Millicent Rogers Museum

  
                                    

Dear Paulie,
        Did I ever tell you about the   feeling I   had a little while ago? Suddenly passing Taos Mountain I felt that I was part of the Earth, so that I felt the Sun on my Surface and the rain.  I felt the Stars and the growth of the Moon; under me, rivers ran.....
 

 

 

Millicent Rogers began this letter to her youngest son, Paul Peralta Ramos, prior to her death in 1953.  The letter expresses her love of life and how the earth, sky, mountains and water enriched her life.  Even though she absorbed her surroundings wherever she lived, it was in Taos that Millicent Rogers found peace and began a spiritual journey that connected her to the land.
 

 

Behind the Millicent Rogers Museum is the fabulous story of a woman who didn't just consume style, but created it. 

Mary Millicent Rogers was known to the world as an American beauty and fashion icon.  A passion for life's aesthetic pleasures inspired a journey that led her to the beautiful and historic land of Taos, New Mexico.

Taos, with its scenic beauty, tranquility, ideal climate and Native American culture, fueled her creativity.  She believed the Southwestern Indian culture was a precious part of America's heritage that had to be recognized and preserved.  Now, more than 40 years later, it is easy to recognize how instrumental she was in popularizing this rich culture; not only through her own jewelry creations, but through her lifetime collections of indigenous art.