Northwest Art
The opportunity to see art and culture of the Northwest Coast Salish people is a unique experience while you’re visiting. Look for Native American collections at the following sites: Tillicum Village on Blake Island, traditional buildings, dinner & dance performance www.tillicumvillage.com The Burke Museum, University of Washington campus, a 125 year old museum of natural history and cultural of the Northwest and Pacific Peoples. www.washington.edu/burkemuseum.com Seattle Art Museum, Northwest Coast Salish exhibits. www.seattleartmuseum.org Suquamish Museum, Chief Seattle’s grave and Old Man House www.suquamish.nsn.us/museum.com The Makah Museum at Neah Bay at the tip of the state, artifacts recovered from the Ozette site www.makah.com/mcrchome.html Tulalip Tribes Hibulb Cultural Center, Marysville, longhouse, interpretive displays and wood carvings that tell the story of the Tulalip people. www.hibulbcuturalcenter.org The Royal B.C. Museum, Victoria, Canada, outstanding exhibits of First Nations cultures. Carving demonstration in summer. http://www.bcarchives.bc.ca Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, Great Hall built of red cedar to display Northwest Coast Salish Totems. http://www.moa.ubc.ca Also look for galleries featuring contemporary totem carvings, baskets and painting in Seattle, Victoria and Vancouver B.C. and Alaska. The history and culture of Northern Plateau Indian Nation in Washington is captured in outstanding collections in the eastern part of the state. Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture, Spokane the people of the river display features Spokane and Colville tribal beadwork, baskets and clothing. http://www.northwestmuseum.org/ Yakama Nation Cultural Center, Toppinish, housed in a 76-foot-high stylized version of an ancient Yakama winter lodge this museum shows the early way of life of the Yakama’s. http://www.yakamamuseum.com/ Chelan Co. History Museum & Pioneer Village, in Cashmere, artifacts from the middle Columbia River and the lower Snake River including petroglyphs and pictographs developed over ninety centuries ago. www.cashmeremuseum.com. You’ll also find many independent galleries featuring totem carvings, baskets and painting in Seattle and in Victoria, Vancouver B.C., and Alaska. |
