The National Museum of Nuclear Science & History will debut a temporary exhibit beginning November 1, 2024, in honor of Native American Heritage Month. The exhibit explores and recognizes the contributions, scientific achievements, and impact of Native American scientists and engineers.

The poster exhibition in the Museum’s Periodic Hall showcases individuals like astronaut and Presidential Medal Recipient Jerry High Eagle Elliott and Dr. Susan Laflesche Picotte, the first Native American woman to earn a medical degree, Native American mathematicians, scientists, and inventors who have contributed broadly to our nation's greatness and helped change our world.

The Native American banner exhibit is included in the Museum's admission price. This special exhibition will be displayed at the National Museum of Nuclear Science & History from November 1 through November 30. For more information, please visit nuclearmuseum.org.

The Pueblo Dance Group (Laguna, Acoma, Zuni and Hopi) will be dancing.

Celebrate the seasonal cycles through prayer, song, and dance with our Cultural Dance Program. Dances connect us to our ancestors, community, and traditions while honoring gifts from our Creator.

They ensure that life continues and connections to the past and future are reinforced. The Indian Pueblo Cultural Center is the only place in North America to offer cultural Native American dances every week, year-round.

For this event we will be featuring two books: The Circle of Thanks: Native American Poems and Songs of Thanksgiving by Joseph Bruchac (Abenaki) with pictures by Murv Jacob (Cherokee), and Keepunumuk: Weeâchumun’s Thanksgiving Story by Danielle Greendeer (Mashpee Wampanoag), Anthony Perry (Chickasaw), Alexis Bunten (Aleut/Yup’ik), illustrated by Gary Meeches, Sr. (Anishinaabe).

The Circle of Thanks book features poems with themes of thanksgiving and appreciation of nature, based in part on traditional Native songs and prayers.

Keepunumuk: Weeâchumun’s Thanksgiving Story is an important picture book that tells the Thanksgiving story from the perspective of the Wampanoag people; two kids from the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe learn the story of Weeâchumun’s (corn) and the “first” Thanksgiving.

Our reader will be Jeremy Felipe, from the pueblos of Acoma (Áakʼu) and Jemez (Walatowa)

For our craft, we will be creating Gratitude wreaths.

The Pueblo Dance Group (Laguna, Acoma, Zuni and Hopi) will be dancing.

Celebrate the seasonal cycles through prayer, song, and dance with our Cultural Dance Program. Dances connect us to our ancestors, community, and traditions while honoring gifts from our Creator.

They ensure that life continues and connections to the past and future are reinforced. The Indian Pueblo Cultural Center is the only place in North America to offer cultural Native American dances every week, year-round.

• A “New” New Mexican Tradition. Bring your friends and family to the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center for a holiday shop and stroll event with games for kids, Pueblo Santa, photos with Santa, artists, ornament making, s’mores, hot chocolate, Pueblo pies, and more treats for everyone. Find that perfect unique gift idea for loved ones and kick off the holiday season with this “new” New Mexican tradition!

The Sky City Buffalo Ram Dancers (Acoma) will be dancing.

Celebrate the seasonal cycles through prayer, song, and dance with our Cultural Dance Program. Dances connect us to our ancestors, community, and traditions while honoring gifts from our Creator.

They ensure that life continues and connections to the past and future are reinforced. The Indian Pueblo Cultural Center is the only place in North America to offer cultural Native American dances every week, year-round.

The Sky City Buffalo Ram Dancers (Acoma) will be dancing.

Celebrate the seasonal cycles through prayer, song, and dance with our Cultural Dance Program. Dances connect us to our ancestors, community, and traditions while honoring gifts from our Creator.

They ensure that life continues and connections to the past and future are reinforced. The Indian Pueblo Cultural Center is the only place in North America to offer cultural Native American dances every week, year-round.

The Sky City Buffalo Ram Dancers (Acoma) will be dancing.

Celebrate the seasonal cycles through prayer, song, and dance with our Cultural Dance Program. Dances connect us to our ancestors, community, and traditions while honoring gifts from our Creator.

They ensure that life continues and connections to the past and future are reinforced. The Indian Pueblo Cultural Center is the only place in North America to offer cultural Native American dances every week, year-round.

The Sky City Buffalo Ram Dancers (Acoma) will be dancing.

Celebrate the seasonal cycles through prayer, song, and dance with our Cultural Dance Program. Dances connect us to our ancestors, community, and traditions while honoring gifts from our Creator.

They ensure that life continues and connections to the past and future are reinforced. The Indian Pueblo Cultural Center is the only place in North America to offer cultural Native American dances every week, year-round.

Roberto Minczuk Music Director

Mozart Serenade No. 10, “Gran Partita”
Brass Work TBD

Among his most beloved works, Mozart’s “Gran Partita” is a cornerstone of works written primarily for woodwinds and brass. Aside from its high standing with audiences, the work is also notable for featuring the basset horn, a member of the clarinet family but pitched a perfect fourth lower than a clarinet, which was a favorite instrument of Mozart’s. Felix Mendelssohn and Richard Strauss would later foster a brief revival for this rare instrument. The Brass will bring festive sounds just in time for the holidays.

Includes Coffee and Donuts!

Roberto Minczuk Music Director
Manzano Day School Chorus
Bosque School Choir
V. Sue Cleveland High School Choir
Moriarty High School Choir
Albuquerque Youth Symphony

The NMPhil continues the long tradition of holiday pops concerts with this year’s edition of “Home for the Holidays,” featuring a blizzard of holiday favorites such as “Sleigh Ride,” “Carol of the Bells,” “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy” from The Nutcracker, and much more. We also join forces with some of the finest young musicians in New Mexico to craft this holiday delight.

https://nmphil.org/event/home-for-the-holidays/

Bradley Ellingboe conductor
New Mexico Philharmonic
Luminare choir

Celebrate the holiday season with the world’s most beloved sacred symphonic work: Handel’s Messiah. An intimate performance by the New Mexico Philharmonic—conducted by Bradley Ellingboe, with the extraordinary Luminare choir. Experience a transcendent tour de force—Handel’s masterwork the way it was meant to be!

Bradley Ellingboe conductor
New Mexico Philharmonic
Luminare choir

Celebrate the holiday season with the world’s most beloved sacred symphonic work: Handel’s Messiah. An intimate performance by the New Mexico Philharmonic—conducted by Bradley Ellingboe, with the extraordinary Luminare choir. Experience a transcendent tour de force—Handel’s masterwork the way it was meant to be!

https://nmphil.org/event/handels-messiah-december-21-2024/