With new Zeppelins and other airships taking to the skies throughout Europe and the United States at the turn of the twentieth century, airship mania took hold, and this seemingly futuristic means of transport, communication, and connectivity was permeating society and culture.

Based in Santa Fe, photographer Bryce Risley is currently engaged in a multi-year project to collect images and stories from members of Albuquerque’s hot air ballooning community.

Inside The Weather Lab, museum visitors will encounter the sun, wind, clouds, precipitation and storms. Along the way, they will learn about the inextricable relationship between weather and humanity, and efforts through technology to better understand and forecast weather conditions.

In Their Words: Stories by Women on the Ground and in the Air is an exhibition at the Anderson Abruzzo Albuquerque International Balloon Museum that explores the ways in which women in ballooning are connected to the past through stories, records, family traditions, and magical feats.