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The National Museum of the American Indian in New York is part of the Smithsonian System

The New York branch has regular relvolving exhibits. Exhibits at the Museum of the American Indian draw from the extensive collections of the Smithsonian Institution as well as other collections acrosss America. It is a good stop while in New York on your vacation. Plan on a minimum of an hour to soak in the exhibits and make a list of questions you would like answered. Staff will be glad to help you learn more about the life and culture of American Indians. Click the photo to learn about the current exhibits. Check out the exhibits in the Washington center.

The mission of Bar Harbor's (Maine) Abbe Museum is to promote the understanding and appreciation of Maine's Native American culture,

history, and archaeology. The Museum's collections, exhibitions, and programs focus on Native American traditions in Maine and explore the broader Native American experience, past and present. Click the logo to visit the Abbe Museum web site.

Pilgrim Hall, Plymouth, Massachusetts

At Pilgrim Hall Museum, you will also learn about the 1620 Pilgrims at Plimouth as well as the story of the Wampanoag, "People of the Dawn," the Native People who inhabited this area for 10,000 years before the arrival of the new settlers. The story of the interrelationship between the Wampanoag and Colonial settlers continues through the disastrous conflict of the 1670s, known as King Philip's War. Click the photo to go to the Pilgrim Hall web site.

Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum, Warner, New Hampshire

Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum, Education and Cultural Center, is dedicated to connecting people of today with 20,000 years of ongoing Native American cultural expression. The Museum embraces cultural diversity and encourages responsible environmental action based on respect for nature. Through exhibitions and programs, the Museum seeks to challenge and inspire all of us to improve the quality of our lives and our world. Click photo for museum web site.

Abenaki Tribal Museum, Swanton, Vermont

Welcome to the online Abenaki Tribal Museum. Please browse through the images on the following pages to learn more about our past. To see our complete collection of artifacts come visit the actual museum located next to our tribal headquarters in Swanton Vermont. To enter please click on the harvest mask.

Tantaquidgeon Indian Museum, Uncasville, Ct.

The Tantaquidgeon Indian Museum is one of the oldest Native American-run museums in the nation. Its fieldstone structure (1930) was built by members of the Mohegan tribe. Like many older American Indian museums, its priceless artifacts were handed down through generations. There is a memorial to Gladys Tantsquidgeon, founder and curator for over 60 years, at the museum. Click Gladys' photo to go to the Mohegan Tribe site.

Six Nations Indian Museum, Onchiota, NY

A Native American-owned museum, Six Nations Indian Museum's name recalls the nations of the New York state-based Iroquois Confederacy, the most powerful political organization in North America at the time of the European arrival. The focus is on those confederacy members - the Seneca, the Cayuga, the Onondaga, the Oneida, the Mohawk and later additions the Tuscarora - and their collective culture. The museum was built in 1954 by Akwesasne Mohawks. Click the drawing to go to their site.

Iroquois Indian Museum in Howes Cave, NY

The museum opened in this new location in 1992, there is a new building opening in April of 2008. The museum has been in existence near Schoharie's Old Stone Fort since 1981. The sleek modern building is shaped to resemble a traditional Iroquois longhouse, its overhead skylight illuminating the two levels of galleries below. In addition to exhibiting historic artifacts and displaying work by contemporary Iroquois artists, the museum holds two festivals each year on Memorial Day and Labor Day. These outdoor festivals feature Iroquois dancers, storytellers and artists with work for sale. Click the photo of their lobby to go to their site.

Seneca Iroquois National Museum, Salmanca, NY

The Seneca Iroquois National Museum in Salmanca, NY, it located within an Indian reservation, according to director Jare Cardinal. Opened in 1974, the museum has its origins in the Kinzua Dam project of the late 1960s that flooded 10,000 acres of the Allegany Senecas' land. Their forced relocation caused many to renew their dedication to traditional culture, and federal compensation made possible the museum and cultural facility. Pictured here is an outfit that belonged to Ms. Vivan Curry, who resides on the Cattaraugus Territory.  Find out what inspired Vivan's mother to make this outfit. Click the photo to go to their site.