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The dramatic history and transformation of White Sands Missile Range is the subject of this month’s Culture Series at the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum. “The Range: From Livestock to Missiles,” is set for 7 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 12 in the Museum’s theater. The focus is ranching in the Tularosa Basin and…

New Mexico True is the state’s tourism theme. When it comes to agriculture, there aren’t many things in our state more New Mexico True than Debouillet sheep. The breed originated in southeastern New Mexico, and the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum in Las Cruces has a new display that chronicles the development of

Birds of New Mexico in their natural habitat are featured in a new art exhibit opening at the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum in Las Cruces. “On the Wing: The Avian Photography of Nirmala Khandan” opens in the Museum’s Arts Corridor with public reception from 5-7 p.m. on Aug. 24. Refreshments will be

The American Plains Artists 32nd Annual Juried Exhibit & Sale opened on Aug. 3, to a very large crowd at the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum in Las Cruces, NM, where the exhibit and sale will continue through November 5, 2017. Realistic and representational artworks of the American Great Plains are on exhibit

Celebrating the 100th birthday of the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum’s newly renovated chuck wagon is part of the festivities for the second-annual Community Appreciation Day on Aug. 26. Admission is free all day at the museum and activities are planned from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Visitors are invited to interact with

Volunteers at the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum in Las Cruces worked nearly 4,000 hours during fiscal year 2017. The 68 volunteers worked 3,986.75 hours from July 2016 through June 2017. The estimated value of a volunteer hour, according to grantspace.org, is $24.14, so the total value for the year is $96,240.14. Museum