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Library Hours
By appointment only:
Please contact Museum Registrar, Amberly Meli at
a.meli@roswell-nm.gov or 575-624-6744 to schedule a visit
Non-Lending Library
This is free to the public. It is a non-lending library. Teachers with an Educator’s Membership may borrow library resources. The RMAC Library can also facilitate inter-library loans.
Library Materials
The Roswell Museum and Art Center’s 8,000 volume library includes books, catalogues, periodicals, and audio-visual materials related to world art history, anthropology, art and history of the Southwest, applied art, photography, museum studies, and rocket history-technology.
Unique primary source materials related to the Federal Arts Project in New Mexico, and the archives of artist Howard Cook and physicist Robert Hutchings Goddard are an important resource for scholars.
The library also houses vertical files on artists in the Museum’s collection and artists of the Southwest, and video and audio tapes related to museum studies, the art and culture of the West/Southwest, and world art history.
The Library subscribes to the following monthly or quarterly periodicals:
Periodicals
The Library subscribes to the following monthly or quarterly periodicals:
- American Craft
- American Indian Art
- Aperture
- Art in America
- Art Index
- Art Journal
- Art on Paper
- ARTFORUM
- ARTNews
- Ceramics Monthly
- El Palacio
- Journal of the Southwest
- Museum News
- Native Peoples
- New Mexico Magazine
- New Mexico Historical Review
- Raw Vision
- Southwest Art
- Studio Potter
- Tradicion Revista
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Roswell Museum & Art Center
Physical Address
1011 N Richardson Ave
Roswell, NM 88201
Phone: (575) 624-6744Fax: (575) 624-6765
Hours
Tuesday- Friday 1-5pm
Second Saturday of the month 10am-3pm
Admission
Non-Residents, Adult (16 and up): $10
Roswell Residents, Adult (16 and up): $7
Students (age 16+): $7
Children (15 and under): Free
Museum Members: Free
Seniors (60+): $7
Active Military and Veterans: $7
Combined or Group Discounts:
Groups of 10 or more with reservation* $8 per person
Combined Roswell Resident Adult rate for Museum and Planetarium: $10
Combined Non-Resident Adult rate for Museum and Planetarium: $12
Fees are charged for studio art classes, lectures, planetarium programs and special events.
In order to allow space for ample social distancing, it is strongly encouraged that visitors call to set up an appointment to visit the Museum at 575-624-6744, although walk-ups will be welcome as space allows.
Non-Residents, Adult (16 and up):
$10
Roswell Residents, Adult (16 and up):
$7
Students (age 16+):
$7
Children (15 and under):
Free
Museum Members:
Free
Seniors (60+)
$7
Active Military and Veterans:
$7
Combined or Group Discounts:
Groups of 10 or more with reservation* $8 per person
Combined Roswell Resident Adult rate for Museum and Planetarium: $10
Combined Non-Resident Adult rate for Museum and Planetarium: $12
Contact Us
Phone: 575-624-6744 | Email