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SUMMER 2009

3 Days in Santa Fe

 

While each of the unique Santa Fe seasons deliver extraordinarily beautiful moments, our summers –defined blissfully by warm days and cool nights—set an especially festive mood in The City Different.

 

Whether you’re visiting for the first time or this is your annual, and much anticipated, Santa Fe getaway, the perfect weather, vibrant colors, world-renowned cultural festivals offer an abundant and rich tableau to immerse yourself into for a day, a week or all summer long.

 

This summer, guests and residents to Santa Fe will be treated to a wealth of
new additions to the calendar of activities. Knowing Santa Fe as we do, we highly recommend the following to maximize your summer visit to Santa Fe…

 

Lauded as a new kind of museum – “one that will change the way Americans look at their history” – the New Mexico History Museum began as the development of a storage facility for collections at the Palace of the Governors decades ago and has evolved into a first-class museum project, spurred by the national rethinking of the role history museums play in communities. They are no longer attics or basements full of long-forgotten objects. They are now places that partner in education, civic engagement, and social change.   For special behind the scenes tours, contact Anne Scheflen at 505-505/982-6366 ext. 108. 
 

 

For the first time, SOFA is presented in the west! Santa Fe was selected to host this premier and exclusive art showcase. At SOFA expositions, prominent international galleries and dealers present masterworks bridging the worlds of design, decorative and fine arts, showcasing the rich visual heritage of the decorative arts alongside new, innovative expressions. The works presented bridge historical periods, art movements and cultures, from ethnographica, Asian arts and mid-twentieth century modern to the most cutting-edge contemporary arts and design. The expositions also feature an acclaimed Lecture Series and educational Special Exhibits. For more information, visit www.sofaexpo.com/santa-fe/2009/visitor.htm

 

The year was 1880.  On February 9, the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company pulled its first train into the Santa Fe, New Mexico depot, its arrival celebrated by colorful speeches and a grand parade. With that train, the treacherous journey by horseback, covered wagon or stage coach on the rutted old Santa Fe Trail came to an end, and an era of economic and social change began that is still evident in the life of Santa Fe today. Like other railroad-related locales around the U.S. Santa Fe's station, tracks, equipment and surrounding neighborhood began to decline. By 1987 it was declared a “blighted area” requiring redevelopment; an overall city plan was begun the same year.

 

Featuring a public park, Santa Fe Farmer’s Market, the new Rail Runner train connecting Santa Fe to Albuquerque and countless retail shopping, art galleries, restaurants and entertainment, the Santa Fe Railyard is the new gathering place for all of Santa Fe’s citizens and visitors alike. For more information, visit www.railyardsantafe.com.