Photograph from the CPRC's Heritage Preservation Awards from 2019 featuring Department of Cultural Affairs Secretary Debra Garcia y Griego with CPRC Chair Ron Toya and members of Western New Mexico University
2024 Heritage Preservation Month & Heritage Preservation Awards
2024 marks the 52nd year that the Cultural Properties Review Committee will be celebrating Heritage Preservation Month.
This year's presentation of the 2024 Heritage Preservation Awards will take place on Friday, May 17, 2024, at 1:00 p.m. (See below for more information).
This year, the Historic Preservation Division has issued its 37th annual Heritage Preservation Month poster and the poster is available for download below. This year's poster recognizes Salmon Ruins and the effort of Larry Baker, this year’s recipient of the 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award.
The poster may be downloaded here as a PDF in 11x17.
2024 Heritage Preservation Awards
Since 1973, the Cultural Properties Review Committee has presented Heritage Preservation Awards and this year it’s the 52nd annual awards presentation. This year the presentation will take place at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, May 17, 2024. The ceremony will take place at Meem Hall, Laboratory of Anthropology, Museum Hill, 710 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe, followed by a reception held at the Museum of International Folk Art, just across the plaza from Meem Hall.
2024 Heritage Preservation Awardees
This year’s preservation awards will be presented to:
- Lifetime Achievement Award - Larry Baker, Executive Director, Salmon Ruins Museum
- Tribal Heritage Preservation Award - Santo Domingo Pueblo
- Heritage Organization Award - International Women’s Forum – New Mexico
- Heritage Organization Award - Cornerstones Community Partnerships and Plaza Del Cerro, Chimayo, New Mexico
- Heritage Organization Award - The Wheels Museum, Albuquerque Railyards, Albuquerque
- Individual Achievement Award - Candie and Lee Borduin, Mesa Prieta Petroglyph Project
- Individual Achievement Award - The Singleton Family and the San Cristobal Ranch
Download a list of the 2024 Heritage Preservation Awards here.
Please join us for the awards ceremony and reception - we look forward to seeing you!