Local Information:
** Conference Participants and Attendees will not be able to visit Los Alamos National Laboratory unless prior arrangements are made or they have a valid D.O.E. badge which has been previously issued. If you would like visit to Los Alamos National Laboratory, please email us.
Lodging List and Diagrams:
Lodging List (.xls Excel Spreadsheet)
Conference Location:
Located on 250 acres in the foothills of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains overlooking Santa Fe, the St. John's College campus is a quiet oasis, ideal for conference activities. Meeting rooms, dining facilities, housing and classroom buildings are closely arranged to form an intimate academic community in a spectacular southwestern setting.
Visit St. John's College's website.
Their address is:
1160 Camino Cruz Blanca
Santa Fe, NM 87505
Transportation:
The major airport for travelers coming to Santa Fe is Albuquerque International Airport, located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, about 60 miles south of Santa Fe. Albuquerque Airport (ABQ) has car rental facilities and a shuttle terminal.
Shuttle:
Roadrunner Shuttle
505-424-3367
(No website. Shuttles by reservation only, but they are usually more flexible to meet your schedule than Sandia at the same price.)
Sandia Shuttle Express
505-474-5696
888-775-5696
www.sandiashuttle.com
Airport Map from LANL Visitor's Guide
Local Information:
While the St. John's campus offers visitors a peaceful retreat, it is only minutes away from downtown Santa Fe. With a population of 70,000, Santa Fe is the capital of New Mexico and offers all the conveniences of a modern city. It also is world-renowned for its cultural life, art markets and recreational activities.
Within walking distance of the college visitors have access to much of what makes Santa Fe unique. Guests can explore picturesque adobe neighborhoods, the Old Santa Fe Trail, four major museums and Canyon Road art galleries. The Santa Fe Opera house, Indian pueblos and Taos are within easy driving distance.
St. John's College has a bus stop located on Route M, and it is only a 10 minute ride to the Historic Plaza district and a 5 minute ride to local museums. Fees are $1 per ride or $2 per day pass.
Santa Fe Public Bus System
Local Attractions and Day Trips
For information about Santa Fe, visit http://santafe.org
For information about New Mexico, visit http://newmexico.org/
Local Attractions
Calendar of Events http://santafe.org/What_s_Happening_Now/index.html
El Rancho de las Golondrinas http://www.golondrinas.org/
We invite you to take a journey to the past at "The Ranch of the Swallows". This historic rancho, now a
living history museum, dates from the early 1700s and was
an important paraje or stopping point along the famous
Camino Real, the Royal Road from Mexico City to
Santa Fe, New Mexico. Experience the life of another time
in a location unlike any other in America.
Georgia O'Keeffe Museum http://www.okeeffemuseum.org/visit/index.html
The Museum’s collection of over 2990 works comprises 1149 O’Keeffe paintings, drawings, and sculpture, including promised gifts and extended loans. The Georgia O'Keeffe Museum is the largest single repository of O'Keeffe's work in the world. Throughout the year, visitors can see a changing selection of at least 50 of these works. In addition, the Museum presents special exhibitions that are either devoted entirely to O’Keeffe’s work or combine examples of her art with works by her American modernist contemporaries. Over 140 artists have been exhibited at the Museum including Frank Stella, Jackson Pollack, Andy Warhol and Arthur Dove.
Museum of Spanish Colonial Art http://www.spanishcolonial.org/
The Spanish Colonial Arts Society collections were initiated in 1928. Today with 3,000 objects, the collections are the most comprehensive compilation of Spanish Colonial art of their kind. Dating from the Middle Ages to the New Millennium, the collections span centuries in art, place and time. Among the various media featured are santos (painted and sculpted images of saints,) textiles, tinwork, silverwork, goldwork, ironwork, straw appliqué, ceramics, furniture, books and more.
Historic Sites
http://santafe.org/Visiting_Santa_Fe/Things_to_Do/Historic_Sites/index.html
Road Trips
http://santafe.org/Visiting_Santa_Fe/Things_to_Do/Day_Trips/
Tours
http://santafe.org/Visiting_Santa_Fe/Things_to_Do/Tours/index.html
Night Life
http://santafe.org/Visiting_Santa_Fe/Things_to_Do/Nightlife/index.html