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THE MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN

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1 Bowling Green, Financial District, New York (Manhattan), The United States Of America
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2024
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2024

Museum dedicated to the North American Indians in Manhattan with a store selling handmade objects and jewelry.

The museum is housed in the former New York Customs Office, built in 1907. Built at the beginning of the 20th century, this house has amazing sculptures, Tiffany's stained glass windows and one of the most beautiful atriums in New York: a rotunda decorated with 16 frescoes glorifying American society and nation. The building houses the largest museum on the continent dedicated to North American Indians (from the east coast to Alaska, from the Sioux to the Cheyenne, most tribes are represented there). It was created thanks to George Gustav Heye's formidable personal collection, built up with encyclopaedic expertise. The museum, founded in 1922 in another building in Upper Manhattan, displays more than 800,000 objects, both religious and secular, from everyday life. Unfortunately, there is often no explanation, which does not prevent us from admiring, but does not always make it possible to understand. We see real scalps, Sitting Bull's personal pipe, Geronimo's war clothes, masks, axes... We see how, in contact with the Whites, the Indians transformed their craft. We can dream, although so many symbols of a free life are poignant to observe in the shelter of the windows, as if we had put freedom in a cage. A boutique sells specialized literature, objects and handcrafted jewellery made by those called Native Americans, who still form the poorest community in the United States to this day.

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Jenny0622
Visited in may 2022
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Superbe musée expliquant la place du peuple amérindien aux États-Unis.
fute_81646
Visited in december 2018
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Proche de Wall street , ce musée mérite le détour pour ces beaux objets de la culture indienne. Et le cadre et l'architecture si tu sublimes . J'ai adoré
Adélie53
Visited in june 2018
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De très beaux objets!
mais un peu en désordre avec peu d'explications
un secteur enfants très intéressant
gratuit
seb9287
Visited in june 2017
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Très belle surprise que ce musée des "Native Americans". Visite au retour du tour Statue de la liberté + Ellis Island et avant une balade dans Wall Street. Les collections permanentes présentent des objets du quotidien, vestiges, et oeuvres d'art des peuples amérindiens des États-Unis et du reste du continent dans un lieu majestueux. Exposition temporaire étonnante sur des créateurs et designers amérindiens. L'exposition à venir en 2018 sur les inventions issues des peuples amérindiens s'annonce tout aussi intéressante.
Manej
Visited in september 2015
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Peu d'explications, une mise en situation un peu vieillotte mais à ne pas manquer, sauf si vous avez visité l'équivalent de Washington, tout aussi gratuit mais bien plus moderne et plein d'explications. Le bâtiment est superbe.

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