The Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art opened June 24, 1989. To his collection were added the holdings of the now-defunct Museum of Indian Heritage. The Eiteljorg Museum is the only museum in the Midwest to combine Western art and Native American art and artifacts. This exhibition of Native American objects related to children is a collaborative effort between the Eiteljorg Museum and The Children's Museum of Indianapolis. With its focus on how cultural values are transmitted from one generation to another, this child-friendly exhibition will encourage conversation and activities between generations.
Visitors can erect small tipis, make cloth dolls and try out a cradleboard.
Most of the items in the exhibition have not been seen by the public for 20 years. Free with museum admission. Masterpieces of the American West from the Amon Carter Museum American masters Frederic Remington and Charles Russell established a vision of the West in the minds of the public. Twenty paintings on loan from the prestigious Amon Carter Museum will join artwork from the Eiteljorg Museum's own collection to bring important works of art within easy reach of Midwesterners. These works will not be seen together again.