FY2020-2021 HISTORY IN THE MAKING
Portal to the past | It got easier than ever to glimpse the value of New Mexico history through the Palace of the Governors Photo Archives. Thirty thousand images became searchable in FY2021 via the University of New Mexico’s digital collections. That’s a good third of the estimated million photographic prints, glass plate negatives, photo postcards and other media in the archives. The New Mexico History Museum also significantly amped up its social media presence with the Palace of the Governors Photo Archives Facebook page, which posts historic photos daily.
9 educational programs delivered 3,494 schoolchildren reached 2 in-person and 8 online exhibitions 10
E. J. Westervelt, Engle Station, Santa Fe Railway, New Mexico, ca. 1895-1897. Photo courtesy Palace of the Governors Photo Archives, Neg. No. 035876.
$24,000 exhibitions and education support $28,000 grants funded $202,000 total private support m useumfoundation.org
