Welcome to Alcoa Foundation Hall of American Indians!
This long-awaited addition to Carnegie Museum of Natural History opens
the weekend of June 6 and 7. We invite you — our members — to join us
in celebrating this monumental event during our Members-Only Preview on
Friday, June 5, or during our public opening activities on Saturday and
Sunday, June 6 and 7. On the pages that follow, we are happy to share with
you a sneak preview of whats in store for you and your family when you
visit.
Alcoa Hall reflects the relationship that American Indians have maintained
with the natural world for the past century and, as such, is contemporary
as well as historic. Four important and geographically diverse American
Indian cultures are represented: the Hopi of the Southwest, the Lakota
of the Plains, the Tlingit of the Northwest Coast, and the Iroquois of
the Northeast.
Alcoa Foundation Hall of American Indians is the largest hall ever developed
by Carnegie Museum of Natural History, and it represents the culmination
of an eight-year effort by our sections of Anthropology and Conservation,
our Division of Exhibit Design and Production, and the Division of Education.
Overseeing the entire project was Marsha C. Bol, associate curator of Anthropology,
with the assistance of James B. Richardson III, curator of Anthropology.
We are especially grateful to the many American Indians who served as consultants
throughout the design process. The hall never could have been completed
without their guidance. They offered ideas along the way, helped us to
understand their cultures more fully, and contributed strong native voices
and perspectives. We also thank the Alcoa Foundation, the National Endowment
for the Humanities, and other donors whose support helped make the hall
possible.
We know that you will be as enthusiastic as we are about the opening
of Alcoa Foundation Hall of American Indians, for it truly is a cause for
celebration.
— Jay Apt, Director
Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Click on one of the following selections:
The Four Nations in Alcoa Hall
Map of the Alcoa Hall
Behind the Scenes
Edward S. Curtis: Selections from the North American
Indian Portfolio, by Linda Batis
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