The Arizona State Museum (ASM), founded in 1893, was originally designed to store archaeological finds. Currently, here, in addition to archaeological artifacts of ancient Indian cultures (ceramics, jewelry, baskets, fabrics, clothes, etc.), educational and research events, as well as the annual Indian Fair, are held. The museum is run by the University of Arizona . Many exhibits were donated or sold to the museum by Indian tribes living in Arizona with whom the museum maintains cultural cooperation, including visits to the museum’s tribal communities, invitation of tribal representatives to evaluate objects, and collaboration with the museum during excavations conducted under its patronage [1] [2] .
The museum is located in Tucson , Arizona . [3] As a result of the expansion of the Tucson suburb, the museum formed a branch in Rio Nuevo [4] [5] .
Emil Haury , one of the museum’s first directors, a well-known Indian archaeologist ( en: Emil Haury ), excavated several times in the southwestern United States and shared his experience and methodology with students and visitors to the museum. [6]
The museum is a branch of the Smithsonian Institution .
Administration
Since its foundation, the directors of the museum have been:
- Byron Cummings (1915-1938)
- Emil Hori , en: Emil Haury (1938-1964)
- Raymond H. Thompson (1964-1998)
- George J. Gumerman (1998-2002)
- en: Hartman H. Lomawaima (2002-2008)
- Beth Grindell (2008-)
Notes
- ↑ Repatriation of Native American Artifacts
- ↑ Native Nations Advisory Board Archived March 9, 2008.
- ↑ Legislative Authority
- ↑ Rio Nuevo Program Archived March 9, 2008.
- ↑ Arizona State Museum in Rio Nuevo Archived on March 24, 2008.
- ↑ Haury biography