Maxwell Museum of Anthropology Tour (2024 AFS Annual Meeting)

Description

Join our AFS Local Organizing Committee Chair Julián Antonio Carrillo, the Maxwell’s Curator of Public Programs, for an informal tour of Albuquerque’s first public museum. Founded in 1932 at the University of New Mexico (UNM), the Maxwell Museum works “toward greater understandings of the fullness of human experiences in the Southwest and the world” and is committed to restoring voices, reconciling injustices, and realizing community.

The tour will emphasize the Maxwell’s temporary exhibits currently on display “Nothing Left for Me: Federal Policy and the Photography of Milton Snow in Diné Bikéyah” and “Oaxaca Ingobernable: Aesthetics, Politics and Art Below,” two collaborative projects. Guests will also have time to explore the museum on their own and shop our gift store.

Parking is free at the museum, with a parking pass available at the front desk. Guests should find their way from the ABQ Convention Center to the museum and back on their own. Options include:

• (Free) City of Albuquerque ART Bus (15 min.) -- runs constantly up Central Ave, take it eastbound and get off at the corner of University Ave. 
• Rideshare
• Car Pool
• Walk (~25 min.)

About your Host

Julián Antonio Carrillo, Ph.D.

Julián is a Chicano folklorist and ethnographer interested in foodways; music and dance; intangible cultural heritage; and "creative aging," or the ways the arts foster well-being in elders. Currently, he serves on the Advisory Committee of UNM's Alfonso Ortiz Center for Intercultural Studies, works with the Peaceful World Foundation, and chairs the Local Organizing Committee for AFS’s 2024 Annual Meeting.