Navajo Nation Museum

The Navajo Nation covers both Arizona and the far west northern edge of New Mexico. Just 26 miles from Gallup, New Mexico, the Navajo Nation Museum has extensive holdings of art, ethnographic, archaeological, and archival materials. Our archives collection includes over 40,000 photographs as well as a wide variety of documents, recordings, motion picture film, and videos. The archives are heavily used by authors, researchers, and publishers as a source for historical photographs.

We collect anything that helps document the culture and history of the Navajo people, including selected materials from Tribal and non-Indian neighbors. Most of the collections are available for on-site study and exhibit loan.

The museum maintains a very active and professional exhibition program, most of which is produced in-house. In its new venue, most exhibitions have tended to highlight the work of Navajo artists in various media, including weavings. These art-oriented exhibitions are interspersed with historical and cultural exhibits. A comprehensive, large scale, long-term exhibition on Navajo Culture and History is currently being researched and scripted prior to design and construction over the next few years.

Navajo Nation Museum
Hwy 264 and Post Office Loop Rd.
Window Rock, AZ 86515
Phone: (928) 871-7941
http://ggsc.wnmu.edu/mcf/museums/nnm.html