Winter 2021 Member News

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FY2020-2021 MOVING THE PAST FORWARD

30 years in the making | Bosque Redondo Memorial at Fort Sumner Historic Site opened its newly renovated permanent exhibition Bosque Redondo: A Place of Suffering, A Place of Survival. A public opening ceremony will be held on May 28, 2022. The site’s journey to a more truthful telling of the 400-mile Long Walk is the result of three decades of collaboration between tribal leaders, Historic Sites staff, Friends of Bosque Redondo, Museum of New Mexico Foundation members and trustees, and the New Mexico State Legislature.

Beaming into the classroom | The Virtual Classroom program, which includes lesson plans, pre-recorded video lessons and activities designed for K-12 students, was a major pandemic project for the historic sites. The project’s popularity proved it is worth continuing. Ongoing activities include daily updates to the sites’ YouTube pages featuring lessons on native plants, visits with animals, glimpses into the collections, and lectures from historians and experts across the state. Left: Detail of a new permanent exhibition mural at the Bosque Redondo Memorial based on The Long Walk, a 2012 painting by Shonto Begay (Navajo/Diné). Photo courtesy New Mexico Historic Sites.

4,562 onsite student visits 92,730 virtual student visits 660,877 total online engagement 14

$5,200 exhibitions and education support $33,000 total private support m useumfoundation.org


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