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The New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum and the Eagle Ranch Mercantile will be closed on Christmas Day and on New Year’s Day. Both will close at 1 p.m. on Dec. 24. The Museum’s regular hours of operation will resume at 9 a.m. on Dec. 26 and Jan. 2.

The New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum in Las Cruces has added a third breed of sheep to its livestock program – a breed created in New Mexico. Three Debouillet sheep – one ram and two ewe lambs – from the R.C. “Punch” Jones ranch near Tatum, N.M., arrived on Tuesday. The Debouillet breed

The New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum and the Eagle Ranch Mercantile and Snack Bar will be closed on Thanksgiving Day. Both the Museum and Gift Shop will reopen at 9 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 25, and resume normal business hours.

Food produced in New Mexico is showcased at the third-annual event, “HomeGrown: A New Mexico Food Show & Gift Market,” on Nov. 19-20 at the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum. Vendors from around the state will sell their products as the gift-giving season approaches. The event is 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on

Despite his being a fairly prominent trader of his time, we actually know relatively little about James Wiley Magoffin and his associates and their roles in Southwestern trading between the early 1830s and the American Civil War. Historian Cameron Saffell, a recipient of a 2016 Office of the New Mexico State Historian-History Scholars’ Program grant,

A new exhibit at the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum will celebrate the centennial of the Elephant Butte Dam in Sierra County. “Elephant Butte Dam: Building a Future for Agriculture” opens in the Museum’s North Corridor with a reception from 6-8 p.m. on Oct. 13. Admission to the reception is free and refreshments