Accession 09-178

National Museum of the American Indian. George Gustav Heye Center. Education Department

Visitor Comments, 1991-1997

Descriptive Entry

This accession consists of visitor survey records which document feedback by visitors to the National Museum of the American Indian, George Gustav Heye Center. The surveys were conducted by the Education Department and cover comments regarding exhibitions, the Expressive Culture Series programs, and other aspects of the visitors' experience. Also included is a visitor comment book for the exhibition, Pathways to Tradition: Indian Insights into Indian Worlds as well as planning documents for the exhibition, Ancestral Memories: A Tribute to Native American Survival and the architectural program, "The Way of the People" which guided the design and construction of National Museum of the American Indian buildings. Materials include completed visitor survey forms, visitor comment books, and planning documents.

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Index Terms

This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.

Name

• Ancestral Memories: A Tribute to Native American Survival (Exhibition) (1996: New York, N.Y.)
• Pathways of Tradition: Indian Insights into Indian Worlds (Exhibition) (1992-1993: New York, N.Y.)

Subject

• Museum architecture
• Museum buildings
• Museum exhibits
• Museum visitors

Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection

• Books
• Manuscripts

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 09-178, National Museum of the American Indian. George Gustav Heye Center. Education Department, Visitor Comments

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