A project seeing upgrade work at the Museum of International Folk Art in Santa Fe is advancing with new support approved by Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham.
Located at 706 Camino Lejo, the museum is regarded as having the world’s largest collection of international folk art, a collection that through the years has grown to include more than 163,000 individual artifacts.
Earlier this spring members of the New Mexico State Legislature approved a capital outlay of $575,000 for upgrade work at a museum that was originally opened in 1953.
The funding, originally submitted to lawmakers by the state’s Department of Cultural Affairs, will go for the design and building of improved facilities and exhibitions at the museum.
Altogether, the Cultural Affairs Department successfully asked legislators to approve nearly two dozen individual facility projects, including $570,000 for improvements to the National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque; and $470,000 for improvements to the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, also in Albuquerque.
Additional funded projects include $472,000 for improvements to the Coronado Historic Site in Sandoval County, which includes the more than 700-year-old Kuaua Pueblo; and $50,000 for improvements to the Barella Building at the historic Taylor-Mesila Site in the town of Mesilla.
May 9, 2025
By Garry Boulard
