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EXHIBITIONS

A Fiesta Patchwork: Images Through Time

Posters, bumper stickers, programs and other colorful items connect visual images and stories about artists, ballooning pioneers and the ballooning fraternity that capture the magic of Balloon Fiesta over the past 36 years.

Las Nubes de La Palma/Clouds of La Palma:
Clouds, Weather and Ballooning

The exhibition features some 100 striking photographs of clouds above La Palma, an island in Spain’s Canary Islands. The formations are very unusual and create fascinating images. Visitors will be surprised at the number of similarities between these clouds that formed halfway across the world and those in our own area.

Visitors will also learn about the important role balloons have played in predicting weather, and how ballooning activities are influenced by the weather.

A large area has been set aside for fun hands-on activities. Here you can learn about “lift” with a wind machine; create your own tornado; start a weather journal; and hold instruments and learn how they are used.

Native Americans and Ballooning

The contributions of Native American members of the World War I US Balloon Corps and Native balloonists and crew members are featured in the exhibition. Information on Native American participants in sport ballooning and a variety of balloon-based scientific and astronomical programs in the U.S. are also highlighted.

Included in the exhibition are artifacts from North and South American Native groups. They include paintings, bead work, pottery, basketry, jewelry, and sand paintings with balloon themes.

Also featured are ballooning events in “Indian Country,” the commercial balloons of tribal enterprises such as casinos, and Native images incorporated in balloon envelope designs.

The exhibition highlights several new acquisitions to the Museum’s permanent collection, including Santo Domingo Pueblo potter Robert Tenorio's bowl "Balloon Fiesta at Sandia Pueblo."

The Museum will have special programs and demonstrations during the course of the exhibition, dates to be announced.