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For the past 20 years, Wednesday mornings have been a bustle of activity in a very unlikely spot: the basement of the Hibben Center for Archaeology. Thanks to a special group of volunteers who dutifully gather here every week, archaeological collections...

The Maxwell Museum of Anthropology at The University of New Mexico has announced the spring edition of the Maxwell Courtyard Concert Series, a four-part celebration featuring superb local and regional artists. As Albuquerque’s first public museum, the...

The first Dancing in the Cave event on Groundhog Day was so popular, the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology at The University of New Mexico is going to do it again. Everyone is invited bright and early to the Maxwell on Friday, March 3, from 8 to 9:30 a.m....

There is a common misconception that Ancestral Pueblo people rarely ate fish. Research from Jonathan Dombrosky, adjunct assistant professor at The University of New Mexico Department of Anthropology, shows that not only did fish become a more common part...

Sound artist, producer, and singer-songwriter Seylon Stills will be featured in the first of the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology’s Courtyard Concert Series at The University of New Mexico on Friday, July 15, at 6:30 p.m. This is a free event and open to...

To commemorate Pride Month and express support for the LGBTQ+ community, throughout June the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology at The University of New Mexico is posting blog posts written by scholars and curators that tell stories embedded in the museum...

Karen Collins, artist and Executive Director of the African American Miniature Museum, will be featured in the first of the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology’s public events of 2022 on Saturday, Feb. 26, at noon. The museum billed the online event as We...

For the past century, Southwestern archaeologists have debated what happened to the Mimbres people of southwestern New Mexico after AD 1150, a group known for their vibrant pottery with its distinctive geometric and animal designs. Starting in the...

Every Navajo rug is a unique piece that starts with raising the sheep and goats for wool, which is then shorn, carded, spun, dyed, and finally woven, all by hand, into a rug using traditional, contemporary, and historic themes. Rugs are not just pieces...

The Maxwell Museum of Anthropology at The University of New Mexico is partnering with the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian in Santa Fe, which presents contemporary and iconic Native American art exhibitions, to present Indigenous Women: Border...