The Winter Update, our quarterly newsletter on what's happening at La Posada, Turquoise Room, and Affeldt Mion Museum.

The La Posada gardens aren’t only extraordinary for their beauty, but also for what they produce. This year has been especially bountiful, providing beautiful squash, apples, peppers, kale, spinach, herbs, and more for our Turquoise Room Restaurant. Most produce Chef Jesus says, will be used in pastas and mixed vegetables. Head gardener Char Tomlinson, along…

How did Allan Affeldt’s work in the International Peace Walk influence his efforts to save La Posada? What surrealistic dreams led Artist Tina Mion to paint the portraits in her studio at La Posada? How were the lost blueprints of La Posada found, just in time to save the hotel? Why is Hotel Manager Dan…

Jo Mora: The Arizona Trail and Beyond Many thanks to author Peter Hiller, who delivered an excellent presentation on the life and art of Jo Mora on October 12th, 2023 in La Posada’s ballroom. Mora explored northern Arizona and lived among the Hopi and Navajo people for three years from 1904 to 1907. His artwork…

Mary E.J. Colter’s Historic Depot The rhythmic rumble of a train rolling by can mentally transport us to the bygone era of romantic travel. If you’ve watched from the chairs along the tracks at La Posada, you know what I’m talking about. The hotel isn’t the only transformative experience, though. There is also the historic…

Vanishing Postcards, a podcast by Evan Stern just released a new episode featuring Allan Affeldt, La Posada Hotel, and Castaneda Hotel called: Postcards from Las Vegas, NM and Winslow, AZ - "The Footprints of Fred Harvey"

Life Along the River, Ancestral Hopi at Homol’ovi,  is on view at the Winslow Arts Trust Museum located adjacent to La Posada Hotel from January 18, 2020 through January 10, 2021. Exhibit hours are Wednesday through Sunday from 9 AM to 5 PM. Admission is free. Homolovi State Park, the Winslow Arts Trust (WAT), and the…

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The WAT Museum construction crew is working overtime to get the museum open by Friday, September 28th. After 7 years of effort the museum will have a soft opening during the Standing on the Corner Festival on September 29. Kip Woolford from the Petrified Forest National Park has kindly stepped in at the last moment…

Construction on the Winslow Arts Trust Museum is proceeding rapidly on the east side of La Posada Hotel. The museum is housed in the re-purposed original La Posada train station and will feature a mix of contemporary art and historic artifacts. The first phase of construction is scheduled to be completed by February 2018 and…