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New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum The New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum in Las Cruces is a Division of the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs.
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New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum tells the amazing story of 4,000 years of agriculture in this region through interactive exhibits, demonstrations, oral histories, objects, and educational programs. Visitors from all over the world have enjoyed the indoor and outdoor exhibits, galleries, livestock, and more. If you are looking for more information about the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum, please visit http://nmfarmandranchmuseum.org/

10/23/2026

If Fall, Winter, Gifts, and Food are your vibes, then HomeGrown is the right place for you! Find all of these things at the two-day food show and gift market on Nov. 21-22 at New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum in Las Cruces.
🥧Fall - fresh ingredients and delicious condiments for upcoming feast, baked goods, cozy beauty products, knitted items
🎄Winter - ornaments, Christmas trees, wreaths, mittens, scarves
🎁Gifts - handmade from agricultural resources including jewelry, kitchen ware, scarves, cards, hot drink sets
🌶️Food - samples of sauces to stews, specialty meats like lamb, quail eggs, chile in many forms, local w**e, recipes

🖌️🏜️Art and science align at Ag Wagon on Oct. 24 from 10 a.m. to noon! Kids will learn about different types of soil suc...
10/23/2026

🖌️🏜️Art and science align at Ag Wagon on Oct. 24 from 10 a.m. to noon! Kids will learn about different types of soil such as sand, loam, and clay, and make earthy-colored pigments to paint with. 🎃🍂 They will collect different samples of these soils, grind up the samples using a mortar and pestle, and then create a value and color chart. Once that is complete, they'll create paintings from their soil samples.

Foster creativity and ingenuity by exploring the Museum! Here are some ideas:
🎨Discover art in Main Gallery, Recent Acquisitions, and all around the museum
🌽 Play with soil and name all the colors you see in the Jardín de Tortugas Pueblo
🖍️ Color and invent assistive technologies to help farmers in the AgrAbility Creative Corner

🎟️The Ag Wagon education program is included with regular admission for kids and accompanying adults. Ag Wagon is sponsored by the Friends of the NM Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum

Let's get in the weeds at Little Ranchers & Readers on Oct. 23! Join us from 10:30 - 11:30 a.m. in the Conference Room f...
10/20/2026

Let's get in the weeds at Little Ranchers & Readers on Oct. 23! Join us from 10:30 - 11:30 a.m. in the Conference Room for an hour of fun.

📚🧑‍🌾: Families will enjoy a reading of the "The Weedy Garden," to learn about pollinators and what makes a healthy garden.
🖌️💐: For the craft, we'll use straws to make paintbrushes for flower-shapes and fill a flower vase.

About Little Ranchers & Readers: Join us for an hour of fun through singing, reading, and crafting. All books chosen are geared towards children 0-5 with engaging content and farming themes. Adult caregiver participation is required.

🎟️The program is included with museum admission, which is $7 for adults, $6 for senior citizens (60 and over), $5 for children ages 4 to 17 and $4 for active U.S. military and veterans. Children under 4 and museum members with a card are admitted free of charge, as well as Foster families with an official state Children, Youth & Family Department card.

Families can also checkout the New Mexico FamilyPass at their local library to visit the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum, as well as 7 museums and Historic Sites statewide.

🖼️Art from the book by Fritz Siebel, image from Pinterest

10/15/2026

🧰🧑‍🔧Bring your little mechanics to Ag Wagon on Oct. 17 to learn about hydraulics and build a hydraulic machine from 10 a.m. to noon! Children will learn how hydraulics are used in agriculture through a variety of machines such as tractors, harvesting equipment, loaders, forklifts, and cotton presses.

Keep the fun and momentum going by exploring the Museum! Here are some ideas:
🚜Coun how many tractors you see around the Museum and inside the galleries
🧑‍🌾 Learn about the evolution of farm equipment in the livestock area across the bridge
🌽 Play with farming-themed toys in the Jardín de Tortugas Pueblo outside or the Adventure Corral inside
🖍️ Invent assistive technologies to help farmers in the AgrAbility Creative Corner

🎟️The Ag Wagon education program is included with regular admission for kids and accompanying adults. Ag Wagon is sponsored by the Friends of the NM Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum

Help us solve a mystery at Little Ranchers & Readers on Friday, Oct. 16! 🤠🕵️ Families will help the farmer search for hi...
10/14/2026

Help us solve a mystery at Little Ranchers & Readers on Friday, Oct. 16! 🤠🕵️ Families will help the farmer search for his hat across the farm. Will it be eaten by the goat? Or floating on the duck pond? Our craft is a clue!

