Museums

Learn about the Haisla First Nation’s efforts to finally bring home one of its most culturally significant treasures from a museum in Sweden.

University of Washington Libraries: Totem Poles: Heraldic Columns of the Northwest Coast" A two-part essay with a bibliography, Web links, and study questions.

Links to several online exhibits at the National Museum of the American Indian.

Established by an act of Congress in 1989, the museum works in collaboration with the Native peoples of the Western Hemisphere to protect and foster their cultures by reaffirming traditions and beliefs, encouraging contemporary artistic expression, and empowering the Indian voice (Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC).

A private, nonprofit archaeological research facility and museum devoted to the study and interpretation of Native American cultures (Dragoon, AZ).

One of two museums east of the Mississippi with both Native American and Western art (Indianapolis, IN).

Indian Pueblo Cultural Center Information on the Center and links to the individual Pueblos (Albuquerque, NM).

A private, non-profit museum founded in 1929 by Dwight B. and Maie Bartlett Heard to house their personal collection of cultural and fine art (Phoenix, AZ).

Built by the National Park Service to exhibit artifacts that were being excavated from Pueblo Grande de Nevada (Overton, NV).

A non-profit educational foundation, Member of the Historic Albemarle Tour and designated North Carolina Environmental Education Center (Frisco, NC).