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  • Temporarily Closed

    NHCC Campus 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM

    ¡Bienvenidos! The National Hispanic Cultural Center is a division of the Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA) with the State of New Mexico. In accordance with revised public health directives, the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs has temporarily closed its museums and historic sites to the public until further notice. The safety and well-being of our employees and visitors is the DCA’s foremost concern. We appreciate your ongoing support and understanding. Please continue to visit this website for updates and to explore virtual visits, programs, and educational (more...)

  • Día de los Muertos: Lesson Plans

    Día de los Muertos is observed on November 1st and 2nd in many countries across Latin American. The celebration is the result of a blending of Catholic Spanish traditions with Indigenous customs and beliefs. It is believed that on Día de los Muertos the veil between the spirit world and real world is lifted long enough for the souls of the deceased to reunite with their families and friends. Those who celebrate Día de los Muertos welcome home the spirits of lost loved ones with music, food, offerings, (more...)

  • Día de los Muertos: Home Ofrenda

    Make an ofrenda @home to celebrate Día de los Muertos! The National Hispanic Cultural Center remains closed, and since we can't invite you to the NHCC to celebrate Día de los Muertos, we invite you to share the names of your loved ones in the comments on our social media to create a digital remembrance. If you create an ofrenda in your home, we hope you will share a photo or tag us in your post. (Your account privacy settings may prevent us from sharing it) Read through the post (more...)

  • Virtual Día de los Muertos Concert: Las Flores del Valle of Albuquerque

    7 pm Museum of International Folk Art Facebook page HERE Every year the NHCC holds its annual Despedida (Farewell) to celebrate Día de los Muertos with music, poetry, and hands-on art at this time-honored community gathering. Unfortunately, with the current health restrictions, this year’s Despedida is another wonderful in-person event that has been canceled. We are going to miss our ofrendas around the NHCC campus, as well as the music, poetry, traditional hot chocolate mexicano, pan de muerto, and the opportunity to share our heartfelt memories with you, (more...)

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    Instituto Cervantes Book Club

    10-11:30 am The Instituto Cervantes Book Club meets twice a month to talk about that month’s selected book. Book for November: Ni siquiera los muertos, Juan Gómez Bárcena Pre-registration for the Instituto Cervantes Book Club is required. More information.

  • Bosque Gallery: Community Inspiration

    We hope you take a walk on the trail, west of the NHCC campus to view a new outside exhibit space. After your experience with the exhibit, go home and make something! Can you transform your outside space in to an exhibit space? 

  • Virtual: Inside Yjastros

    8 pm (MTS) Virtual performance with a digital viewing pass. Get pass HERE Link and password will be sent to you one hour before the premiere, providing 48 hours of access. In 1999, Yjastros: The American Flamenco Repertory Company set forth on an artistic journey that would become America's most distinctive flamenco project. This revolutionary performance entity combines the mosaic quality of the American repertory company with the authentic idiom of flamenco, creating a living archive of choreographic masterworks. This fall's performance season called for a special, (more...)

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    Instituto Cervantes Book Club

    10-11:30 am The Instituto Cervantes Book Club meets twice a month to talk about that month’s selected book. Book for November: Ni siquiera los muertos, Juan Gómez Bárcena Pre-registration for the Instituto Cervantes Book Club is required. More information.

  • Virtual Reading and Discussion: Rebecca Blum-Martínez and Mary Jean Habermann López, The Shoulders We Stand On

    Live via Zoom or in-person

    6 pm (MDT) RSVP for the online event: Resister HERE Virtual Reading and Discussion: Rebecca Blum-Martínez and Mary Jean Habermann López, Editors, The Shoulders We Stand On: A History of Bilingual Education in New Mexico (University of New Mexico Press, 2020) Presented by Bookworks, the National Hispanic Cultural Center, and the University of New Mexico Press. The Shoulders We Stand On traces the complex history of bilingual education in New Mexico, covering Spanish, Diné, and Pueblo languages. The book focuses on the formal establishment of bilingual education (more...)

  • NHCC Book Club

    5:30 pm The NHCC Book Club meets once a month to talk about that month’s selected book. Book for November: Lost City Radio, Daniel Alarcon. To join the NHCC Book Club, register here. NHCC Book Club members who purchase their books through Bookworks get a 10% discount on that title.