This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
How an Indian Shirt Triggered a Great Museum Rise
The tale of a Navajo shirt bought for five dollars by a mining engineer sparked the creation of the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, in New York. Founder George Gustave Heye built a vast collection, later expanding to South American and Caribbean artifacts, now housed in a marble building with innovative display methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwest
New York City
America
George Gustave Heye
Gustave Heye
Standard Oil
School of Mines
Columbia
Heye
Joseph Keppler
Puck
New York
Indiana
Fifth Avenue
South America
Mr. Heye
Marshall H. Saville
Saville
Ecuador
Pizarro
Peru
West Indies
Cuba
Virgin Islands
The
Hispanic Society
American Geographical Society
New World
American Numismatic Society