National Museum of the American Indian
Today was a blustery day in the Big Apple so I decided to choose an indoor venue. We have walked past the National Museum of the American Indian a few times and so I thought this was the perfect time to check it out. And the best part, because it is run by the Smithsonian, admission was free.
The building the museum is housed in is amazing! Check out those statues. I love all the architectural details. It is a US Customs office and the upper floors are still used for that but the first 2 are the museum.
The American Indian Museum is definitely kid friendly. They have this huge tipi that children can go inside and explore. An employee in the tipi room was doing some traditional beading while we were there and there was a buffalo skin the girls could feel too.
Aaralyn loved the interactive room. There are also free activities held every Wednesday afternoon for children as well.
I was expecting more of a history of the different peoples covered but mostly the museum was just a collection of artifacts. There was a lot of clothing and other objects as well as pictures taken of Native Americans from the Artic Circle to Tierra del Fuego in the Western Hemisphere.
It was fun and interesting and you can't beat free. I had been telling Aaralyn about Indians. How they lived in tipis and rode horses so as we were leaving she started yelling, "wait, wait, I didn't get to ride the horse yet."
Oops, guess she thought we were going to a Merry-go-round again.
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