Monthly Docent Training at the Branigan Cultural Center
This article is part of a series of articles in the Winter 2014 Edition of Muse News, the newsletter of the Las Cruces Museum System. The...
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Jonathan Garcia
- Feb 8, 2014
- 1 min
New Kids “Museum Explorers” Program at City Museums
Kids, are you a frequent museum visitor? Join our new kids’ club, the “Museum Explorers.” Nearly every month, the Branigan Cultural...
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Jonathan Garcia
- Jan 30, 2014
- 3 min
City Museums Make Great Field Trips
The City of Las Cruces Museums offer tours to school and extra-curricular groups of all types. These tours enrich your classroom...
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Jonathan Garcia
- Jan 29, 2014
- 1 min
The Eyed Needle: Lecture at Branigan Cultural Center
What tool, invented today, will still be in use in the year 22014? Few tools have such staying power. The sewing needle, however, was...
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Jonathan Garcia
- Jan 29, 2014
- 1 min
Tombaugh Day Celebration at Las Cruces Museums on February 1
Tombaugh Day, a celebration of the life of Astronomer Clyde Tombaugh, will be held at the Museum of Nature & Science on Saturday,...
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Jonathan Garcia
- Jan 29, 2014
- 1 min
For the Love of Art Exhibit at the Branigan Cultural Center
For the Love of Art is a celebration of art in all media. Paintings, drawings, sculptures, jewelry, paper, fiber arts, and wood are on...
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Jonathan Garcia
- Jan 29, 2014
- 1 min
Prairie View Furniture Exhibit to Open
A native of Oklahoma, Mr. Ricketts was raised in Nevada and New Mexico and remembers “feeling a need to use interesting materials” as a...
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Jonathan Garcia
- Jan 11, 2014
- 1 min
Learn about the Secret Language of the Fans
A simple flip or tap of a fan could hold an important message for your suitors in the 1800s. Learn about the ways that people shared...
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Jonathan Garcia
- Jan 11, 2014
- 1 min
Public Programs for “Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War”
Lincoln is widely acknowledged as one of America’s greatest presidents, but his historical reputation is contested. A series of programs...
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Jonathan Garcia
- Dec 14, 2013
- 1 min
Book Club to Discuss Geraldine Brook’s “March” and “Widow of the South”
To accompany the exhibit Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War, the Branigan Cultural Center’s Cultural Connections Book Club will...
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Jonathan Garcia
- Dec 14, 2013
- 1 min
Civil War Era Fan Workshop at the Branigan Cultural Center
A simple flip or tap of a fan could hold an important message for your suitors in the 1800s. Learn about the ways that people shared...
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Jonathan Garcia
- Dec 14, 2013
- 1 min
“Toys and Dolls” and “Lincoln: The Constitution & the Civil War” Doll Ma
In conjunction with Toys and Dolls and the Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War exhibitions, the Branigan Cultural Center will...
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Jonathan Garcia
- Nov 20, 2013
- 2 min
Lincoln exhibit to open at the Branigan
An exciting new exhibit and series of educational programs are coming to Branigan Cultural Center. Lincoln is widely acknowledged as one...
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Jonathan Garcia
- Nov 12, 2013
- 2 min
Talk on “Protector Saints of New Mexico” November 14
The Branigan Cultural Center History Notes Lecture for November will be Dr. Elizabeth Zarur speaking on Protector Saints of New Mexico:...
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Jonathan Garcia
- Oct 24, 2013
- 1 min
“Art Across New Mexico” at the Branigan Cultural Center
“Cui Bono?” By Gerald Cassidy, C. 1911 Courtesy NM Museum of Art The exhibition was curated by the New Mexico Museum of Art as part of...
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Jonathan Garcia
- Oct 20, 2013
- 1 min
“Descansos: Love, Grief and Faith” at the Branigan Cultural Center
You are driving and, out of the corner of your eye, you see a roadside memorial. It may be a simple cross or a bicycle painted white – a...
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Jonathan Garcia
- Oct 20, 2013
- 2 min
Myth & Place Collage Workshop Series At Branigan Cultural Center
Workshops will be led by local artist Dr. Ann Bowie Maxwell and will link the images in the exhibit with the ideas of place, memory, and...
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Jonathan Garcia
- Sep 25, 2013
- 1 min
Color Aerial Photos of Las Cruces September 28
With the conclusion of the Branigan Cultural Center exhibit The Lost Buildings of Las Cruces, Christopher Schurtz, will host a...
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Jonathan Garcia
- Sep 25, 2013
- 1 min
History Lecture, “Cottonwood Pueblo” in October
This presentation focuses on the NMSU Archaeological Field School’s current research at Cottonwood Pueblo, one of the largest El Paso...
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Jonathan Garcia
- Aug 31, 2013
- 1 min
Mesilla Park Historic Preservation Lecture at the Branigan Cultural Center
Dr. Hunner is a professor of history at New Mexico State University. His specialties are Public and Southwest history. He was...
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