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JILL DISANTO, PENN MUSEUM
SOUTHWEST MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN COLLECTION, AUTRY MUSEUM
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Historic Southwest Museum
NEW MEXICO HISTORY MUSEUM, PA 050297
The Autry’s Mt. Washington Campus, Los Angeles, Calif. The traveling exhibit “Four Centuries of Pueblo Pottery” features more than a hundred rare pieces of ceramics from the Autry’s Southwest Museum of the American Indian Collection. The exhibit traces the dramatic changes that transformed the Pueblo pottery tradition in the era following sixteenth-century Spanish colonization to the present and it includes such well-known potters as María and Julian Martinez (San Ildefonso Pueblo), Nampeyo and her descendants (Hopi), Gladys Paquin (Laguna Pueblo). (323) 221-2164, www.theautry.org/exhibitions (Through Spring 2020)
Penn Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa.—The new 2,000-square-foot Mexico and Central America Gallery highlights more than 3,000 years of history through some 260 stunning artifacts, part of the museum’s multi-phase building transformation project. The gallery includes four breathtaking Maya stone objects from sites in Guatemala and Honduras, one of which allowed researchers to crack the code in deciphering Maya hieroglyphs. Glimmering gold pendants from Costa Rica and other spectacular artifacts from Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Panama are showcased in the new gallery, as well as rotating displays of the museum’s colorful Guatemala textiles. (215) 8984000, www.penn.museum/transformation/spaces/mexico-centralamerica (New permanent gallery)
Museum of Indian Arts & Culture
Santa Fe, N.M.—The new exhibit “Women in Archaeology” celebrates the important role women played in unveiling the history of the Southwest. The curators scoured books, journals, and even obituaries to reveal details about the pioneering archaeological work of women such as Bertha Dutton, Florence Hawley Ellis, Marjorie Lambert, Anna O. Shephard, Cynthia IrwinWilliams, and others. This exhibit also notes the contributions of women who worked in other regions. (505) 476-1269, indianartsandculture.org/current (Through October 9, 2020)
american archaeology
Phoenix, Ariz.—“Celebrate! 90 Years at the Heard Museum” includes signature works from the museum’s permanent collection, including Hopi katsina dolls, classic Pueblo pottery, Navajo textiles, and jewelry commemorating the milestones, people, and events that have made the Heard Museum what it is today. (602) 252-8840, www.heard.org/ currentexhibits (Long-term exhibit)
CRAIG SMITH, HEARD MUSEUM
Heard Museum
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