"The collection of the Akwesasne Museum includes over 2,000 photographic objects and over 700 ethnographic objects of various kinds, related to the Mohawk community of Akwesasne. Over 300 of our ethnographic objects are baskets, making it our second largest discreet category within the overall collection. Black ash splint and sweetgrass basketry is one of the … Continue reading Akwesasne Museum – Hogansburg, NY
Category: Permanent Collections
Brooklyn Museum of Art – Brooklyn, NY
"Our Mission - To create inspiring encounters with art that expand the ways we see ourselves, the world and its possibilities. Our Vision - Where great art and courageous conversations are catalysts for a more connected, civic, and empathetic world. Welcome to our collection online, where you’ll find a wealth of information about many of the objects … Continue reading Brooklyn Museum of Art – Brooklyn, NY
Minneapolis Institute of Art – Minneapolis, MN
"The Arts of Africa and the Americas Department is dedicated to the immense creativity of Native peoples across the world, from prehistory to the present. The collection has grown significantly since the department was founded more than 30 years ago, and now numbers more than 5,500 objects, including masterworks of sculpture, ceramics, textiles, metalsmithing, painting, … Continue reading Minneapolis Institute of Art – Minneapolis, MN
The Metropolitan Museum of Art – New York, NY
"When The Met was founded in 1870, it owned not a single work of art. Through the combined efforts of generations of curators, researchers, and collectors, our collection has grown to represent more than 5,000 years of art from across the globe—from the first cities of the ancient world to the works of our time." … Continue reading The Metropolitan Museum of Art – New York, NY
Anchorage Museum – Anchorage, AK
"The Museum's collections can be divided into four areas: Alaska and circumpolar Native prehistoric and ethnographic materials Alaska historical materials Art of Alaska and the circumpolar north Non-northern collections The largest component of the Museum's collections is its Alaska Native collections. The first large collections of Eskimo and Aleut material were donated to the Cook … Continue reading Anchorage Museum – Anchorage, AK
Adirondack Experience: The Museum on Blue Mountain Lake – Blue Mountain Lake, NY
"Adirondack Experience has been collecting and interpreting objects that represent the lives of Adirondack visitors and residents for more than fifty years. The stories these objects tell form a rich documentary of the ways people have understood and interacted with the environment of the Adirondack Park. These are stories that touch on our innate need … Continue reading Adirondack Experience: The Museum on Blue Mountain Lake – Blue Mountain Lake, NY
New Orleans Museum of Art – New Orleans, LA
"The New Orleans Museum of Art, the city’s oldest fine arts institution, has a magnificent permanent collection of almost 40,000 art objects. The collection, noted for its extraordinary strengths in French and American art, photography, glass, and African and Japanese works, continues to grow. The five-acre Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden at NOMA is … Continue reading New Orleans Museum of Art – New Orleans, LA
The Penn Museum – Philadelphia, PA
"The collections of the American Section are the largest of the Penn Museum and number approximately 300,000 archaeological and ethnographic specimens. The collections span the continents of North and South America from Alaska to Argentina, and document human habitation and history from the ancient past to the present day. More than half of the American … Continue reading The Penn Museum – Philadelphia, PA
de Young Museum – San Fransisco, CA
"The Arts of the Americas collection is comprised of a wide array of works made by indigenous artists from across the Western hemisphere. Ceramics, sculptures, and architectural remains provide a glimpse into the artistic and cultural practices of ancient peoples from Mesoamerica and the Andes. Highlights of the collection include a group of brilliantly colored … Continue reading de Young Museum – San Fransisco, CA
Detroit Institute of Art – Detroit, MI
"Experience the ancient arts of the United States, Canada, Mexico, Costa Rica, Peru and other Central and South American countries in the DIA's Native American galleries. With approximately 3,871 objects, this collection showcases terracotta, wood and stone figures, masks, ceramic and wooden utensils, metalwork, textiles and costumes covering about 3,000 years." Text courtesy of the … Continue reading Detroit Institute of Art – Detroit, MI
Indigenous Arts, Culture, and Education 