Museum Graffiti

Graffiti and red paint stain the statue of Fray Angelico Chavez, which was vandalized outside the New Mexico History Museum overnight Monday.

Vandals struck the Fray Angélico Chávez History Library & Photo Archives early Tuesday morning, tagging an exterior wall and sculpture of the downtown building with a reference to the Pueblo Revolt of 1680.

A message painted in large red numbers and letters said “1680 Land Back,” and red paint streamed down the front of the bronze statue of Chávez.

Crews with the New Mexico History Museum, which oversees the library, were able to remove the paint from the statue by Tuesday afternoon but were less successful restoring the wall.



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