Collections The Museum of Northern Arizona cares for more than 800,000 artifacts, objects, and specimens in its permanent collections of anthropology, biology, geology, and fine arts, with a focus on the Colorado...

The Museum of Northern Arizona cares for hundreds of thousands of artifacts, objects, and specimens in its permanent collections. The collections focus on the Colorado Plateau, including the Grand Canyon, and you can view many objects online. Learn more at musnaz.org/collections/

🎨 Sunday Morning Art 🎨
"Sunrise, North Rim, Grand Canyon" by American artist Earl Carpenter (b. 1931)
Museum of Northern Arizona collection | C2094
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#sundayart #artistearlcarpenter #grandcanyon #northrim

Route 66, a ‘Linear Museum Stretched Across Eight States,’ Turns 100

We’re thrilled to be part of the New York Times story “Route 66, a ‘Linear Museum Stretched Across Eight States,’ Turns 100.” Proud to join museums nationwide in honoring—and examining—the legacy of the Mother Road.
#Route66Centennial #MuseumMoment #NYTimes #WagonRoadtoMotherRoad

Cory studied painting and photography in New York. She arrived in Hopi in 1905 and stayed for about seven years working in Oraibi and Walpi. After experience life in a new way with the Hopi, she moved to Prescott in 1913 and helped establish what today is the Museum of Indigenous People.

🎨 Sunday Morning Art 🎨
"Hopi Weaver" by American artist Kate Cory (1861-1958)
Museum of Northern Arizona collection | C2810

#sundayart #KateCoryArt #hopiweaver

April at the Museum Email from MNA   Dear Museum Friends, Spring is a time for growth and renewal. I invite you to make a visit to the Museum of Northern Arizona a part of your Spring, as I most certainly will. Our ex

Discovery is in season. See what's happening at the Museum.

🎇We’re hiring!
The Museum of Northern Arizona is seeking a Director of Finance and Operations to support the museum's mission and help fulfill its strategic plan. See full description at musnaz.org/about/careers/

Roybal's Tewa name was Oquwa, meaning Rain God. He is best known for detailed opaque watercolors that feature Tewa clowns known as koshari. Their presence at traditional dances bring levity and humor, often mocking improper behavior to teach cultural values and morals.

🎨 Sunday Morning Art 🎨
Untitled painting by San Ildefonso artist J.D. Roybal (1922-1978)
Museum of Northern Arizona collection | C1134

What does the future of travel look like? According to kids… it hovers! Inside our Wagon Road to Mother Road exhibition, young creators are reimagining transportation with bold ideas and zero limits. One standout concept features a gravity-powered hover machine that zips along at 500,000,000 mph.

🎨 Sunday Morning Art 🎨
"Running Deer" by Diné artist Beatien Yazz (Little No Shirt), also known as Jimmy Toddy.
The watercolor on paper is part of the Museum of Northern Arizona collection | C453.

#sundaymorningart #beatienyazz #navajopainter

Careers Join Our Team at the Museum of Northern Arizona! Since 1928, the Museum of Northern Arizona has been a beacon of discovery and learning, celebrating the rich natural and cultural heritage of the…

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📣 We’re hiring!
The Museum of Northern Arizona is seeking a Director of Philanthropy to help grow support for our mission and inspire meaningful connections with our community.
See full description using the link in comments.
#FlagstaffJobs #MuseumCareers #museumofnorthernarizona

🎨 Sunday Morning Art 🎨
"Hopi Maiden Thelma" by Mary-Russell Ferrell Colton, one of the founders of the Museum of Northern Arizona.
Museum of Northern Arizona collection | C875

#sundayartday #maryrussellferrellcolton #womenartistsofthesouthwest

Politzer describes his work as an exploration of the paradoxes of technology—how the very devices that bring us closer can also distance us from place, community, and even ourselves. We invite you to experience these ideas firsthand by visiting and spending time in this thought-provoking exhibition.

We were honored to host artist David Politzer at the Museum this week. He reflected on his early residency at the MNA, when he first forged a connection with the Grand Canyon, and shared insights into his installation, Observation Station: From the Rim, on view in Call of the Colorado Plateau.

