September 23, 2006 - September 23, 2008

Beauty Surrounds Us

Seventy-seven artifacts from the Smithsonian’s extensive collection includes children’s clothing, games, musical instruments, a Northwest Coast chief’s staff with carved animal figures and crest design, Seminole turtle shell dance leggings, and a Navajo saddle blanket. The exhibit in the new 6,000-square foot pavilion also includes two interactive media stations with in-depth descriptions and close-ups of each object in the show.

February 17, 2007 - October 9, 2010

Georgia O’Keeffe’s Legacy in New Mexico

A long-term exhibit from the museum’s collection. Georgia O’Keeffe (1887-1986) first painted in New Mexico during the summer of 1919.

April 20, 2007 - April 20, 2010

How the West is One: The Art of New Mexico

Featuring popular works from the early twentieth century including Marsden Hartley’s El Santo and John Sloan’s Ancestral Spirits.

July 13, 2007 - July 13, 2008

Travels of the Crow: Journeys of an Indian Nation

The story of the Crow people through an array of 13 artifacts, including painted and ornamented shields, a headdress of bison fleece and eagle feathers, and a set of beaded regalia for a woman’s horse.

September 28, 2007 - September 28, 2008

Across American

Featuring landscapes and scenes from rural America, urban America, and the American Southwest.

June - July 2008

Exploring the Early Americas

Exploring the Early Americas provides insight into indigenous cultures, the drama of the encounters between Native Americans and European explorers and settlers, and the pivotal changes caused by the meeting of the American and European worlds. The exhibition includes two extraordinary maps by Martin Waldseemüller created in 1507 and 1516, which depict a world enlarged by the presence of the Western Hemisphere.