| Albuquerque Museum History Collection: Only in Albuquerque Contributor(s): Slaney, Deborah C. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0890136327 ISBN-13: 9780890136324 Publisher: Museum of New Mexico Press OUR PRICE: $29.25 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions - Permanent - History | United States - State & Local - Southwest (az, Nm, Ok, Tx) |
| Dewey: 978.961 |
| LCCN: 2017055007 |
| Series: Albuquerque Museum Collection |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 7" W x 9.9" (2.25 lbs) 304 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Albuquerque Museum History Collection: Only in Albuquerque highlights the museum's rich history collection, drawing examples from thirty-five thousand artifacts, works of art, maps, and photographs. The objects range from Hispanic religious art, Native American and Hispanic textiles and jewelry, toys and early computers, to railroad and Route 66 memorabilia. The collection represents the history of New Mexico's central Rio Grande Valley and Greater Albuquerque from before written history through the present. This book is the third in the Albuquerque Museum Collection Series. Previously published books in the series are Casa San Ysidro: The Guti rrez/Minge House in Corrales, New Mexico by Ward Alan Minge, and Albuquerque Museum Photo Archives Collection: Images in Silver compiled by Glenn Fye. |
Contributor Bio(s): Slaney, Deborah C.: - Deborah C. Slaney is curator of history at the Albuquerque Museum. She was consulting curator for Only in Albuquerque, companion exhibition to this book. She has curated numerous other exhibitions including Fabulous: The New Look of Albuquerque in the Fifties; Jewel of the Railroad Era: Albuquerque's Alvarado Hotel; and Route 66: Radiance, Rust, and Revival on the Mother Road. Her publications include Blue Gem, White Metal: Carvings and Jewelry from the C. G. Wallace Collection; Wonders of the Weavers/Maravillas de los tejedores: Nineteenth-Century Río Grande Weavings from the Collection of the Albuquerque Museum; and Jewel of the Railroad Era: Albuquerque's Alvarado Hotel. Slaney was project director for Dreamscape Desperado: Billy the Kid and the Outlaw in America and Hollywood Southwest: New Mexico in Film and Television. |