More about the Farm and Ranch Museum

The 1991 New Mexico Legislature formed a new division within the Office of Cultural Affairs--the Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum.

The museum inventories historical farms and ranches within the state and exhibits artifacts. Themes include a history of agriculture in New Mexico, cultural adaptation to agriculture, and the science of agriculture including genetic engineering.

The museum includes a restaurant featuring New Mexico foods and a gift shop offering New Mexican agricultural products. Demonstrations include blacksmithing, basket-weaving, tatting, and plowing with a mule. The facility opened May 20, 1998 and is open seven days a week.

New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum, PO Drawer 1898, Las Cruces, NM 88004 (505) 522-4100 Fax (505) 522-3085