This modern pictorial rug was created by Diné weaver Louise Nez and won first place in a 1991 Museum of Northern Arizona art competition. Can you name the dinosaurs depicted? Museum of Northern Arizona collections | E9622 #NavajoWeaving #NavajoRug #nativeamericanart #dinosaurs #TriviaTuesday

🎨 Sunday Morning Art 🎨
"Primitive Buffalo Dancers" by Acoma Pueblo artist Wolf Robe Hunt, Museum of Northern Arizona collection | C1734
#sundaymorningart #wolfrobehunt #AcomaPueblo

Spring Break is off to a great start! Kids and other visitors got an up-close look at bugs and pollinators—including this incredible millipede. Big thanks to Harrison House Life and the Arizona Science Center for hosting fascinating creatures and hands-on science at the Museum.

Meet the earliest known armored dinosaur!
A life-size skeletal model of Scutellosaurus lawleri is now on display next to Dilophosaurus wetherilli at the Museum of Northern Arizona—two Early Jurassic dinosaurs discovered in northern Arizona. #paleontology #scutellosaurus #dinosaur

Graphic, stylized bird in black, blue, white, dark red with a yellow beak, standing next to a purple flower with green stem and leaves. Small orange slashes in the background and three rather thick blue lines that bend above the bird with red flowers on either side.

🎨 Sunday Morning Art 🎨
"Thunderbird" by Stella Loretto (Jemez Pueblo)
Museum of Northern Arizona collection | C2297

View more from the MNA collections by clicking the Collections Online button at musnaz.org/collections/

#sundaymorning #jemezart #watercolorpainting

March at the Museum Email from MNA Explore New Exhibitions and Activities for All   Dear Museum Friends, March is a wonderful time to reconnect with the Colorado Plateau, and I invite you to visit the Museum to experien

March at the Museum. See what's happening.

🎨 Sunday Morning Art 🎨
"Apache Woman Herding Sheep," a watercolor on paper by Chiricahua Apache artist Allan Houser (Haozous) (1914-1994)
Museum of Northern Arizona collection | C532
Discover more from the MNA collections, by searching our online catalogue of art and objects. musnaz.org/collections/

Arguably one of the most important female artists of the Southwest, Mahoney's art career spanned 66 years, from her roots in the abstract expressionism of the 1950s to her role as a mentor and master artist with a distinctive style bridging realism and abstraction. #joellajeanmahoney #sliderock

🎨 Sunday Morning Art 🎨
"Rush to Meaning" by Joella Jean Mahoney (1933-2017)
Museum of Northern Arizona collection | C2899

#joellajeanmahoney #sundayartday #sliderock

Seven years rolling: Hopi R2 bridges ancient art, modern tech FLAGSTAFF — When artist Duane Koyawena first saw a partially assembled droid in Joe Mastroianni’s workshop in 2019, he knew the Star Wars style R2 unit being built for an

"It’s very easy to give up and quit, but the magic happens when you don’t.” —Duane Koyawena. Read about the birth and legacy of Hopi R2. Our thanks to Duane and Joe for their dedication in keeping this unique droid alive and bleeping.

#Hopi #R2D2 #StarWars #CultureIcon

🎨 Sunday Morning Art 🎨
"Eagle Dancers" by San Idlefonso Pueblo artist Oqwa Pi (Abel Sanchez, 1899-1971)
Museum of Northern Arizona collection | C1127
See more from our collections at musnaz.org/collections/.

The Art of Kachina Doll Carving: Cory Ahownewa YouTube video by AZPM

We’re excited to share this beautiful Arizona Public Media feature on Hopi carver Cory Ahownewa. Cory shows and sells his work at our annual Heritage Festival of Arts & Culture. Thank you, Cory, for sharing your art and story with us. 🙌
🎥 David Fenster | Arizona Public Media

⬇️ Tuesday Trivia ⬇️
Before they were assigned numbers, main roads across the nation were given names. On which road would travelers have found this directional marker on display in our Wagon Road to Mother Road exhibit?
A. Lincoln Highway
B. Mother Road
C. National Old Trails Road
D. Santa Fe Trail

To witness Vishnu Schist is to stand at the hinge between time and breath: a Paleoproterozoic heartbeat buried deep in the earth…”—Stephen Auger