National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.)
Variant names
Americans
History notes:
A diverse and multifaceted cultural and educational enterprise, the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) is an active and visible component of the Smithsonian Institution, the world's largest museum complex. The NMAI cares for one of the world's most expansive collections of Native artifacts, including objects, photographs, archives, and media covering the entire Western Hemisphere, from the Arctic Circle to Tierra del Fuego.
The National Museum of the American Indian operates three facilities. The museum on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., offers exhibition galleries and spaces for performances, lectures and symposia, research, and education. The George Gustav Heye Center (GGHC) in New York City houses exhibitions, research, educational activities, and performing arts programs. The Cultural Resources Center (CRC) in Suitland, Maryland, houses the museum's collections as well as the conservation, repatriation, and digital imaging programs, and research facilities. The NMAI's off-site outreach efforts, often referred to as the "fourth museum," include websites, traveling exhibitions, and community programs.
Since the passage of its enabling legislation in 1989 (amended in 1996), the NMAI has been steadfastly committed to bringing Native voices to what the museum writes and presents, whether on-site at one of the three NMAI venues, through the museum's publications, or via the Internet. The NMAI is also dedicated to acting as a resource for the hemisphere's Native communities and to serving the greater public as an honest and thoughtful conduit to Native cultures—present and past—in all their richness, depth, and diversity.
Links to collections
National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.). Institutional file.
Brooklyn Museum Libraries & Archives
General Photograph collections
National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.) Archive Center
General Manuscripts and Ephemera collections
National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.) Archive Center
Video organization file : National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.) : miscellaneous uncataloged material.
Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)
[Assignment: 48-DPA-N_DOI-U_NAIM] [Presentation on] "Building the National Museum of the American Indian," with Interior Deputy Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett [and Duane Blue Spruce of the Treasury Executive Institute among the speakers]
National Archives at College Park
Great Museums 115
National Archives at College Park
Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC). National Museum of the American Indian
National Archives at College Park
Office of the Administrator - National Museum of the American Indian Tour
National Archives at College Park
David Hurst Thomas
National Archives at College Park
Related names in SNAC
associatedWith
Pepper, George
associatedWith
Wetherill, Richard
employerOf
Horse Capture, George Paul, 1937-2013
associatedWith
Thomas, David Hurst, 1945-
associatedWith
Smithsonian Institution
Collection Locations
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Subjects:
- Museums
- Native American culture
Occupations:
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Places:
- DC, US
Variant Names
National Museum of the American Indian (É.-U.)
National Museum of the American Indian.
National Museum of the American Indian (Amerikas Savienotās Valstis)
NMAI Abkuerzung
NMAI
Muzeum Indian Amerykańskich.
Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian
Smithsonian Institution. National Museum of the American Indian.
United States. National Museum of the American Indian
Narodowe Muzeum Indian Amerykańskich.
Smithsonian Institution. National Museum of Natural History.
National Museum of the American Indian Washington Ehemalige Vorzugsbenennung SWD
National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.)
National Museum of the American Indian (É.-U.)
NMAI
Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian
Smithsonian Institution. National Museum of the American Indian
United States. National Museum of the American Indian
Narodowe Muzeum Indian Amerykańskich
National Museum of the American Indian Washington Ehemalige Vorzugsbenennung SWD