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The TripAdvisor travel website now ranks the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum No. 1 on its list of things to do in Las Cruces. The Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum just celebrated its 20th birthday and welcomed visitors from all 50 states and 11 foreign countries last year. TripAdvisor, which also just awarded…

The New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum in Las Cruces is among eight state-run museums participating in the 2018 Blue Star Museums program. The New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs are collaborating with the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families, the Department of Defense, and more than 2,000 museums across America to

A day of demonstrations, children’s activities, rides, and special programs wraps up a week commemorating the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum’s 20th Anniversary. May 19 is 20th Anniversary Celebration Day from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. A reduced admission rate of only $5 per carload will be in place for this day only.

The New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum will celebrate an old tradition with the annual Blessing of the Fields procession on Tuesday, May 15. The event is the start of a week of activities as the Museum celebrates its 20th Anniversary. Beginning at 10 a.m., Most Reverend Oscar Cantú, Bishop of the Roman Catholic

A powerful, colorful representation of the determination of farming is about to be on full display in the lobby of the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum’s Bruce King Building. The new showpiece is the sculpture, “Sodbuster, San Isidro,” by the late Luis A. Jiménez, Jr. The sculpture will be presented at a reception

New Mexico’s remarkable agricultural story covers 4,000 years, 121,000 square miles, and boasts great diversity, both in the people and the food they raised. The New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum is celebrating 20 years of sharing this story with a week of activities May 15-19. The annual Blessing of the Fields begins at