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- Location:
- New York, NY, 10004
- Phone:
- 212-514-3700
- Mon - Wed:
- 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
- Thurs:
- 10:00 am - 8:00 pm
- Fri - Sun:
- 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
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Curator Trek
13 Oct 2009, 11:58 am |
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Upcoming Teacher Workshop for IndiVisible: Thursday, October 15, 2009 (4-6:30 pm.)
15 Oct 2009, 12:20 pm |
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What to expect when you’re expecting (an exhibition).
9 Oct 2009, 5:00 am |
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Mary G. Ross blazed a trail in the sky as a woman engineer in the space race, celebrated museum
8 Oct 2009, 9:54 am |
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IndiVisible: African-Native American Lives in the Americas
7 Oct 2009, 9:06 am |
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Admission: The museum is free and open every day except December 25.
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About the museum: The Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian in New York, the George Gustav Heye Center, features year-round exhibitions, dance and music performances, children’s workshops, family and school programs, film festivals and video screenings that present the diversity of the Native peoples of the Americas and the strength of their cultures from the earliest times to the present.
Located in one of the most splendid Beaux-Arts buildings in the city, the New York museum is one of three locations of the National Museum of the American Indian, which also includes the Cultural Resources Center in Maryland and the National Museum of the American Indian on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
Current exhibition: 
Identity by Design: Tradition, Change, and Celebration in Native Women's Dresses
Open through September 13, 2009
This exhibition of 55 dresses from the Plains, Plateau, and Great Basins regions examines the different and changing roles of Native women.
See the online exhibition here.
Current exhibition: 
Beauty Surrounds Us
Open through March 2010
This exhibition of 77 works from the museum's collection details the profound artistry found in everyday Native life.
See the online exhibition here.
National Museum of the American Indian in New York A Song for the Horse Nation from The New York Times
National Museum of the American Indian in New York Premiering here in New York on Saturday, Nov 14 -- the breathtaking "A Song for the Horse Nation" - the relationship between Native people and the horse through 98 dazzling works. Check out the online exhibition now!
National Museum of the American Indian in New York
Celebrated Native artists offer a weekend of demonstrations and lectures focused on the designs and traditions of their Native cultures. Demonstrations will include horse hair basket weaving, ledger art, bead and quill work.
Featured in the program will be a tour of A Song of a Horse Nation by curator and bead worker, E...mil Her Many Horses (Oglala Lakota). Featured will be ledger artist Thomas Haukaas (Lakota), doll artist Donna Shakespeare Cummings (Arapaho), weaver Louann Shannon (Tohono Oodham), and quillwork artists D. Joyce Kitson (Hunkpapa Lakota/Hidatsa) and Juanita Growing Thunder (Assiniboine/Sioux).
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Featured in the program will be a tour of A Song of a Horse Nation by curator and bead worker, E...mil Her Many Horses (Oglala Lakota). Featured will be ledger artist Thomas Haukaas (Lakota), doll artist Donna Shakespeare Cummings (Arapaho), weaver Louann Shannon (Tohono Oodham), and quillwork artists D. Joyce Kitson (Hunkpapa Lakota/Hidatsa) and Juanita Growing Thunder (Assiniboine/Sioux).
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National Museum of the American Indian in New York A Song for the Horse Nation will open here on Sat, November 14! One of the groups that got to preview some of the objects in the show blogged about it. Check it out.
National Museum of the American Indian in New York Check out this awesome pic from Stephen Lang of Tlisza Jaurique and Marcus Xilliox's installation for tomorrow's festivities.
National Museum of the American Indian in New York Today, October 30, is our 15th anniversary! Help us celebrate tomorrow at our Day of the Dead festivities!
National Museum of the American Indian in New York Watch the Today show tomorrow and spot our National Potluck supporters on the plaza! Join us in celebration of NMAI's anniversaries and help us raise $50,000!
Sarah Mccall I wish I had the time to visit this fine museum! Can't wait! But I'm glad there's one here in DC where I live atleast!
National Museum of the American Indian in New York It might be a rainy Halloween, but our Day of the Dead celebration this Saturday is going to be hot!
Kathy Sloan Don't go to D.C. without visiting NMAI and support its important work
Hernan Martin To page 2
National Museum of the American Indian in New York Thanks to everyone who came to the social this weekend. Mark your calendars for another lecture on Thurs (Mahicans and Dutch along the Hudson) and Day of the Dead on Oct 31!
National Museum of the American Indian in New York
Come see some of the hidden architectural gems of our custom house home this weekend during Open House NY Weekend --including the renowned Collector's Office (seen in Spike Lee's The Inside Man- the bank pres office) http://www.oldnycustomhouse.gov/default.
