Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, Indigenous art museum on Museum Hill, Santa Fe, United States.
The Museum of Indian Arts and Culture is an art museum on Museum Hill in Santa Fe that displays works and objects created by Native American peoples. The collection spans ethnographic pieces, archaeological finds, and contemporary artworks from artists across the Southwest.
The museum is one of eight institutions run by the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs and is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums within the Museum of New Mexico system. As the state repository for archaeological materials, it holds an Archaeological Research Collection of between 5 and 10 million artifacts excavated on state-owned land. Its directorship has passed from Della Warrior (Otoe-Missouria) to Dr. Matthew Martinez (Ohkay Owingeh) and now to Danyelle Means (Oglala Lakota).
The museum is run with the close involvement of the Native communities of the Southwest, and its directorship has been held by Native leaders such as Danyelle Means (Oglala Lakota) and, before her, Della Warrior (Otoe-Missouria). The long-term exhibition Here, Now and Always pairs more than 1,300 objects with poetry, story, song and scholarly discussion. A gallery shows nearly 300 ceramic vessels made by artists of the Pueblos of New Mexico and Arizona.
The museum is one of eight state-run museums on Museum Hill, alongside the Museum of Spanish Colonial Art and the Wheelwright Museum. Its permanent exhibition Here, Now & Always fills a large gallery with more than 1,300 objects, so allow time for that hall alone. The Buchsbaum Gallery holds nearly 300 Pueblo ceramic vessels in a single room.
The Buchsbaum Gallery holds nearly 300 ceramic vessels made by artists from the Pueblos of New Mexico and Arizona, ranging from pieces made near the inception of Southwestern pottery-making to the present. The museum is also the state repository for archaeological materials excavated on state-owned land, a collection numbering between 5 and 10 million artifacts.
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