierra, was commissioned by Ensemble Music New Mexico / Chatter 20-21. The world
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Centennial, Civic, Culture, Family, Highlights, History, Lectures, Museums
Friday, January 6, 2012 through Sunday, November 25, 2012
New Mexico History Museum
The Flag Act of 1818 set forth a rule that no new stars could be added to the flag until the Fourth of July immediately
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Centennial, History, Museums, Restoration
Monday, January 2, 2012 through Saturday, December 29, 2012
Clovis-Carver Public Library and the Clovis Depot Model Train Museum
The display at the Clovis-Carver Library will tell the story of the 713th Railway Operating Battalion which was trained for the war effort at Camp
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Centennial, Culture, Highlights, History, Multi media, Outdoors
Saturday, January 7, 2012 through Monday, December 31, 2012
Dam Site Recreation Area
Elephant Butte Dam (1911-1916) has been closed to traffic since 9/11/01. The dam construction is the most significant event in the history of Sierra County.
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Art, Centennial, Highlights, History, Museums
Friday, January 6, 2012 through Sunday, January 6, 2013
Roswell Museum and Art Center
This exhibition focuses on the history and accomplishments of Roswell since its inception as a trading post in the Pecos Valley along the Goodnight-Loving Cattle
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Art, Centennial, Culture, Family, History, Museums
Saturday, February 4, 2012 through Monday, February 4, 2013
Indian Pueblo Cultural Center
This historic exhibition examines 100 years of State and Federal policy (1912-2012) and its impact on Pueblo communities. The exhibition personalizes our Pueblo Indian history
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Centennial, Culture, History, Museums
Monday, August 29, 2011 through Sunday, March 31, 2013
The Albuquerque Museum
Visit the past with a look at the lives of Albuquerque citizens near the time New Mexico became a state. Approximately 80 photographs were printed
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Centennial, Culture, History, Multi media, Museums
Sunday, October 21, 2012 through Saturday, August 23, 2014
Western New Mexico University Museum
A permanent online exhibition of the past, present and continuing histories of Western New Mexico University. From Territorial Normal School to State Teacher’s College to
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