🎁 Museum Store Sunday 🎁

This year, we’re opening our doors for a special Sunday shopping experience—on December 1st! Don’t miss the chance to find one-of-a-kind holiday gifts and support the museum with every purchase. Enjoy savings of up to 50% on unique items you won’t find anywhere else, perfect for everyone on your list. 🛍️✨

Get ready to shop, save, and make this holiday season truly memorable. Mark your calendar and join us on December 1st from 11 am to 1 pm for Museum Store Sunday!

📖 Storytelling Event at MONAH: Keepunumuk – Weeachumun's Thanksgiving Story 🌽🌱

Join us for a special storytelling event at MONAH as we explore the tale of Keepunumuk – Weeachumun's Thanksgiving Story! This beautiful book shares the story of the Three Sisters—corn, beans, and squash—and the Native traditions surrounding the first harvests and Thanksgiving.

🎨 After the story, children and families will get creative with a hands-on craft, making their own Three Sisters Garden Collage to take home! 🌽🌱

This event is FREE and fun for the whole family! It’s the perfect way to learn about the rich history of Indigenous agricultural traditions while celebrating creativity and togetherness.

🎉 October Story Time at MONAH: Let’s Celebrate Día de los Muertos! 🎉

Join us on Saturday, October 26th at 10 AM for a special Story Time at MONAH, where we will celebrate the vibrant and meaningful tradition of Día de los Muertos!

📖✨ Story Time is back at MONAH! ✨📖

Join us on Saturday, September 28th at 10 a.m. for a morning of free fun and captivating tales. We can't wait to see you there! 🌟

Bring your friends and family for an adventure in storytelling! 📚✨ #StoryTime #MONAH #FamilyFun #SaturdayMornings

This one hour program will explore the wartime services of the 1st Michigan Sharpshooters, Company K, in America's Civil War.

To honor Veteran’s day, MONAH will be showing two short films throughout the day. Visit MONAH and enjoy them in the Great Room.

Learn from Dr. Webster, an enrolled citizen of the Oneida Nation in Wisconsin, as she shares how the Haudenosaunee Confederacy contributed to the development of the United States Constitution!

Join us for a special six-course chef’s dinner curated by Oneida Chef Arlie Doxtator. You can expect to enjoy a fabulous meal, cocktails, and rich conversation. Grab Your Ticket Here: https://monahonlinetradingpost.shopsettings.com/Oneida-Chefs-Table-Dinner-p476367620

Explore the ancient language of pottery from real centuries-old examples! Richard Zane Smith will lead a hands-on workshop to rediscover the work of ancient indigenous craftsmen on July 9th at 3:00 PM CST.

Join us on Saturday, July 9, 2022, at 11:00 AM CST to hear historical Wyandot Stories!

Join us on June 11 for bi-lingual storytelling with Lourdes Valverde. She is bringing her puppet friends to share stories of her culture! Listen and learn at MONAH at 11:00 AM in (person only).

Cherokee artist, Carolyn Chumwalooky is at MONAH selling her extensive collection of Native-made art, jewelry, and accessories on June 4th! Stop by the museum to support her work!

MONAH is proud to partner with the Choctaw Nation to bring this presentation of the Choctaw Code Talkers to you for Memorial Day. This 30-minute introduction to the Choctaw Code Talkers recognizes the Choctaw veterans of WWI and discusses their history and lives as telephone warriors.

Join us at MONAH IN-HOUSE for our live monthly family-friendly storytelling program, Hear Our Voices! We are hosting Robert Lewis at the museum on May 14th at 11:00 AM CST! This event is live in-house and live-streamed on YouTube for those who can not attend in person.

Join the museum on April 30th at 6:00 PM for the unveiling of Jay Benham’s Reservation Debutant, a contemporary Kiowa ledger art installation. This reception will bring Jay Benham’s artwork (pictured below) to life, and depict the three major aspects of Ledger Art in real-time: Narrative, Spirituality, and Record-Keeping.

Earth Medicines author talk and book signing with Felicia Ruiz in our great room. Felicia will be available to sign your book after her speech. You may purchase one in the museum shop if you don't have it yet. We just restocked!

We are serving her recipe for Nopales Medicine Water Shots.

Seating is limited so sign up for free to reserve your spot now

Learn more about Felicia and her wonderful book here Felicia Ruiz

This dinner features Chef Nico Albert of Burning Cedar Indigenous foods, creating indigenous dishes from the best our local farms offer this spring. Music and libations will flow as well.

The NWA Arkansas Food Bank and Feeding America are our generous event partners.

Learn More about award-winning Chef Nico here: Chef Nico Albert

Listen to Earth stories by Chuna McIntyre on April 16th at 11:00 AM! Watch live on YouTube or view the livestream in the MONAH’s Great Room!

This presentation features the significance of women in healing and well-being for Diné since time immemorial through generations into the recent challenges with COVID-19 in the Navajo Nation and Indian Country.

Dr. Farina King will discuss her co-authored book, "Returning Home: Diné Creative Works from the Intermountain Indian School" at the Fayetteville Public Library

Listen and celebrate the stories of Native American Women during Women’s History Month! Eldrena Douma (Laguna, Tewa, and Hopi), will share the stories of historic women who influenced her life on March 12th at 11:00 AM CST.

Caddo/Winnabego Artist, Dolores Purdy, emphasizes her spin on the traditionally male-dominated ledger art. Join in as Dolores takes you through the history of traditional leger art and then proceeds into an artist talk! At the end, there will be a Q&A.

Join artist Bobby C. Martin in a celebration of family heritage that will involve creating artworks based on your personal collections of family photos, letters, and whatever material you want to include.

Hear Our Voices usually offers Indigenous stories that give a window into the instructions of the world. This month we are spinning the program to include a unique storyteller’s teachings. Mitch Walking Elk is combining MONAH’s Hear Our Voices monthly program with the Native Conversations series to give a broader perspective on his life’s work.

Explore the interconnected relationships between the Dutch, Swedes, English and Algonkian peoples in their respective regions/colonies on January 22, 2022 on Zoom or Facebook Live! Sign up for FREE!

MONAH is excited to welcome Musckogee Storyteller, Will Hill to the Hear Our Voices series! Watch and listen to Legends by Will Hill, a composition of fun Native American stories.

Join this beginner Creative Visions workshop on December 18th at 2:00 PM CST at the Museum of Native American History! Gaby Nagel will teach us techniques, tips, and tricks to learn to play the flute! We encourage you to bring your flute or purchase one in our shop to participate in the workshop.