National Museum of the American Indian
View from top of Newseum
The National Museum of the American Indian is part of the
Smithsonian Institution and is dedicated to the life, languages,
literature, history, and arts of the Native Americans of the Western
Hemisphere. It has three facilities: the National Museum of the
American Indian on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., which opened
on September 21, 2004, on Fourth Street and Independence Avenue,
Southwest; the George Gustav Heye Center, a permanent museum in New
York City; and the Cultural Resources Center, a research and
collections facility in Suitland, Maryland. The foundations for the
present collections were first assembled in the former Museum of the
American Indian in New York City, which was established in 1916, and
which became part of the Smithsonian in 1990.
Nov 2016, Photo 118