Events & Exhibitions

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2

Sunday Fun Day

Yarn Basketweaving

Stop by our education classroom and weave baskets with paper and yarn! 

First Sunday of the Month is always free for New Mexico Residents

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8

Paper-Making Workshop

with Leah Mata Fragua (Northern Chumash)

The Museum of Indian Arts and Culture is excited to feature a paper-making workshop with Leah Mata Fragua, yak tityu tityu yak tiłhini (Northern Chumash), California. Leah is a contributing artist in the Essential Elements: Art, Environment, and Indigenous Futures, on display in the JoAnn and Bob Balzer Native Market and Contemporary Art Gallery, October 12, 2025 – April 5, 2026.

Learn how to make paper and experiment with additives: plants, inclusions, and dyes.

Workshop is included with Museum Admission: PURCHASE TICKETS HERE

Workshop limited to 10 participants 

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12

Hands-on Learning in the Gallery

Hands-on learning in the Here, Now and Always exhibtion. Learn more about pottery and Pueblo Feast Days with this focused tour underneath the indoor ramada. Walk-in anytime between 1-4pm! 

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15

Veterans Day and Native American Heritage Month Celebration

Come join us and celebrate Veterans Day and Native American Heritage Month with Native American Dances by the Tesuque Pueblo Dance group, a free Pueblo Feast, and fun art activities in the classroom. 

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16

Zine Workshop with Andi Murphy (Dine)

in the Education Classroom

Create a unique Zine with Andi Murphy (Diné), host of the Toasted Sister Podcast-- a show about Indigenous food. A zine is a non-commercial, self-publication to express creativity on a variety of topics. The topic for this zine workshop is Indigenous foodways and conservation, in conjunction with Essential Elements: Art, Environment, and Indigenous Futures, in the JoAnn and Bob Balzer Native Art Market and Contemporary Art Gallery. 

All supplies will be provided. 

Tickets are $10 per person, $7 for MNMF members. 

PURCHASE TICKETS HERE 

Photo by Joel Wiglesworth

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19

Pottery Demonstration in the Buchsbaum Gallery

Every Third Wednesday

Pottery Demonstration by Clarence Cruz (Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo) in the Buchsbaum Gallery of Southwestern Pottery. Program is included with museum admission.

Every Wednesday is free for New Mexico Seniors! 

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19

Let’s Take a Look!

Third Wednesday of Every Month

Curators wait in the lobby to identify and explain any artifact or historic object presented to them. Free and open to the public, but please note Federal and State regulations prohibit the monetary appraisal of objects. 

For More Information, Click Here! 

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28

National Native American Heritage Day

Celebrate Native American heritage by learning about Indigenous foodways outside and in the classroom.

Corn Roasting outside at 3:00pm, preparing horno and roasting corn. The corn will steam and cook overnight, come back November 29th to see the end result! 

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29

Curator Led Tour in Makowa: The Worlds Above Us

with Marlon Magdalena (Jemez Pueblo)

Join co-curator and Jemez Historic Site’s Instructional Coordinator Supervisor, Marlon Magdalena (Jemez Pueblo) for a tour of Makowa: The Worlds Above Us. Occurring once a month for the duration of the exhibition. 

Look up. What do you see? From radio astronomy to solstice calendars, Indigenous peoples look to the sky for timing, meaning, and beauty. Makowa: The worlds above us juxtaposes ways of seeing, noticing, and understanding the skies and the beings in them. Told through stories of an ever-changing world, the exhibition connects science, stories, and observations.  For Indigenous peoples of the Southwest, observing the sky brings joy, information, and a connection to the worlds above us. 

Free with Museum Admission. 

PURCHASE TICKETS HERE

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29

After the Holiday Activities!

Get a head start on your homemade Holiday ornament making and use pump drills in our education classroom, along with other fun activities.

Corn Roasting continues, with the removal of roasted corn from our outdoor horno taking place at 11:00am.