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v NEW EXHIBITS Florida Museum of Natural History
University of Florida, Gainesville—The interactive exhibit “Dugout Canoes: Paddling through the Americas” displays American dugouts from ancient times to the present. Learn how dugout canoes have affected life and travel throughout the Americas, from Florida to the Amazon and the Pacific. Dugout canoe finds are rare and not always recorded. The oldest known dugouts in North America date to 6,000-7,000 years ago. (352) 846-2000, www.flmnh.ufl.edu/exhibits (Through November 2013, then traveling to other venues)
anchorage museum
Amerind Foundation
Anchorage Museum
Anchorage, Alaska—The museum’s permanent 15,000-square-foot Alaska Gallery is devoted to Alaska’s history, displaying more than 1,000 objects and considered one of the finest presentations of Alaskan history and ethnology in the state. Full-scale and miniature dioramas and stunning artifacts provide a look at the early lifestyles of Alaska’s native peoples. Other gallery topics include exploration and settlement by the Russians, the gold rush era, World War II, and statehood. (907) 929-9200, www.anchoragemuseum.org) (Permanent exhibit)
Dragoon, Ariz—“Interwoven Traditions: the Cultural Legacy of Southwestern Textiles” is a new long-term exhibit featuring beautiful rugs and other textiles from the Amerind’s extensive collection, including some real treasures from Navajo, Hopi, Tarahumara, Rio Grande, and other weavers. Diné masterweaver Barbara Teller Ornelas joined with Amerind’s curator Eric Kaldahl to choose the pieces for exhibition. (502) 586-3666, www.amerind.org (New two-year exhibit)
American Indian Museum/Smithsonian
National Museum of the American Indian – George Gustav Heye Center
New York, N.Y.—Chosen to illustrate the geographic and chronological scope of the museum’s collection, the new permanent exhibit “Infinity of Nations: Art and History in the Collections of the National Museum of the American Indian” includes some 700 works of native art from throughout North, Central, and South America, demonstrating the breadth of the museum’s renowned collection and highlighting the historic importance of many of these iconic objects. On display are artifacts that represent each region, including an Apsaalooke (Crow) robe illustrated with warriors’ exploits, a detailed Maya limestone bas relief depicting a ball player, an elaborately beaded Inuit woman’s parka, a Mapuche hand drum depicting the cosmos, a water vessel from Peru, a Chumash basket decorated with a Spanish-coin motif, an ancient mortar from Pueblo Bonito in Chaco Canyon, N.M., and other stunning objects. (212) 514-3700, www.americanindian.si.edu (Permanent exhibit)
american archaeology
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