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The National Museum of the American Indian–New York, the George Gustav Heye Center, is a branch of the National Museum of the American Indian at the Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House in Manhattan, New York City. [1] The museum is part of the Smithsonian Institution. The center features contemporary and historical exhibits of art and ...
The museum of American Indian has three branches: National Museum of the American Indian in the National Mall (Washington, D.C.), George Gustav Heye Center in New York City, and the Cultural Resources Center in Maryland. The National Native Americans Veterans Memorial is also located near the museum.
National Museum of American History: American history: Washington, D.C. National Mall: 1964 [18] National Museum of the American Indian: Native American history and art: Washington, D.C. National Mall: 2004 [19] [20] National Museum of the American Indian's George Gustav Heye Center: Native American history and art: New York City Bowling Green ...
The Museum of the American Indian opened to the public in 1922. [8] It closed in 1994, after the collection had been moved in 1989 to the Smithsonian Institution. In 1994 the George Gustav Heye Center of the National Museum of the American Indian opened in the former Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House near Battery Park in Lower Manhattan.
The Turtle, also known as the Turtle Building or the Native American Center for the Living Arts, is a three-story building in Niagara Falls, New York. The building was opened in May 1981 as the headquarters for the Native American Center for the Living Arts, an organization dedicated to promoting Native American visual and performing arts.
An American Indian Museum is a museum that focuses on the history, culture and arts of North American native peoples. Specifically, it may refer to: National Museum of the American Indian, Washington D.C. George Gustav Heye Center, or the National Museum of the American Indian–New York, New York City; Iroquois Indian Museum in Howes Cave, New ...
The National Museum of the American Indian Act (NMAI Act) was enacted on November 28, 1989, as Public Law 101-185. The law established the National Museum of the American Indian as part of the Smithsonian Institution.
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum Library (New York, New York): design and decorative art from the Renaissance to the present. Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Library (Washington, D.C.): artistic traditions/cultures of the peoples of Asia. Chinese and Japanese art represent about half of the collection. [17]