New Mexico State University Art Museum

The NMSU Art Museum in Las Cruces holds more than 7,000 works spanning five centuries, with particular strengths in twentieth-century American prints, Mexican and Latin American photography, and New Mexico art — all free and open to the public. The photography collection, emphasizing Latin American photographers and the documentary traditions of the U.S.–Mexico borderlands, is one of the most significant holdings of its kind in the American Southwest. The museum's NMSU location gives it a naturally diverse audience that reflects the university's position at the crossroads of the Mesilla Valley, the borderlands, and the international cultural exchange that has defined this region for centuries.