News
All
- All
- Animals and Agriculture
- Curator's Corner
- Events/Lectures
- Food
- General History
- General News
- History Herald
- Press Releases
- Volunteers
Object of the Month
By Amanda Mather When you volunteer in or visit the Tiendita, (the small store), you will find many odd looking bottles filled with brightly colored liquids with unique old labels on the shelves. What were these remedies and chemicals, and what did people in the late 1800s use them for?...
Meet Volunteer Gordon Mark!
"My first encounter with El Rancho de las Golondrinas was a tour with the Santa Fe Botanic Garden. In California, I had photographed buildings, both old and new. Las Golondrinas provided for me a different look at architecture. I asked the guide if it was OK to photograph at the Ranch. I...
Meet Volunteer Edmond Kibel!
"I am Edmond Kibel: former devoted non-wearer of costumes, history lover, learning enthusiast, retirement resistor, general nomad and complete fan of El Rancho de las Golondrinas! I was born in Israel before it became a state. I served in the Israeli Air Force and fought in the 6 Day War in...
Object of the Month
by Amanda Mather Along with the Pueblo implements for the processing and cooking of corn (manos, metates, comals, etc.) with the Spanish came wheat and thusly bread, and the deep desire for more of it. This included an oven appropriate for the task of baking bread, of which there simply...
PBS “Travels with Darley” features Las Golondrinas!
“Travels with Darley” Season Five episodes are scheduled to air on PBS! El Rancho de las Golondrinas is featured on the “Santa Fe Adventures” episode which will air on May 19th at 3:30pm. “Travels with Darley” takes viewers around the world with Emmy-nominated host, Darley Newman, and locals as the...
Object of the Month
by Amanda Mather Manos and metates (or, in nerdy archeology speak "groundstone") have been one of the most common food preparation objects in the Southwest for the last 5,500 years. They have existed in New Mexican households from the late Archaic period around 3,500 BCE right up until the present...
Meet 2017 Volunteer of the Year Sandee Rudnick!
At the March 3 Volunteer Luncheon, held at the Hilton Hotel in Santa Fe, El Rancho de las Golondrinas was proud to announce the 2017 Volunteers of the Year! Again this year, the award was given to two outstanding volunteers: Ron Goodman and Sandee Rudnick. Twelve years ago, a dear friend...
Meet 2017 Volunteer of the Year Ron Goodman!
At the March 3 Volunteer Luncheon, held at the Hilton Hotel in Santa Fe, El Rancho de las Golondrinas was proud to announce the 2017 Volunteers of the Year! Again this year, the award was given to two outstanding volunteers: Ron Goodman and Sandee Rudnick. Ron grew up in Johnston...
Meet Volunteer Mark Wingert!
"I was born in El Paso, TX. My appreciation for Western history began with my mom. On Sundays, we would leap into the family International Scout to begin a journey visiting ghost towns or bygone landmarks scattered throughout the Southwest. While traveling to our destination, mom would ride shotgun, reading...
Meet Volunteer Pedro Martinez!
This month's volunteer profile features Pedro Martinez. "My name is Pedro V. Martinez, and about three years ago my wife and I went to a festival at El Rancho de las Golondrinas. When we were leaving, I saw that they had some literature on volunteering. I asked at the admissions...
Travel+Leisure/Ford campaign films at Golondrinas
Back in November, El Rancho de las Golondrinas was contacted regarding a story for a Travel + Leisure/2018 Ford Expedition photoshoot. Crews descended upon the Ranch and the story was filmed. Aside from being part of this national Travel + Leisure/Ford campaign, El Rancho de las Golondrinas got top billing...
Meet Julia R. Gomez
"I have been volunteering at the Ranch since 2000," states Julia R. Gomez. "I have learned much about my own history here at Las Golondrinas. My art of colcha embroidery blossomed once I started volunteering here. I was invited to be a part of the "Spinners and Weavers" by Beatrice Sandoval Maestas who was the director...
Meet Bob and Liz Swartwout!
The Swartwouts moved to Santa Fe from near Saratoga Springs, New York, forty years ago when Bob was recruited to serve as the first Executive Director of the New Mexico Public Service Commission. Bob grew up in the very small hamlet of East Branch, New York, in the Catskill Mountains. ...
Big Kill
Yet another Western feature film has recently been on location at El Rancho de las Golondrinas. Big Kill, starring Lou Diamond Phillips and Danny Trejo, filmed at the Ranch during the month of November and continued filming in and around Santa Fe through December. The Western follows "a tenderfoot from Philadelphia,...
Meet Annette Gutierrez Turk
"I volunteer with the Weaving Group," says Annette Gutierrez Turk. "I came to El Rancho de las Golondrinas in 2009 as a visitor and was enticed into volunteering by then-coordinator, Beatrice Maestas Sandoval. Under her tutelage, I learned to spin with the malacate and spinning wheel, learned how to dye...