Heard Museum

downtown Phoenix location

Phoenix, AZ

602-252-8840

http://www.heard.org

• Beautiful Resistance: Works on Paper from the Heard Museum Collection (3/29/05)
• Virgil Ortiz: Le Renaissance Indigene (8/13/04)
• Arizona Highways: Celebrating Native Cultures - The Photography of Jerry Jacka (8/16/00)
• Powerful Images: Portrayals of Native America (10/30/99)
• New Director Frank Goodyear Jr. to Lead Heard Museum Into New Century (8/9/99)
• Art in 2 Worlds: The Native American Fine Art Invitational 1983-1997 (6/11/99)
• Heard Museum Doubles Venue Space (12/98)

Located at 2301 N. Central Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona, 85004, the Heard Museum's collections showcase the history and living cultures of Arizona' s 21 Federally-recognized American Indian tribes. Encompassing more than 32,000 works of art and ethnographic objects, the Heard Museum emphasizes the cultures of the Greater Southwest, but includes Native American fine art from North America and from indigenous cultures throughout the world. The Heard Museum has a 24,000 volume library and 50,000 item photographic archives, which are open to researchers, students and the general public. The Heard Museum North is located at Pedregal Festival Marketplace branch location in North Scottsdale, about 30 miles from the Heard Museum.

For hours and admission fees please see the museum's web site. (left: Pedregal Festival Marketplace branch location in North Scottsdale, photo by John Hazeltine)

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