anyone ever been to the National Museum of the American Indian in wash. DC

[MrDingleDangle]

now im not saying it wasnt a good museum, but it should be called National Museum of the American Indian Culture...becuase there was little to no history that I could see...and when there was history it was very broad and very politically correct

I was interested much more in the history of things rather then only culture.

there were 2 floors the first which was basically about people who have native american heritage, but not necessarily still living on reservations or what not.
the 2nd floor was all about the culture, meaning beliefs they had(such as about the stars, sun and moon) and about their dancing rituals

The history was lacking I felt.

some people must really like that type of museum, but i was expecting something different

 

[HardcoreRobot]

i know one person that went, she was disappointed too

 

[AmberClad]

It felt like a work in progress when I went there. Seemed like a large amount of the space was devoted to gift shops. And yeah, I kind of know what you meant about the culture thing. There were a lot of things like art created by native American artists, but not so much historical exhibits.

 

[MrDingleDangle]

Originally posted by: AmberClad
It felt like a work in progress when I went there. Seemed like a large amount of the space was devoted to gift shops. And yeah, I kind of know what you meant about the culture thing. There were a lot of things like art created by native American artists, but not so much historical exhibits.

yeah i couldnt find the exhibits at first, because the first 2 floors are gift shops and the exhibits start on floor 3

 

[vailr]

The construction of the museum was largely financed through the sales of the 2001-dated "Buffalo Dollar" (90% silver) coin.
Mintage was a total of 500,000 x (either $31 or $33) each.
The coin's design was based on the "Buffalo Nickel", which was last minted in 1938.

 

[0roo0roo]

meh, screw the casinos. race based business...