Join us at the Branigan Cultural Center for the opening of our newest exhibition, “Trinity: Legacies of Nuclear Testing - A People’s Perspective” on view from July 15, 2023, through September 23, 2023. With collaboration from the Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium and 17 juried artists, this empowering and impactful exhibit exposes the long-term effects and ramifications of nuclear testing in New Mexico.

The opening reception will take place on Saturday, July 15, 2023 at the Branigan Cultural Center, 501 N. Main St., from 11am-1pm. The event will include musical performances, food and speakers including Tina Cordova, Co-Founder of the Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium.

In “Trinity: Legacies of Nuclear Testing - A People’s Perspective,” featured artists shed light on the environmental injustices placed on New Mexico downwinder communities-  described as persons who live downwind from a nuclear test site. The exhibit covers the period from the first use of an atomic bomb, the Trinity Test in 1945, to present day. This striking exhibit will offer the perspectives, insights, and responses of local artists and photojournalists to the effects of nuclear testing, nuclear accidents, and uranium mining on the people, animals, and environment of New Mexico through a range of media including paintings, sculptures, photography, digital media, and mixed media pieces.

This exhibit was assembled by The Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium, a group formed to bring attention to the negative health effects that plague the communities surrounding the Trinity Test on July 16, 1945. The goal of the exhibit is to educate the public about the need for New Mexico to be included in the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) to bring much needed help to those people of New Mexico who are suffering with the health effects from being overexposed to radiation or who’ve lost their lives as a result.

The museum is located at 501 N. Main St. and is open Tuesday through Friday from 10am to 4:30pm and Saturday 9am to 4:30pm. The museum is accessible from RoadRUNNER Transit Route 1 Stop 1. For additional information, visit the website at https://www.lascruces.gov/Museums or call (575)541-2154.