The Bond House Museum News:

The San Gabriel Historical Society invites the community to the Bond House Museum for the opening of “From the Pueblos to the Pacific: Westward Explorations Across Indian Country During New Mexico’s Spanish, Mexican & American Eras, 1776-2026”, 1-4 p.m. on July 3 at 706 E. Bond St. in Española.

Light refreshments will be served. Seating is limited.

This grand opening will feature a talk with Historian Joseph P. Sanchez in Conversation with Regional Library Directors. The Spanish Era of the exhibit covers the Dominguez-Escalante Expedition from Santa Fe to Monterey in 1776.

The Mexican Era of the exhibit covers the Old Spanish Trail from El Pueblo de Abiquiu to El Pueblo de Los Angeles 1829-1848. The American Era of the exhibit will feature previously unpublished southwestern photographs by Edward S. Curtis 1896-1930.

The Bond House Museum is open on Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 12-4 p.m., and will be closed on July 4.