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This summer children are invited to uncover the mysteries of history and discover the cultures of the world at the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology at The University of New Mexico. The Maxwell is offering two unique summer camp programs to keep children...

The Maxwell celebrates two exhibitions in the Current Issues in Anthropology series with an exhibition celebration of Last Supper by C. Maxx Stevens and Ecologies of Resistance by DesertArt LAB on Friday, March 2 from 6–7:30 p.m. The evening begins with...

The 9th annual Navajo Rug Auction, benefitting Navajo weavers and the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology, will take place Saturday, Nov. 18 at the Prairie Star Restaurant in Bernalillo. More than 200 traditional and contemporary handmade rugs by weavers of...

In the courtyard of UNM’s Maxwell Museum, a totem pole stood for many decades, weathered by seasons and avian inhabitants. Its beauty and physical condition faded by age, was one concern for university anthropologists—the other, was trying to understand...

Celebrate the opening of “Earth, Fire and Life: Six Thousand Years of Chinese Ceramics and Chinese American New Mexicans” on Friday, April 8, at 6 p.m. in a free event open to all. 

University of New Mexico Press title, Clovis Caches: Recent Discoveries and New Research, edited by Bruce B. Huckell and J. David Kilby, won a Heritage Publication Award from the State of New Mexico Historic Preservation Division (HPD) last month.

The University of New Mexico, like much of the metro area, is still cleaning up and assessing water damage from the storm this past weekend. UNM Physical Plant Department is in the early stages of evaluating the more than 30 buildings...

A new exhibit at the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology, "Chaco Uncovered: The Field Schools 1929 to the Present" will open on Wednesday, Feb. 9 with a gallery talk and reception from 5 to 7 p.m. The gallery talk will be by National Park Service ...

Maxwell Museum will present a lecture "The Ice Age Caves - Theaters of Illusion" on Saturday, February 12 at 1 p.m. in the Hibben Center on the UNM main campus.In the great majestic ice age cave of Niaux, located near the French town of Foix, there is ...