SANTE FE'S INTERNATIONAL FOLK ART MUSEUM

MY HUSBAND, SON, AND I TRAVELED HERE WHEN WE MADE A SUMMER TRIP TO FIVE NATIONAL NATIONAL PARKS IT IS TO LOCATE , THEY HAVE SOME GUEST LECTURES AND DEMONSTRATIONS SUCH AS SPINNING WOOL, MUSIC DEMONSTRATIONS AND FOLK ART OF PERU. WE REMEMBER THE MUSEUM HAVING SOME VERY UNIQUE EXHIBITS OF FOLK ART OF MEXICO - SOME REPLICAS OF DIFFERENT MEXICAN MARKLETS, AND SOME TOWN SQUARES, DOLLS FROM VARIOUS COUNTRIES. WALL TEXTILES HAND LOOMED AND SOME QUILTED FROM ALL DIFFERENT COUNTRIES. WE SAW REPLICAS OF MEXICAN CHURCHES AS THEY WERE CELEBRATING CHRISTMAS. THEY WERE ALL DRESSED UP AND THE PEOPLE HAD HAND WOVEN BELTS. THEY HAD VARIOUS MELONS, CORNS, AND TORTILLAS FOR SALE OUTSIDE. THEY HAVE EXHIBITS OF TOYS, BEADWORK, AND EMBROIDERED CLOTHING AND TRADITTIONAL BASKETS FROM NEPAL, BOLIVIA. PERU, SWAZILAND, INDIA, KENYA, SOUTH AFRICA, KENYA, AND NEPAL. THEY HAVE A WINTER CELEBRATION OF COLLECTIONS WITH AN INTERACTIVE DISPLAY FOR CHILDREN.