PLYMOUTH, MA.- B. B. Craig, United States Mint Associate Director of Sales and Marketing, and leaders of the Wampanoag Tribe introduced the 2011 Native American $1 Coin today during a ceremony at the Plimoth Plantation in Massachusetts. “The 2011 Nativ…
Museum of Glass Exhibition Opens at New York’s National Museum of the American Indian
TACOMA, WA.- Preston Singletary: Echoes, Fire, and Shadows, a mid-career survey of the artist’s work organized by the Museum of Glass, opened at the National Museum of the American Indian in New York City over the weekend. It will remain on view …
Museum of Glass Exhibition Opens at New York’s National Museum of the American Indian
TACOMA, WA.- Preston Singletary: Echoes, Fire, and Shadows, a mid-career survey of the artist’s work organized by the Museum of Glass, opened at the National Museum of the American Indian in New York City over the weekend. It will remain on view …
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Returns Kingfisher Fort Headdress to Native Tribe
RICHMOND, VA.- The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts returned a Kingfisher Fort Headdress (late 19th – early 20th century) to the Lúkaaxh.ádi clan of the Tlingit tribe of Alaska in March. This was the first repatriation of a Native American object …
New Installation Spanning the Americas Features Objects From the Southwest Museum of the American Indian Collection
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Autry National Center’s lobby now features an exquisite installation highlighting notable objects from the Southwest Museum of the American Indian Collection, representing Indigenous cultures from Alaska to Brazil. Some of th…
National Museum of the American Indian Presents Early Work of Navajo Artist R.C. Gorman
WASHINGTON, DC.- The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian opened “R.C. Gorman: Early Prints and Drawings, 1966–1974,” an exhibition of 28 drawings and lithographs by internationally renowned Navajo artist R.C. Gorman…
National Museum of the American Indian in New York to Inaugurate a Permanent, Hemispheric Survey of Native American Art
NEW YORK, NY.- A spectacular, permanent exhibition of almost 700 works of Native art from throughout North, Central and South America is now open at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian in New York, the George Gustav Heye Cente…
Infinity of Nations: Art and History in the Collections of the National Museum of the American Indian
NEW YORK, NY.- This spectacular, permanent exhibition of some 700 works of Native art from throughout North, Central, and South America will demonstrate the breadth of the museum’s renowned collection and highlight the historic importance of many of th…
National Museum of the American Indian to Host the Living Earth Festival 2010
WASHINGTON, DC.- The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian on the National Mall will host a three-day Living Earth Festival, Friday, Aug. 6, through Sunday, Aug. 8, that acknowledges Native contributions to managing the environment …
Museum of the American Indian’s "Native Musicians in Popular Culture"
WASHINGTON, DC.- The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian presents its latest exhibition “Up Where We Belong: Native Musicians in Popular Culture.” The panel exhibition, which also features several objects, opens Thursday…