Museums in Las Cruces
Two free City museums side by side on Main Street, a university museum with a world-class retablo collection, and a heritage museum with the Organ Mountains for a backdrop.
Las Cruces Museum of Art
The City's art museum, right on Main Street. Rotating contemporary exhibits, art classes, and it's free. Next up: Declaration/Declaración, opening when the doors reopen Nov 6.
Tue–Fri 10am–4:30pm, Sat 9am–4:30pm, First Fridays until 7pm
Branigan Cultural Center
The City's cultural history museum, set in the 1935 Branigan building next door to the Museum of Art. Rotating cultural and art exhibits, free admission, and late hours on First Fridays.
Tue–Fri 10am–4:30pm, Sat 9am–4:30pm, First Fridays until 7pm
NMSU Art Museum
New Mexico State's art museum in Devasthali Hall. Contemporary and historical work, plus the largest collection of 19th-century Mexican retablos in the country. Most people have no idea it's here. Now you do.
Tue–Sat 10am–4pm
New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum
Four thousand years of New Mexico farming and ranching history on the east edge of town, with the Organ Mountains as the backdrop. Its Artist's Corridor rotates art about food, farming and ranching.
Mon–Sat 10am–4pm, closed Sundays
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