National Museum of the American Indian

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National Museum of the American Indian

Established	1989
Location	Fourth Street and Independence Avenue, Southwest, Washington D.C. (main location)
Coordinates	38°53′18″N 77°01′00″W / 38.8883°N 77.0166°W / 38.8883; -77.0166
Visitors	1.2 million (2017)[1]
Director	Cynthia Chavez Lamar
Public transit access	Federal Center SW (main location)
Website	www.americanindian.si.edu

The National Museum of the American Indian is a museum in the United States devoted to the culture of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas. It is part of the Smithsonian Institution group of museums and research centers.^[2]

The museum has three facilities. The National Museum of the American Indian on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., opened on September 21, 2004, on Fourth Street and Independence Avenue, Southwest. The George Gustav Heye Center, a permanent museum, is located at the Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House in New York City, opened in October 1994. The Cultural Resources Center, a research and collections facility, is located in Suitland, Maryland. The foundations for the present collections were first assembled in the former Museum of the American Indian in New York City, which was established in 1916, and which became part of the Smithsonian in 1989.