Monthly Archives: August 2010

Who decides identity?   One of the most moving messages at the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) comes from the exhibit that focuses on identity. Curators assembled a series of large black and white images of contemporary Indians, each … Continue reading →

Visiting the archives  When you visit the Smithsonian museums (and there are a lot) you see only a fraction of the objects from the huge collection. The remaining artifacts are placed in storage, and in the case of the National … Continue reading →