A Land So Strange
Depression Era Rendering of the Altar - Sanctuario - Chimayo
Over the past four centuries, a distinctive culture has evolved in New Mexico, an area described 400 years ago in the journal of Cabeza de Vaca as Una Tierra Tan Extraña…… A Land So Strange. The Hubbard Museum is proud to present its newest interpretive exhibit, A Land So Strange, which opens Saturday, June 16th, and runs through February 8, 2013.
As the State of New Mexico celebrates its 100th anniversary, A Land So Strange was created and designed by Curator of Exhibits, David Mandel and Curator of Collections, Adele Karolik, to provide a unique and educational journey through nearly 400 years of New Mexico history. With hundreds of artifacts and images from the 16th century to the 20th century, the exhibit tells the story of the Native Americans, the Spanish, and the Euro-Americans who created the New Mexico we experience today.
19th Century Mescalero Leader, San Juan
Each group resisted the intrusion of the others on their lands, and each had their own beliefs, their own cultures and technologies and fought to retain their way of life.
The Hubbard Museum has drawn materials from its own collections as well as from important museums around the state and from the Library of Congress and the Smithsonian. Items include 19th century Apache basketry; Pueblo pottery; an 18th century French musket and a 19th century buffalo gun, both from the Museum’s C.L. “Bones” Wright Firearms Collection; a life-size photograph of Billy the Kid; 17th century Spanish chainmail excavated by archaeologists at the site of New Mexico’s first capitol; and souvenirs from the days of New Mexico’s Route 66.
