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Visitors to the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum in Las Cruces are now greeted by a beautiful new sculpture in front of the Bruce King Building. The life-sized bronze by Albuquerque artist Reynaldo “Sonny” Rivera captures the determination and skill of barrel racer Amberley Snyder. Rivera, a native of Mesquite, N.M., read an…

The New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum is partnering with iris societies throughout the state and growers throughout the country. The process of planting about 175 different types of irises in the raised beds in front of the Museum’s Bruce King Building has begun. Led by the Mesilla Valley Iris Society, groups from throughout

Free admission with a day full of fun activities is set for Aug. 24 as the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum in Las Cruces hosts Community Appreciation Day. The fourth-annual event is held to thank the community for its support and to showcase the Museum’s programs and exhibits. The fun is from 9

NEW MEXICO FARM & RANCH HERITAGE MUSEUMGOVERNING BOARDMEETING August 16, 2019Las Ventanas Room4100 Dripping Springs Rd, Las Cruces, NM10:00 AM AGENDAThe Mission of the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum Board is to provide direction, advice, and support to the Director of the Museum in the maintenance and operation of the Museum and all

Colorful farm scenes will decorate the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum’s Arts Corridor from Aug. 16 through Dec. 1. An opening celebration of Las Cruces artist Jeri Desrochers exhibit, Cultivating Color, is set for Aug. 18 from 2:30-4:30 p.m. The reception, which includes refreshments, is free. Jeri Desrochers’ vibrant oil paintings capture the

The New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum’s lobby showpiece for the past 15 months will soon be moving on. The Museum brought the fiberglass sculpture, “Sodbuster, San Isidro,” by the late Luis Jiménez, to Las Cruces in May 2018 on loan from its owner, Russell Tether of Dallas. Its last day in the lobby