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In 1912, the year of New Mexico statehood, Santa Fe’s city fathers, including Edgar Lee Hewett, Sylvanus Morley, and Carlos Vierra, formed the city’s first Planning Board. With little money, but astounding drive, this prescient group launched itself into the unknowns of historic preservation, town planning, revival architecture, and commercial success.
Categories: Featured, Visual art
After four years serving his country in the navy during World War II, Lloyd Kiva New took a spur‑of‑the‑moment drive to Scottsdale, Arizona, to reconnect with leisure and the landscape. This day trip would both change his life—and make history
Categories: Featured, Visual art
By painting Fiesta de Santa Fe’s 1926 parade, Gustave Baumann captured the city’s social evolution—in motion—in a singular work recently donated to the New Mexico History Museum.
Categories: Featured, Visual art
![Black and white photo of an art gallery with framed paintings on the walls, wooden benches, and tiled floors. No people are present. [gen-ai]](https://elpalacio.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/beautiful_self-400x225.jpg)
![Three small handbags in red, purple, and blue with metallic clasps are displayed on a fabric printed with horse silhouettes. [gen-ai]](https://elpalacio.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/drums-400x225.jpg)
![A lively outdoor scene with people in traditional clothing, horses, carriages, musicians, dancers, and children gathered around trees and banners. [gen-ai]](https://elpalacio.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/party-400x225.jpg)