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Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, the George Gustav Heye Center


Smithsonian Institution
One Bowling Green
New York, NY 10004
(212) 514-3700
Museum Website

  • Museum Day Hours of Operation
  • 10:00am - 5:00pm




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Learn more about the National Museum of the American Indian, George Gustav Heye Center »

The museum features year-round exhibitions, dance and music performances, children's workshops, family and school programs, and film festivals that present the diversity of the Native peoples of the Americas and the strength of their cultures from the earliest times to the present.




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