Conversations in the Courtyard at The Carson House Museum. Three conversations. Three stories from New Mexico and the West. Free and open to the public.

August 22 | 5pm
New Mexico in 1776
What was happening here while a new nation was being born? Historian, author and ninth-generation New Mexican Bob Romero takes us back to New Mexico in 1776 and a story rarely included in the traditional telling of America’s founding.

September 19 | 5pm
Josefa Carson & Ignacia Bent
They lived the history. They survived it. And they were called to testify to it. The remarkable story of two Taos sisters and the lives of women in the changing American West.

October 3 | 5pm
Tintype: Past Meets Present
A historic process. A living connection. Using the 19th-century tintype process, Don Jones created a portrait of Kit Carson’s great-grandson, John Carson. Join us for its dedication and the story behind the image.