The Maxwell Museum will celebrate its 90th birthday in 2022. Here we feature some highlights from our history.
Exhibition announcement: Fiestas of San Juan Nuevo
Posted on: Thursday, February 11, 2021 - 8:00am
In the nearly 50 years since the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology has been in its present location, the Museum has hosted approximately 150 temporary exhibitions. Over the next few weeks, we will look back at some of them.
From November 1981... read more
Arbol de la Vida/Tree of Life by Sabinita López Ortiz (1994)
Posted on: Thursday, January 28, 2021 - 6:15am
In the nearly 50 years since the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology has been in its present location, the Museum has hosted approximately 150 temporary exhibitions. Over the next few weeks, we will look back at some of them.
In the 1990s,... read more
Nineteenth Century Brazilian Photography at the University of New Mexico
Posted on: Thursday, January 21, 2021 - 6:30am
In the nearly 50 years since the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology has been in its present location, the Museum has hosted approximately 150 temporary exhibitions. Over the next few weeks, we will look back at some of them.
In 1988, the... read more
Small brass bottle, Westfeldt Bunting Collection, 68.91.15
Posted on: Thursday, January 14, 2021 - 7:30am
In the nearly 50 years since the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology has been in its present location, the Museum has hosted approximately 150 temporary exhibitions. Over the next few weeks, we will look back at some of them.
In 1968, Ethel... read more
Detail of “A Water Design” painted by Bulun, a Ganalbuingu artist from Milingbi, Australia, ca. 1970-1980. Detail, 84.2.54 (on long term loan to the Maxwell Museum from the Albuquerque Museum)
Posted on: Thursday, January 7, 2021 - 9:00am
In the nearly 50 years since the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology has been in its present location, the Museum has hosted approximately 150 temporary exhibitions. Over the next few weeks, we will look back at some of them.
When Maxwell... read more
Exhibition poster: Basketry the Versatile Art
Posted on: Thursday, December 17, 2020 - 6:00am
Throwback Thursday: Maxwell Museums Exhibitions — Basketry: The Virtual Art
In the nearly 50 years since the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology has been in its present location, the Museum has hosted approximately 150 temporary exhibitions.... read more
Detail, large Rio Grande Blanket with central Saltillo motif, 1865-1875. MMA 63.34.84
Posted on: Thursday, December 3, 2020 - 6:00am
In the nearly 50 years since the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology has been in its present location, the Museum has hosted approximately 150 temporary exhibitions. Over the next few weeks, we will look back at some of them.
In 1963, Gilbert... read more
Cricket cage (to hold crickets for their song or for fighting). 68.59.190
Posted on: Thursday, November 26, 2020 - 7:45am
In the nearly 50 years since the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology has been in its present location, the Museum has hosted approximately 150 temporary exhibitions. Over the next few weeks, we will look back at some of them.
In 1968, the... read more
Bear by Stewart Quandelacy
Posted on: Thursday, November 19, 2020 - 4:00pm
In the nearly 50 years since the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology has been in its present location, the Museum has hosted approximately 150 temporary exhibitions. Over the next few weeks, we will look back at some of them.
The 1991... read more
Posted on: Thursday, October 22, 2020 - 11:45am
In the nearly 50 years since the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology has been in its present location, the Museum has hosted approximately 150 temporary exhibitions. Over the next few weeks, we will look back at some of them.
Since its creation... read more