📍⏰: Friday, Oct. 16 at 10:30 - 11:30 a.m. in the Conference Room
📚🧑‍🌾: This week’s book is “Who Took the Farmer’s Hat” by Joan L. Nodset and illustrated by Fritz Siebel.
🪺: After the book, families will have a chance to make a bird’s nest using hands on paper materials. This craft will practice dexterity, fine motor control, and the opportunity for early cutting skills.

About Little Ranchers & Readers: Join us for an hour of fun through singing, reading, and crafting. All books chosen are geared towards children 0-5 with engaging content and farming themes. Adult caregiver participation is required.

🎟️The program is included with museum admission, which is $7 for adults, $6 for senior citizens (60 and over), $5 for children ages 4 to 17 and $4 for active U.S. military and veterans. Children under 4 and museum members with a card are admitted free of charge, as well as Foster families with an official state Children, Youth & Family Department card.

Families can also checkout the New Mexico FamilyPass at their local library to visit the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum, as well as 7 museums and Historic Sites statewide.

🖼️Art from the book by Fritz Siebel, image from Pinterest

New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum will be open on Oct. 12 for Indigenous Peoples' Day. Explore 4,000 years of hist...
10/10/2026

New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum will be open on Oct. 12 for Indigenous Peoples' Day. Explore 4,000 years of history beginning with the first farmers of the region and travel into the present day.

🌻For the International Year of the Woman Farmer, meet Kara Bobroff, who connected to her roots and made a difference in education and creating Indigenous Farm Hub, in the "Her Land: Women in Agriculture" exhibit.

🐢Walk in the newly opened Jardín de Tortugas Pueblo to learn about lifeways of Tortugas Pueblo in from the kiva to the spiral garden.

🤠📚 Calling all Little Ranchers & Readers! Join us on Friday, Oct. 9 for an hour of farm and ranch fun, including singing...
10/07/2026

🤠📚 Calling all Little Ranchers & Readers! Join us on Friday, Oct. 9 for an hour of farm and ranch fun, including singing, reading, and crafting. This program is recommended for children ages 0-5 but is open to all. Adult caregiver participation is required.

⏰📍: Friday, Oct. 9 at 10:30 - 11:30 a.m. in the Conference Room
🐄🥛: This week’s book is “The Milk Makers” by Gail Gibbons and you can make a keepsake cow handprint.

The book explores the process behind dairy farming and shows the types of cows that produce milk. The handprint cow craft will give toddlers an opportunity to practice sensory and fine-motor learning.

🚜 🐄Make sure to visit our kid-friendly Adventure Corral inside and/or the Dairy Spot: Discover Center in the livestock area for more playtime!

🎟️The program is included with museum admission, which is $7 for adults, $6 for senior citizens (60 and over), $5 for children ages 4 to 17 and $4 for active U.S. military and veterans. Children under 4 and museum members with a card are admitted free of charge, as well as Foster families with an official state Children, Youth & Family Department card.

Families can also checkout the New Mexico FamilyPass at their local library to visit the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum, as well as 7 museums and Historic Sites statewide.

10/07/2026

🪧🐮 This is your sign to stop thinking about it and come visit our cows. Angus, Brangus, Corriente, Hereford, Longhorn are the breeds we have in the South 20 Livestock Area because each of them have affected New Mexico history. Cows have complex and rich relationships with their herds, and you can see that in action Monday - Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Address

4100 Dripping Springs Road
Las Cruces, NM
88011

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 4pm
Tuesday 10am - 4pm
Wednesday 10am - 4pm
Thursday 10am - 4pm
Friday 10am - 4pm
Saturday 10am - 4pm

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+15755224100

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