Upcoming Exhibits

Find out what exhibitions are opening soon at the Heard Museum!
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Yua: Henri Matisse and the Inner Arctic Spirit

Opening October 29, 2018

Opening to the public on October 29, 2018, and running through January 2019, Yua: Henri Matisse and the Inner Arctic Spirit* will explore the surprising and little-known story of how Inuit people and culture inspired one of the 20th century’s most influential artists, Henri Matisse. Included in the exhibition will be works by Matisse that have not ...

A Land North: Works from the Heard Museum Collection

Opening October 29, 2018

This exhibition is a presentation of pieces from the Heard Museum’s permanent holdings of Indigenous Alaskan and Canadian First Nations art. A Land North celebrates the complexities of these cultures and highlights the diverse representation of artworks in the Heard Collection. Featuring more than 100 years of objects, starting at 1900, the exhibition spotlights pieces ...

Away from Home: American Indian Boarding School Stories

Opening January 26, 2019

Away From Home: American Indian Boarding School Stories is the updated installation of the long-running Boarding School exhibition at the Heard Museum. Since opening in 2000, Remembering Our Indian School Days: The Boarding School Experience has become the Heard Museum’s most thematically powerful exhibition. Over the past two decades, interest in American Indian boarding schools ...