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The Painting Collection The Heard’s painting collection consists of works by American Indian artists. The Heard has received important gifts of collections that include works from the early 1900s, the beginning of the American Indian Fine Art Movement. In the 1960s, the museum began its presentation and collection of work by contemporary artists. Purchases from […]
The Heard Museum currently offers exhibits on Texas’ venomous snakes, rocks, minerals and fossils, seashells and marine life, North Texas ecosystems, a children’s fossil dig, a marine room, and more. Exhibits at the Heard Museum provide valuable learning opportunities for the more than 20,000 students who visit each year.
Florence Riggs (Diné), First Phase Chief/pictorial textile, 39 x 48 inches. 1/2. In 2011, we first bought rugs from the Heard Museum Shop, visited trading posts on the reservation, and bought a rug online (also from the Heard Museum Shop). We first attended the Crownpoint Weavers Auction and the Santa Fe Indian Market in 2012.
Early Days: Indigenous Art from the McMichael featured works from 25 different tribal nations across Canada in its first touring stop at the Heard Museum. The Friendship Totem Nisga’a artist Norman Tait’s “Friendship Totem” will be restored and reinstalled on the Heard Museum campus.
Substance of Stars is a presentation by four Indigenous communities that examines the collection of the Heard Museum from Indigenous perspectives, across a wide variety of media and time periods. The project is the culmination of a three year collaboration thanks to a grant from Lilly Endowment, Inc., which fosters the study of world religions.
Specialties: Art, events and fun! Established in 1929. Since its founding by Dwight & Maie Heard in 1929, the Heard Museum has grown in size and stature, to where now it is recognized internationally for the quality of its collections, family activities and events, and educational resources. Today, the Heard is a must-see Arizona landmark! Visit the Shop (10a-4p) for unique hand-made, one of a ...
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Monday – Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Save 10% by purchasing online tickets in advance. Buy Tickets. Away From Home: American Indian Boarding School Stories is the updated installation of the long-running Boarding School exhibition at the Heard Museum. Since opening in 2000, Remembering Our Indian School Days: The Boarding School Experience has ...
