New Mexico History Museum exhibition explores Santuario de Chimayó's traditions of faith

20250411-venue-v08chimayo — “El Descanso (Resting on the Truchas Road),” Sam Howarth, 1996, Palace of the Governors Photo Archives Collection, New Mexico History Museum.

20250411-venue-v08chimayo — “Arrival at the Santuario,” Sam Howarth, 1996, Palace of the Governors Photo Archives Collection, New Mexico History Museum.

20250411-venue-v08chimayo — Procession at Santuario de Chimayó, Chimayó, New Mexico, 1910. A historic photograph by Jesse Nusbaum, from the Palace of the Governors Photo Archives Collection, on view at the New Mexico History Museum.

20250411-venue-v08chimayo — “Offerings at the Santuario,” C. Trujillo, New Mexico History Museum.

Published April 9, 2025 - 4:00 p.m. Modified April 9, 2025 - 4:00 p.m.

New Mexico History Museum exhibition explores Santuario de Chimayó's traditions of faith

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On April 12, the day before Palm Sunday, the New Mexico History Museum (NMHM) opens a new exhibition, “Chimayó: A Tradition of Faith,” focusing on the Santuario de Chimayó, whose fabled “sacred dirt” draws up to 300,000 pilgrims annually, mostly during the Christian Holy Week, with many trekking 90 miles on foot from Albuquerque or 30 miles from Santa Fe.

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