Bracero crew, 1961. Courtesy/Ernest Lowe Photography Collection, UC Merced. Calisphere.

NMHM News:

Join the New Mexico History Museum for the Palace Avenue First Friday Art Walk to view the newly installed exhibit, Gas Baths and the Bracero Program in New Mexico and Beyond inside the Palace of the Governors 5–7 p.m., Friday, March 7.

The exhibit and program was created by Moriarty High School students Hannah Davis and Elena Dominguez for the 2024 New Mexico National History Day competition. The exhibit explores the intersection of public health, labor, and immigration in 20th-century New Mexico and uses interpretive panels and a timeline constructed from glass bottles to tell the story of gas baths used to delouse braceros and other Mexican migrant workers, connecting it to the broader history of the US Government-sponsored Bracero Program. Student researcher Elena Dominguez discovered a personal connection to the topic when she learned her grandfather was a bracero.

New Mexico History Museum highlights the work of the next generation of historians by presenting this award-winning exhibit developed by students for the 2024 New Mexico National History Day competition. Admission is free on First Friday from 5 – 7 p.m.