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...

Kids, are you a frequent museum visitor? Join our new kids’ club, the “Museum Explorers.” Nearly every month, the Branigan Cultural...

The City of Las Cruces Museums offer tours to school and extra-curricular groups of all types.  These tours enrich your classroom...

What tool, invented today, will still be in use in the year 22014? Few tools have such staying power. The sewing needle, however, was...

Tombaugh Day, a celebration of the life of Astronomer Clyde Tombaugh, will be held at the Museum of Nature & Science on Saturday,...

For the Love of Art is a celebration of art in all media.  Paintings, drawings, sculptures, jewelry, paper, fiber arts, and wood are on...

A native of Oklahoma, Mr. Ricketts was raised in Nevada and New Mexico and remembers “feeling a need to use interesting materials” as a...

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...

Lincoln is widely acknowledged as one of America’s greatest presidents, but his historical reputation is contested. A series of programs...

To accompany the exhibit Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War,  the Branigan Cultural Center’s Cultural Connections Book Club will...

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...

In conjunction with Toys and Dolls and the Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War exhibitions, the Branigan Cultural Center will...

An exciting new exhibit and series of educational programs are coming to Branigan Cultural Center. Lincoln is widely acknowledged as one...

The Branigan Cultural Center History Notes Lecture for November will be Dr. Elizabeth Zarur speaking on Protector Saints of New Mexico:...

“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...

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...

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...

With the conclusion of the Branigan Cultural Center exhibit The Lost Buildings of Las Cruces, Christopher Schurtz, will host a...

This presentation focuses on the NMSU Archaeological Field School’s current research at Cottonwood Pueblo, one of the largest El Paso...

Dr. Hunner is a professor of history at New Mexico State University. His specialties are Public and Southwest history. He was...