Sante Fe trip: Day 3
Wednesday 8-04-04 Museum of New Mexico
Another incredible day. Started out at the Anthropology laboratory/library. Seems very well structured and I really enjoyed the head librarians philosophy. She stands firm on what she believes is best for the library, using a catalog system that is more appropriate for their needs. Next we toured the museums collection storage area with the curator. He was very knowledgeable and it was very nice to get some of our questions answered concerning tribal cultures and ceremonies. He enlightened us a little more on what might have been going on at Jemez during the corn dance. I’m fascinated by the whole combining of traditional Native American religion and Catholicism thing. It’s been a nice relaxing day. The museum is not to far away from our hotel so I didn’t have to endure as much car sickness today.
