WPA & New Deal
Museums & Libraries
Style: Spanish-Pueblo Revival
Branigan Cultural Center
South Region
Image by Eduardo Martinez
Image from New Mexico MainStreet
Constructed 1935
The Branigan Cultural Center hosts changing cultural exhibits, as well as educational programs, classes, and other special events. The building is on the National and State Registries of Historic Buildings.
On view at the Cultural Center is the mural "First Book about New Mexico-1610", painted by Tom Lea (1907) in 1935. It was privately commissioned to be placed in the building that previously served as the city library. -- Source "Public Art and Architecture in New Mexico 1933-1943" by Kathryn A. Flynn
501 N. Main St. | Las Cruces, NM 88001 | 575-541-2154
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tue: 10am-4:30pm | wed: 10am-4:30pm | thu: 10am-4:30pm | fri: 10am-4:30pm | sat: 9am-4:30pm
