NMAC Calendar
Events and deadlines relevant to New Mexico archaeologists and archaeology enthusiasts.
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- August 19, 2026
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Pottery Demonstration in the Buchsbaum Gallery
August 19, 2026 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Museum of Indian Arts & Culture, 710 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe, NM 87505, USAEvery Third Wednesday
Pottery Demonstration in the Buchsbaum Gallery of Southwestern Pottery. Program is included with museum admission.
Every Wednesday is free for New Mexico Seniors!
For more info: https://www.miaclab.org/calendar?eventID=7065
-This is not an NMAC event.
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MIAC Let’s Take a Look!
August 19, 2026 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Museum of Indian Arts & Culture, 710 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe, NM 87505, USAThird Wednesday of Every Month
Curators wait in the lobby to identify and explain any artifact or historic object presented to them. Free and open to the public, but please note Federal and State regulations prohibit the monetary appraisal of objects.
For more info: https://www.miaclab.org/calendar?eventID=6989
-This is not an NMAC event.
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- August 23, 2026
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The Railroading of Geronimo
August 23, 2026 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Martha Liebert Public Library, 124 Calle Malinche, Bernalillo, NM 87004, USARailroads had a significant impact on the Apache warrior Geronimo and those captured with him in 1886. This presentation traces his railroad transport as a U.S. Army prisoner of war, from Arizona, to internment forts in Texas, Alabama, Florida and Oklahoma along with what contributed to the deaths of over half of those Native Americans. This talk also describes the rail cars used to transport the Apache fighters, the routes of the trains, and related impacts of that banishment from their Arizona homeland.
Fred Friedman is a well-known historian of New Mexico rail heritage. As the former head of the New Mexico Railroad Bureau and a former board member of the Historical Society of New Mexico, Fred has a unique perspective on how railroads shaped the state’s identity.
For more info: https://www.coronadojemezfriends.org/lectures
-This is not an NMAC event.
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- August 27, 2026
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Crow Canyon Webinar-Hidden on the Surface: Why LiDAR Hasn’t Changed Southwest Archaeology… Yet
August 27, 2026 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
With great new data, comes great new responsibility. Although LiDAR is still a relatively new technology, it has already transformed archaeology and reshaped our understanding of the past. Yet, its regional impact has been surprisingly uneven. While LiDAR has revolutionized archaeological research in many parts of the world, its potential in the U.S. Southwest remains comparatively underrealized. Drawing on preliminary research and examples from the Ancestral Pueblo world, this presentation explores both the opportunities LiDAR presents and the challenges that remain. It also considers what archaeologists can realistically expect from the next generation of remote sensing technologies—and where future research efforts are likely to have the greatest impact.
For more info: https://crowcanyon.org/programs/hidden-on-the-surface-why-lidar-hasnt-changed-southwest-archaeology-yet/
-This is not an NMAC event.
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- September 4, 2026
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Star Party
September 4, 2026 8:00 pm - 11:00 pm
Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, USAPlease join Chaco Culture and the Albuquerque Astronomical Society for a star party at the visitor center! Visitors will look through telescopes starting a little after 8:00 pm at planets, nebulae, galaxies, star clusters, and more. You are welcome to stay as long or as little as you'd like. Telescope viewing is weather-dependent; please check in with the visitor center on the day of your visit for the current weather forecast or any additional details you'd like to know. Reservations are not required.
For more info: https://www.nps.gov/planyourvisit/event-details.htm?id=40ED4579-937D-17AF-D40D018A9E7AC398
-This is not an NMAC event.
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- September 5, 2026
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Star Party
September 5, 2026 8:00 pm - 11:00 pm
Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, USAPlease join Chaco Culture and the Albuquerque Astronomical Society for a star party at the visitor center! Visitors will look through telescopes starting a little after 8:00 pm at planets, nebulae, galaxies, star clusters, and more. You are welcome to stay as long or as little as you'd like. Telescope viewing is weather-dependent; please check in with the visitor center on the day of your visit for the current weather forecast or any additional details you'd like to know. Reservations are not required.
For more info: https://www.nps.gov/planyourvisit/event-details.htm?id=40ED4579-937D-17AF-D40D018A9E7AC398
-This is not an NMAC event.
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- September 6, 2026
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MIAC Book Club
September 6, 2026 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Museum of Indian Arts & Culture, 710 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe, NM 87505, USAJoin us for our new bookclub to discuss Braiding Sweetgrass, by Robin Wall Kimmerer (Potawatomi).
Taking place every other first Sunday of the Month in our Docent Library.
Books available for purchase in the Colleen Cloney Duncan Museum Shop
Drawing on her life as an indigenous scientist, and as a woman, Kimmerer shows how other living beings―asters and goldenrod, strawberries and squash, salamanders, algae, and sweetgrass―offer us gifts and lessons, even if we’ve forgotten how to hear their voices. In reflections that range from the creation of Turtle Island to the forces that threaten its flourishing today, she circles toward a central argument: that the awakening of ecological consciousness requires the acknowledgment and celebration of our reciprocal relationship with the rest of the living world. For only when we can hear the languages of other beings will we be capable of understanding the generosity of the earth, and learn to give our own gifts in return.
For more info: https://www.miaclab.org/calendar?eventID=7108
-This is not an NMAC event.
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- September 16, 2026
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Pottery Demonstration in the Buchsbaum Gallery
September 16, 2026 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Museum of Indian Arts & Culture, 710 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe, NM 87505, USAEvery Third Wednesday
Pottery Demonstration in the Buchsbaum Gallery of Southwestern Pottery. Program is included with museum admission.
Every Wednesday is free for New Mexico Seniors!
For more info: https://www.miaclab.org/calendar?eventID=7065
-This is not an NMAC event.
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MIAC Let’s Take a Look!
September 16, 2026 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Museum of Indian Arts & Culture, 710 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe, NM 87505, USAThird Wednesday of Every Month
Curators wait in the lobby to identify and explain any artifact or historic object presented to them. Free and open to the public, but please note Federal and State regulations prohibit the monetary appraisal of objects.
For more info: https://www.miaclab.org/calendar?eventID=6989
-This is not an NMAC event.
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