Las Cruces is the seat of Dona Ana County, and the second-largest city in New Mexico. The name means "City Of The Crosses". Attractions include the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum, over 40 galleries, and Historic Old Mesilla.
The Historical Museum of Lawmen is located in the Doña Ana County Sheriffs Department in Las Cruces. There are exhibits of law enforcement memorabilia, including guns, badges and photographs.
The Las Cruces Museum of Natural History is dedicated to natural history, science, and the environment of New Mexico. Highlights include animals and plants of the Chihuahuan desert.
Address: Las Cruces Museum of Natural History, 700 South Telshor Boulevard, #1608, Las Cruces, NM 88011-8608, United States
Phone: 1 (505) 522-3120, Fax: 1 (505) 532-3370
The Mesilla Valley Fine Arts Gallery, located at the Mesilla Valley Mall in Las Cruces, displays work by local artists. This art cooperative features 30 different artists and is housed in the historic Fountain building. Exhibits feature Southwestern landscapes, architecture, still-life, flora and fauna, photography, figurative painting, and pottery.
The Thomas Branigan Memorial Library in Las Cruces has over 200,000 volumes. The Library was designed through an architectural competition in the contemporary Pueblo style. A passive solar design assists with temperature control.
Address: Thomas Branigan Memorial Library, 200 East Picacho Avenue, Las Cruces, NM 88001-3499, United States
Phone: 1 (505) 528-4000, Fax: 1 (505) 528-4030
Hours:
8am-9pm; Sun:1pm-5pm; Fri:8am-6pm; Sat:10am-6pm
Always closed on: New Year's Day (January 1), President's Day - USA (3rd Monday, February ), Memorial Day - USA (last Monday, May ), American Independance Day (July 4), Labor Day - USA (1st Monday, September), Thanksgiving - USA (4th Thursday, November ), Veteran's Day - USA (November 11), Christmas - Christian (December 25)
Aguirre Springs Recreation Area is located on Highway 70, 22 miles northeast of Las Cruces. There are camping and picnicking facilities with views of the mountain scenery. Each November Aguirre Springs is the site of the Baylor Pass Run.
Address: Bureau Of Land Management Las Cruces Field Office, 1800 Marquess Street, Las Cruces, NM 88005-3371, United States
Phone: 1 (505) 525-4300, Fax: 1 (505) 525-4412
The Dripping Springs Natural Area has a variety of animal and plant life in the Chihuahuan Desert near Las Cruces. With over 4 miles of hiking trails, Dripping Springs allows visitors to explore immense boulders, rocky peaks and grasslands.
Address: Bureau Of Land Management Las Cruces Field Office, 1800 Marquess Street, Las Cruces, NM 88005-3371, United States
Phone: 1 (505) 525-4300, Fax: 1 (505) 525-4412
Tips: No admittance after 3 pm.
Gate closes at 8 pm.
La Cueva (The Cave) is a rock formation at the base of the Organ Mountains near Las Cruces. At one time it was the home of "The Hermit Monk", Juan Maria Augustiniani.
An adobe grist mill at La Cueva.
Address: Bureau Of Land Management Las Cruces Field Office, 1800 Marquess Street, Las Cruces, NM 88005-3371, United States
Phone: 1 (505) 525-4300, Fax: 1 (505) 525-4412
Mesilla is a small town located just south of Las Cruces in Dona Ana County on Highway 28. The village dates from the 16th century and was the western Confederate headquarters during the Civil War. Billy the Kid once escaped from jail in Mesilla after being convicted of murder.
Twin towers flank the entrance to the San Albino Church in the Old Mesilla Plaza at Mesilla.
A street sign posted on an adobe wall, below a carving in Mesilla.
Address: Doña Ana County Government, 180 West Amador, Las Cruces, NM 88001-1242, United States
Phone: 1 (505) 647-7200, Fax: 1 (505) 647-7224
The Gadsden Museum in Mesilla has a collection of artifacts from the history of the Mesilla Valley, much of it donated by the Albert Jennings Fountain family. It gets its name from the Gadsden Purchase of 1854, which made the territory part of the United States.
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