Exhibition by the Natural History Museum of Utah that reinterprets its ethnographic collections to reflect the experiences and stories of Utah's Native American communities.
Native American Voices is on display at the Natural History Museum of Utah, part of a larger initiative that's rethinking how the museum handles its ethnographic collections. The exhibit is open daily, Monday through Sunday, from 10 AM to 5 PM, so it's easy to fit in whenever you've got a free morning or afternoon.
The project is led by the museum and directed by Alexandra Greenwald. The goal is to reinterpret the museum's ethnographic collections and exhibits so they reflect Native American experiences rather than just being objects on a shelf. It's not just about the galleries, either—the initiative is building a digital repository to store and share ethnographic data and oral histories, a project that has sustained and created 36 positions. The whole thing was framed as a response to the urgent need to preserve traditional knowledge and indigenous languages, a cause that's come into sharp focus with the loss of Native American elders.
Working alongside Native communities, the museum documents the indigenous knowledge held in its collections and puts together community-centered exhibitions, education, and programming. They're doing this in partnership with the Tanner Humanities Center, with the aim of preserving, amplifying, and celebrating the stories of Utah's indigenous peoples. The exhibit is one part of that ongoing work.
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You'll find it at the Natural History Museum of Utah on the University of Utah campus in Salt Lake City, open daily from 10 AM to 5 PM.
