Family Friendly Exhibits | Heard Museum
ADVANCING AMERICAN INDIAN ART

It’s Your Turn Activity Gallery – Under Construction: Exciting Changes Coming Soon!

It’s Your Turn has been adapted as a touchpoint for your family’s experience in Substance of Stars that provides interactive activities connecting to the themes of the exhibition. We invite you to write a poem using magnets about your experience in the Sky-Dome, explore Yup’ik art by making a dance mask or paper doll, read stories together from our staff-curated book selection, or use colorful pegs to design your own Lite Brite art. Featured in the gallery are Lite Brite art templates designed by artists whose artwork is present in Substance of Stars—Steven J. Yazzie (Diné, Laguna Pueblo, European Ancestry) and Thomas “Breeze” Marcus (Tohono O’odham) 


Grand Procession exhibition showing handmade and intricately beaded soft sculpture figures in traditional American Indian regalia/dress

Grand Procession: Contemporary Plains Indian Dolls from the Charles and Valerie Diker Collection

Grand Procession celebrates an exceptional collection of dolls, also known as soft sculptures, created by Jamie Okuma (Luiseño and Shoshone-Bannock), Rhonda Holy Bear (Cheyenne River Sioux and Lakota) and three generations of Growing Thunder family members; Joyce Growing Thunder, Juanita Growing Thunder Fogarty and Jessa Rae Growing Thunder (Assiniboine and Sioux). The dolls provide a ...

Entry gallery to the museum showing highlights of the collection with a large Hopi ceramic jar on a dark brown pedestal and a colorful painting on the far wall with other artworks arranged behind.

Highlights from the Collection

Signature works from the permanent collection— Hopi katsina dolls, classic Pueblo pottery, Navajo textiles, jewelry and more—will commemorate the milestones, people, and events that have made the Heard Museum the American treasure and must-see destination it is today. This exhibition will receive regular updates to provide a continuing showcase of works from the permanent collection. ...

HOME: Native People in the Southwest

Learn about the Native peoples of the Southwest and hear them tell their stories in their own words. In addition to cultural objects, the exhibit showcases the traditions of Native peoples of the past and present and examines their definition of home. Don't miss the Navajo hogan, the Pueblo horno or the 400 katsina dolls on display!

It’s Your Turn Activity Gallery – Under Construction: Exciting Changes Coming Soon!

It’s Your Turn has been adapted as a touchpoint for your family’s experience in Substance of Stars that provides interactive activities connecting to the themes of the exhibition. We invite you to write a poem using magnets about your experience in the Sky-Dome, explore Yup’ik art by making a dance mask or paper doll, read ...