We invite you to take time to explore these featured projects identified below. To view the project, click on its image.
Lincoln Bicentennial N.M. Website
This website/virtual exhibit is New Mexico's contribution to the national celebration of President Abraham Lincoln's birth. Mr. Paul Conley, a graduate of New Mexico Highland's University Media Arts Department and one of the Office of the State Historian's student interns has elegantly captured Lincoln's legacy in New Mexico, including information on the Civil War in N.M. and the Lincoln Canes, complimented with essays, student activities, and the magnificent photography of Lee Marmon of Laguna Pueblo."
The Smithsonian's Exhibit of New Mexico
In 1992, the Smithsonian Institution mounted an exhibit about New Mexico at the National Museum of American History in Washington D.C. The exhibit's photographer, Annie Sahlin, created this site contributing many of the images she took while working for the museum.
Telling the Stories
Telling the Stories is a place to learn about the rich variety of cultural resources and services available to them from the Department of Cultural Affairs, as well as other state institutions, private organizations, and tribal communities. These include museums, libraries, archives, research collections, and historical and language preservation programs. To the extent possible, written, oral, and visual descriptive information about these resources and services will be represented in all of New Mexico’s native languages.
Historic Las Vegas Interactive Site
The “Gateway to the Southwest” online exhibition was researched and developed by Andres Padilla for his Masters Degree at Highlands University, Las Vegas, NM. With this online exhibition, Andres generated an aspect of Las Vegas’ History for all audiences. The exhibit illustrates some of the most pivotal and historical moments in Las Vegas’ History from the original settlements of Las Vegas, to the ruthless murders, robbers, gamblers, and merchants. This exhibit doesn’t go fully in-depth in subjects or times, but yet tells a story with pictures and small facts about Las Vegas. By creating the “Gateway to the Southwest Story”, which can be viewed within the exhibit, readers can go into any historical period such as Early Las Vegas, the Santa Fe Trail boom, Pre-Railroad, Wild Wild West’s, or Glory Days and enjoy the dynamic learning experience that the exhibit has to offer.
Placitas Interactive WPA Story-Map
Between 1938 and 1942, as an employee of the New Deal Writers Project, Lou Sage Batchen and her associates collected almost 100 stories from the century old village known today as Placitas. During this process a unique map of the villages was sketched locating each of these stories. As part of a ‘lasting impression’ collaboration, the sketch map was re-created as an interactive map.
Tierra Amarilla Interactive Exhibit
The Tierra Amarilla Interactive Exhibit was created by several Highlands University Students, including: Happy Ghadiali, Jason Valdez, and Laurie Larimer.
San Miguel del Vado Virtual Exhibit
The San Miguel del Bado Virtual Exhibit was created by several Highlands University Students, including: Mark Jacome Salazar, Andres Padilla, & Brenda Wagoner. The San Miguel del Vado Grant covered 315,000 acres. With the return of the Spaniards under De Vargas rule the area was mostly used for grazing sheep and some cattle.
Abiquiu Virtual Exhibit
The Abiquiu was created by several Highlands University Students, including: Rob Cole, Megda-lyn Freestone, and Jasmine Smith. The story of the Abiquiu Genizaro Land Grant is one full of rich history with many memories of times of struggle.