Out Of Hibernation: MONAH comes roaring back

All around her, arts organizations were hunkering down to try to survive the covid-19 pandemic.

But Charlotte Buchanan-Yale saw an opportunity not to keep the doors open but to blow the walls off the Museum of Native American History in Bentonville. In the first six months after closing to the public March 13, 2020, a new online version of the museum went up, complete with a virtual tour in English and Spanish and a new mascot, Tiny Tusker. At the same time, seminars, story hours and multi-day events like the Native American Cultural Celebration, all hosted by some of the best-known names in the Native American world, grew and expanded in the online format.

by Becca Martin-Brown | March 28, 2021