The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian is an institution of living cultures dedicated to advancing knowledge and understanding of the life, languages, literature, history and arts of the Native peoples of the Western Hemisphere.
Information
- Location:
- Washington, DC, 20013
- Phone:
- (202) 633-1000
- Mon - Sun:
- 10:00 am - 5:30 pm
Events
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- IndiVisible Exhibition Opens
Sealaska Gallery, Second Level
Today, November 10 at 10:00am - Answering the Call: Veterans D...
Rasmuson Theater
Tomorrow, November 11 at 11:30am - Veterans Day Event
Rasmuson Theater, First Level
Tomorrow, November 11 at 1:00pm - Blended Families: Tracing Afri...
Resource Center, Third Level
Friday, November 13 at 1:00pm - IndiVisible Symposium
Rasmuson Theater
Friday, November 13 at 3:00pm - Meet the Curators
Rooms 4018/4019, Fourth Level
Saturday, November 14 at 10:30am - From Deer to Dress
Various locations around the museum
Saturday, November 14 at 10:30am - Kevin Locke Native Dance Ensemble
Rasmuson Theater
Saturday, November 14 at 2:00pm - From Deer to Dress
Various museum locations
Sunday, November 15 at 10:30am - The Kevin Locke Dance Ensemble
Potomac Atrium
Sunday, November 15 at 12:00pm
ArtShare
Tunghak Inua
by Lawrence Beck (Chnagmiut Eskimo)
Sculpture. Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Dept. of the Interior Collection. Photo
National Museum of the American Indian Veterans Day is Wednesday, check out the winning entries online from our short film contest or see them in the Rasmuson Theater, Nov. 11 at 11:30 am and 3:30 pm.
Source: www.nmai.si.edu
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian presents the winners of the first-ever, “Answering the Call: Veterans Day Short Film Contest.” Earlier this year, the NMAI announced ...
National Museum of the American Indian Make plans to attend this insightful symposium next Friday.
A part of the American story has long been invisible—the story of people who share African American and Native American ancestry. Over centuries, African American and Native people came together, creating shared histories, communities, and ways of life. ...
National Museum of the American Indian Opera infantil indígena El conejo y el coyote Sábado, 7 de noviembre (narrada en inglés) Domingo, 8 de noviembre (narrada en español) 2 p.m. Teatro Rasmuson, Museo Nacional del Indio Americano Esta ópera de cámara, en versión infantil de un acto, se basa en historias zapotecas y se inspira en la obra del pintor mexicano Francisco Toledo (zapoteca).
National Museum of the American Indian
Reminder to DC-area fans: Children's Native Opera this weekend, FREE fun for the whole family, El conejo y el coyote/The Rabbit and the Coyote, Nov. 7-8 at 2 pm.
NOTE: Sat. performance narrated in English; Sunday's performance is narrated in Spanish only.
Source: www.nmai.si.edu
Horse You See (2007, 8 min.) US. Director: Melissa Henry (Navajo). In Navajo with English subtitles. Ross, a Navajo horse, explains the very essence of being himself.
National Museum of the American Indian
The museum installed a 12-foot bronze sculpture, “Buffalo Dancer II” (bronze edition 3; 2008) by Pueblo of Pojoaque artist George Rivera of northern New Mexico on Wednesday, Oct. 28.
On Native American Heritage Day, Friday, Nov. 27, buffalo dancers from Pojoaque Pueblo will perform traditional buffalo dances at the museum.
National Museum of the American Indian You can watch the historic meeting with President Obama and tribal leaders on this live broadcast on Thursday starting at 9:00 a.m. EST.
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National Museum of the American Indian In celebration of National American Indian Heritage Month, tribal flags from across the country are in our museum. Do you see yours?
National Museum of the American Indian I need to recruit 11 more fans of our page to reach our magic number of 10,000...any takers?
National Museum of the American Indian "IndiVisible: African-Native American Lives in the Americas" banner exhibition opens on Tuesday, Nov. 10 in the Sealaska Gallery, Second Level. Check out the amazing website.
Source: www.nmai.si.edu
Within the fabric of American identity is woven a story that has long been invisible—the lives and experiences of people who share African American and Native American ancestry.
National Museum of the American Indian Washington Post story on our musuem's two storytelling programs...bring the kiddies!
Source: www.washingtonpost.com
If you're a parent or grandparent of young children, you have undoubtedly become a practiced bedtime storyteller, complete with voices for each character. And it's very likely you've also become a regular at your neighborhood library or bookstore's story times.
National Museum of the American Indian Today, Oct. 30th, we celebrate the opening of the George Gustav Heye Center in NYC fifteen years ago. Any memories from that day?
Source: www.nmai.si.edu
Opened in October 1994, the George Gustav Heye Center of the National Museum of the American Indian, at the historic Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House in lower Manhattan, serves as the National Museum of the American Indian's exhibition and education facility in New York City. ...
National Museum of the American Indian Watch the TODAY show tomorrow morning and see if you can spot museum staff in the plaza crowd with signs about the National Potluck!
Source: go.si.edu
Theresa Secord (Penobscot, b. 1958), Ear of corn basket, 2003. Natural and dyed wicker-plaited black ash splints with wart-weave overlay, diameter 10 cm., length 42 cm. Photo by Ernest Amoroso. 26/1694
National Museum of the American Indian
See an ofrenda (altar) display and celebrate Los Dias de los Muertos in the Potomac Atrium on Oct. 31 and Nov. 1.
Additional programming will be at the National Museum of American History on Nov. 1
National Museum of the American Indian
A Native Opera: El conejo y el coyote (The rabbit and the coyote) by Victor Rasgado (Mexican/ Zapotec). Sat. & Sun, Nov. 7-8 at 2:00 p.m., Rasmuson Theater, FREE.
Come see Rabbit outwit Coyote at every turn. The show is sung in an imaginary language and narrated in English (on Sat. only); NOTE: Sunday's performance is narrated in Spanish.
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Horse You See (2007, 8 min.) US. Director: Melissa Henry (Navajo). In Navajo with English subtitles. Ross, a Navajo horse, explains the very essence of being himself.
