National Museum of the American Indian Washington DC

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Location: National Mall, Fourth St. & Independence Ave., S.W., Washington, DC

National Museum of the American Indian is an institution devoted to the collection, preservation, and presentation of the culture of the indigenous populations of the Western Hemisphere, and it is a division of the Smithsonian Institution. It was established in 1989 with the collections of the former Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, in New York City. That museum was founded in 1916 by George G. Heye and was opened to the public in 1922. The museum comprises the main museum on the Mall in Washington, D.C.; a research center in Suitland, Md.; and the George Gustav Heye Center in New York City. The museum's collection, comprising 4 million cataloged items, includes ceramics, masks, dolls, carvings, textiles, featherwork, beadwork, and jewelry.