New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs to offer free admission to veterans on Nov. 10-12
The New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum will offer free admission to veterans on Friday, Nov. 11 through Sunday, Nov. 12.
Richard PIpes/Journal
Adrian Gomez Adrian GomezAdrian Gomez Journal Arts Editor
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Veterans Day is honors military veterans of the United States armed forces
It is celebrated on Saturday, Nov. 11.
The New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs is offering New Mexico residents who have served or serve in the military free admission to the department's 15 museums and historic sites on Friday, Nov. 10 through Sunday, Nov. 12.
According to the DCA, any New Mexico resident providing satisfactory proof of current or past armed service will be admitted free. The program also covers the resident’s spouse and children.
Additionally, New Mexico Museum of Space History and New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum extend this program to cover all veterans, regardless of New Mexico residency. The New Mexico Museum of Space History also extends this program to National Guard personnel and first responders.
The list of museums and historic sites that will be offering free admission are as follows:
• New Mexico Museum of Space History in Alamogordo.
• New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science in Albuquerque.
• New Mexico Museum of Art in Santa Fe.
• New Mexico History Museum in Santa Fe.
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• New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum in Las Cruces.
• National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque.
• Museum of International Folk Art in Santa Fe.
• Museum of Indian Arts & Culture in Santa Fe.
• Los Luceros Historic Site in Alcalde.
• Lincoln Historic Site in Lincoln.
• Jemez Historic Site, just north of Jemez Springs.
• Bosque Redondo Memorial at Fort Sumner Historic Site in Fort Sumner.
• Fort Stanton in Capitan.
• Fort Selden in Radium Springs.
• Coronado Historic Site in Bernalillo.
For more information on hours of operation for the museums and historic sites, visit newmexicoculture.org/visit.
Here are some of museums and historic sites run by state of New Mexico
Executive Director Chris Orwoll inspects the inside of the Apollo 13 command module, Odyssey, as part of a joint operation with the National Air and Space Museum and NASA. Orwoll has had a lifelong fascination with all things space, leading him to learn and share his knowledge. His stories of astronauts, spaceships and missions lend a personal touch to his editions of "Stories from Space."Courtesy of New Mexico Museum of Space History
An "astro dog" tries on a costume at an exhibit at the New Mexico Museum of Space History in Alamogordo, Nov 02, 2015.Courtesy of the New Mexico Museum of Space History
The New Mexico Museum of Space History in AlamogordoCourtesy of the New Mexico Museum of Space History
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science recently got reaccredited by the American Alliance of Museums.Roberto E. Rosales
Washtub Jerry and Jim Jones of Albuquerque in an impromptu performance during Cowboy Days at the New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum in Las CrucesMarch 16, 2015.Journal File
The NM Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum on the southeast side of Las Cruces near the Organ Mountains. December 1998RICHARD PIPES
The entrance to the New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum in Las Cruces.RICHARD PIPES
The ruins of Gisewa Pueblo and San Jos de los Jemez Mission Church at Jemez Historic Site were decorated with hundreds of farolitos on Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018. The evening's events will include Native American flute music and Native American dancers performing between two bonfires (luminarias).
The ruins of Gisewa Pueblo and San Jose de los Jemez Mission Church at Jemez Historic Site were decorated with hundreds of farolitos on Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018. The evening's events will include Native American flute music and Native American dancers performing between two bonfires (luminarias).ROBERTO E. ROSALES
The remains of the former Giusewa Pueblo at the Jemez Historic Site. An excavation will start Aug. 16 in hopes of uncovering more buildings and artifacts in the same area.ebriseno@abqjournal.comELAINE D. BRISENO
LUCEROS-EDDIE MOORE/JOURNAL/5-13-04 The main house once belonging to Mary Cabot Wheelwright, is now a part of Historic Los Luceros in Alcalde. The home is decorated with furniture from the early 1900's.Eddie Moore
LUCEROS-EDDIE MOORE/JOURNAL/5-13-04 This is Mary Cabot Wheelwright's bedroom in the main house of the Historic Los Luceros. The property along the Rio Grande in Alcalde will be open to the public starting May 29th.Eddie Moore
Capilla de la Sagrada Familia, Chapel of the Holy Family, at the Los Luceros property near Alcalde, Saturday November 6, 2010. The Department of Cultural Affairs offered an open house of the historic property that the state now owns.Eddie Moore
Secretary of Cultural Affairs Veronica Gonzales, left, talks with Rudy Acosta, director of state monuments, in the main room of the Los Luceros home near Alcalde, Wednesday April 25, 2012.Eddie Moore
The new visitor's center and meeting rooms at Los Luceros near Alcalde, Wednesday April 25, 2012.Eddie Moore
Ft. Stanton lies in the valley of the Rio Bonito. 28 Feb. 2002Richard Pipes
WWII anti-aircraft gun at the entrance to Ft. Stanton.Richard Pipes
This guard house watched over the crew of a German cruise ship sunk that was held at Ft. Stanton until the end of WWII.Richard Pipes
The Lincoln County courthouse that Billy the Kid escaped from before he was finally killed still stands as a state monument in Lincoln.RICHARD PIPES
Journal file
Members of the Bike and Chowder bicycle group, from left, Becky Kongs, Dan Kongs, Sharon Billington (behind Dan), Ann Clark, Jerry Billington and Tom Clark, from left, all of Las Cruces ride past the Basilica of San Albino in the Old Mesilla Plaza on Tuesday, March 16, 2010. The group of retired couples who "ride to justify eating" said they typically cover 30 miles on their rides.Greg Sorber
The heart of Old Mesilla, La Posta de la Mesilla is not just a restaurant but offers a dining experience.Courtesy Las Cruces Convention and Visitors Bureau
The plaza in Old Mesilla adorned with luminarias.Courtesy of Visit Las Cruces
