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Historic Fleming Hall
The University Museum is housed in historic Fleming Hall. It was built between 1916 and 1917 as the University gymnasium, when the “best” all-around athletic sport was considered to be basketball, and science building. The recently renovated building features an intact truss-beamed ceiling soaring to a height of three stories in the Grand Exhibition Hall, remnants of the original short basketball markings on the gymnasium-grade maple flooring in the Grand Exhibition Hall, the original oak-floored spectator gallery mezzanine with an almost 360 degree view of the surrounding area and campus, the restored 1917 tiered Science Classroom, two Visible Collection Rooms showcasing collections, and permanent and short-term exhibitions throughout. |
Fleming Hall is on the State of New Mexico Register of Cultural Properties, in the Western New Mexico University Historic District, and eligible for the National Register of Historic Places.
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Western New Mexico University Museum is the home of the NAN Ranch Collection—the largest and most complete collection of Mimbres materials in existence from a single prehistoric Mimbres site, and the largest and most comprehensive permanent interpretative exhibition of Mimbres pottery and artifacts in the world.
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December 21, 2022 - President Biden signed into law the Safeguard Tribal Objects of Patrimony Act (STOPAct). Prohibits export to foreign nations of objects obtained in violation of the Native American GravesProtection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) or the Archaeological Resources Protection Act (ARPA). Increases maximum penalty for violations & creates a system to facilitate legitimate export trade in tribal art.