‘Cathedral of the Desert’: New Mexico Museum of Art celebrates 100 years in Santa Fe

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(Albuquerque Journal) A faded amber program trumpets the 1917 opening of the “Temple of St. Francis and the Martyrs/The New Museum of Santa Fe” beneath a familiar image of its towers overlooking the Santa Fe Plaza.
It’s now known as the New Mexico Museum of Art; the longer title dissipated as this repository of some of the finest art in the state became known as the Art Gallery of the Museum of New Mexico.
This linchpin of Santa Fe style is celebrating its 100th anniversary on Saturday, Nov. 25. The festivities will include the opening of three exhibitions, a major face-lift and a community birthday party scheduled for Thanksgiving weekend, as well as a yearlong series of public programs. Continued