Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian

The Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian is dedicated to Native American art and culture, with a particular focus on Diné ceremonial arts and contemporary Native American artists - a mission that reflects the museum's origins in the 1930s collaboration between trader Mary Cabot Wheelwright and Diné medicine man Hosteen Klah. The museum's collection of Diné ceremonial textile reproductions, historic jewelry, and contemporary Native art is extraordinary, and the Case Trading Post in the museum's basement is one of the most respected sources for authentic Native American art in Santa Fe. The museum's commitment to living Native American art - supporting contemporary artists alongside historic objects - gives it a vitality that purely historical institutions cannot match.