New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum

10/07/2026

🤠📚 Calling all Little Ranchers & Readers! Join us on Friday, Oct. 9 for an hour of farm and ranch fun, including singing, reading, and crafting. This program is recommended for children ages 0-5 but is open to all. Adult caregiver participation is required.

⏰📍: Friday, Oct. 9 at 10:30 - 11:30 a.m. in the Conference Room
🐄🥛: This week’s book is “The Milk Makers” by Gail Gibbons and you can make a keepsake cow handprint.

The book explores the process behind dairy farming and shows the types of cows that produce milk. The handprint cow craft will give toddlers an opportunity to practice sensory and fine-motor learning.

🚜 🐄Make sure to visit our kid-friendly Adventure Corral inside and/or the Dairy Spot: Discover Center in the livestock area for more playtime!

🎟️The program is included with museum admission, which is $7 for adults, $6 for senior citizens (60 and over), $5 for children ages 4 to 17 and $4 for active U.S. military and veterans. Children under 4 and museum members with a card are admitted free of charge, as well as Foster families with an official state Children, Youth & Family Department card.

Families can also checkout the New Mexico FamilyPass at their local library to visit the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum, as well as 7 museums and Historic Sites statewide.

10/07/2026

🪧🐮 This is your sign to stop thinking about it and come visit our cows. Angus, Brangus, Corriente, Hereford, Longhorn are the breeds we have in the South 20 Livestock Area because each of them have affected New Mexico history. Cows have complex and rich relationships with their herds, and you can see that in action Monday - Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

10/05/2026

🧶Looking for a tight-knit community? You're invited to a Fiber Social on Monday, Oct. 12! Gather with fellow fiber fanatics and get to know them while you work on any sewing, knitting, cross-stitching, quilting, beading, or another creative fiber project.

📆Monday, Oct. 12
⏰1 -3 p.m.
📍Conference room

This monthly event is hosted by the Friends of the New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum, a 501(c)(3) organization works to support of the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum in a variety of ways from funding education programs to providing support for outreach.

10/03/2026

Thank you The Las Cruces Bulletin for an article that goes in depth about what it took to make Jardín de Tortugas Pueblo happen and captures the spirit of collaboration that nourishes it for the future. Visit the Jardín de Tortugas Pueblo this month before it goes dormant for the winter!

For years, visitors to the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum could move through the region’s agricultural past without seeing much of Tortugas Pueblo’s continuing role in that history. That changes Sept. 19, when the museum opens...

10/02/2026

Make a hummingbird feeder at the Ag Wagon on Saturday, Oct. 3 from 10 a.m. to noon! 🐦⛽🌺 Hummingbirds are important pollinators, and New Mexico is one of their favorite places to visit during migration, thanks to our diverse landscapes. These amazing little birds have to drink nectar every 10-15 minutes to keep their energy up, so your feeder can give them a place to refuel.

🌻🐢After the Ag Wagon, head to the recently opened Jardín de Tortugas Pueblo where you might see hummingbirds drinking from our feeder, catching insects, and taking nectar from the growing plants. Not only is this garden beautiful, but also, it offers fun self-guided activities for kids to enjoy in the garden. Explore the Museum's galleries and visit the livestock for a full day of fun too.

🎟️ The Ag Wagon program is included with regular Museum admission for children and accompanying adults. Ag Wagon is sponsored by the Friends of the New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum

10/02/2026

Save the dates for the twelfth-annual HomeGrown: A New Mexico Food Show & Gift Market! 🌶️💚🍎 Join us on Saturday, Nov. 21 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 22 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. to sample and purchase some of the best food products from New Mexico for your holiday meals.

🎁Get your holiday shopping done with a wide selection of handmade gifts, crafts, cards, jewelry, pottery, beauty products, and more.

New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum partners with the New Mexico Department of Agriculture/ Taste the Tradition to host this popular show.

🚨Potential Vendors: Our spaces are FULL for 2026. However, you can reach out to Museum Experience Supervisor Desirie Lara ([email protected]) or Michael Kuechman ([email protected]) to be put on the waitlist. Call the Museum's main line 575-522-4100 if you'd prefer a phone call.

09/30/2026

♥️🐑Thank "ewe" for making our first Little Ranchers & Readers program so much fun last week! 🤠📚 This program is held each Friday morning for young children to experience rich, beautiful farming and ranching related books in an hour of singing, reading, and crafting. It's recommended for children ages 0-4 but is open to all. Adult caregiver participation is required.

⏰📍: Friday, Oct. 2 at 10:30 - 11:30 a.m. in the Conference Room
💈🐏: This week's book is "Baa Baa Shop: Sheep's First Haircut" by Wendell Brooks and we'll be making a sheep shearing craft.

🎟️The program is included with museum admission, which is $7 for adults, $6 for senior citizens (60 and over), $5 for children ages 4 to 17 and $4 for active U.S. military and veterans. Children under 4 and museum members with a card are admitted free of charge, as well as Foster families with an official state Children, Youth & Family Department card.

Families can also checkout the New Mexico FamilyPass at their local library to visit the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum, as well as 7 museums and Historic Sites statewide.