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The University of New Mexico Maxwell Museum of Anthropology is the midst of its annual student membership drive, in which it gives away free memberships to the first 75 UNM or CNM students who sign up in person at its museum store before Friday, Aug. 30....

ALL REZ: Kéyah, Hooghan, K'é, Iiná / Land, Home, Kinship, Life, an innovative, traveling, site-specific, experimental photography exhibition and museological project at the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology at The University of New Mexico, will close with a...

The Maxwell Museum of Anthropology of the University of New Mexico has been approved by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) for a Grants for Arts Projects award of $36,000. This grant will support ALL REZ: Kéyah, Hooghan, K'é, Iiná / Land, Home,...

A memorial service for Professor Emeritus Jacob Jerome Brody, known to friends and family as Jerry, will be held May 17 on the campus of The University of New Mexico. Brody had a distinguished history at UNM...

Imposed upon Navajo people in the 1930s, the brutal Livestock Reduction Program proposed to eliminate over half of Diné livestock herds. Against the backdrop of the Dust Bowl and the Hoover Dam, livestock reduction was an extreme response to reports of...

The Maxwell Museum of Anthropology at The University of New Mexico is hosting a Family Day Event focused on Exploring Human Evolution. The event is part of Maxwell’s mission of working toward a greater understanding of the fullness of human experiences...

The Maxwell Museum of Anthropology’s annual Ancestors lecture returns with a talk by The University of New Mexico Associate Professor Sherry Nelson. Nelson will speak about Becoming Human: The Early Stages from Ape to Hominin. The lecture will be...

The Maxwell Museum of Anthropology at The University of New Mexico is pairing up with the Asian American and Pacific Islander Resource Center to offer a special edition of its popular Dancing in the Cave event. Everyone is invited bright and early to...

The Maxwell Museum of Anthropology at The University of New Mexico will host a closing reception for its two current exhibitions on Native American basketry — We Were Basketmakers Before We Were Pueblo People and Conversing With the Land: Native American...

The Maxwell Museum of Anthropology at The University of New Mexico is throwing open its doors during the traditional UNM Hanging of the Greens Friday, Dec. 1, and serving up refreshments, music, a sale in the shop, and a special holiday photo booth where...