Ghost Ranch in Abiquiu is home to the Florence Hawley Ellis Museum of Anthropology. Extensive displays are designed to tell the amazing story of twelve thousand years of successive habitation of the Gallina-Chama-Rio Grande drainage by peoples of different ethnic makeup and cultures. The museum also displays contemporary work by Indian, Spanish and Anglo artists and artisans who carry on the traditions of the peoples that have inhabited this area.

The Anthropology Museum is pleased to present the following courses for 2008:

July 21 - 27   Archaeology at Ghost Ranch (Week 1 of a Two-Week Course)    SW741

July 28 - August 3   Archaeology at Ghost Ranch (Week 2 of a Two-Week Course)    SW811

A special registration fee of $400 is available for persons registering for both weeks of the Archaeology seminar.

For more information, please see our online catalog. Registration forms may also be downloaded from the Home Page, under Forms/Downloads.

The Ghost Ranch Museums present the calendar of art shows for 2008:

Nov. 21, 2007 - Mar. 25        Winter Invitational Show

March 27 - April 30               Northern New Mexico College Student Show
                                                  Opening reception: March 29, 2-4 p.m

May 2 - July 6                      Art Through the Loom
                                                  Opening reception: May 10, 2-4 p.m.

July 9 - September 5             Las Tejedoras
                                                  Opening reception: July 19, 2-4 p.m.

Sept. 9 - November 11          Española Valley Fiber Arts Center
                                                  Opening reception: Sept. 20, 2-4 p.m.

Nov. 13 - Mar. 20, 2008         Winter Invitational Show
                                                  Opening reception: Nov. 15, 2-4 p.m.

The museum is named for the late Dr. Florence Hawley Ellis, long-time professor of anthropology at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. Dr. Ellis initiated and led Ghost Ranch archaeology excavations from 1971 until 1990. Excavations continue on two sites located on Ghost Ranch property under the leadership of Cheryl Muceus, Curator of the Florence Hawley Ellis Museum of Anthropology and Director of the Ghost Ranch Museums.  

Annually, approximately 2,000-3,000 school children visit the museum on field trips and have the opportunity to learn about local cultures by participating in related educational activities such as traditional tinworking, sand painting, and straw-inlay work, as well as having the chance to hike to archaeological sites found on Ghost Ranch. To arrange an outing for your school group, call the museum at 505.685.4333, ext. 118.

Items for Sale at the Museum Gift Shop:

* Georgia O'Keeffe books and other related items
* Santa Clara Black-on-Black pottery by Maria Naranjo and daughter Martha Mirabal
* Lovely handmade silver and turquoise jewelry by Mars Coriz of Santa Domingo Pueblo; earrings and pins feature Cerro Pedernal.
* Books about Coelophysis, the little dinosaur of Ghost Ranch 
* Posters, postcards, mugs, T-shirts, and many more items for children and adults

Updated 3/08