NMAI New York Director John Haworth to Provide Guided New Year Tours Monday

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NEW YORK - John Haworth, Cherokee, the director of the National Museum of American Indian's George Gustav Heye House will provide guided tours of the Infinity of Nations exhibit on Monday, January 2 at 11:00 am and 12 Noon est.

The "Infinity of Nations" exhibition consists of ten geographic areas: the Arctic/Subarctic, five North American regions, Mesoamerica/Caribbean and three South American regions.

Most of the objects were collected by George Gustav Heye, a former Wall Street investment banker, who quit his job to work with his passion of American Indian artifacts. He began his collection in 1897 and later funded anthropological expeditions and purchased collections. In total, he collected over 800,000 objects from North, Central and South American.

WHAT:    New Year Tours of Infinity of Nations Exhibit
WHEN:    Monday, January 2
TIME:     11:00 am, EST & 12 Noon, EST
WHERE:
National Museum of the American Indian - New York
The George Gustav Heye House
One Bowling Green
New York, New York

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Tours will begin at the museum's East Visitor Services desk on the second floor.

The cost is free.

posted December 31, 2011 6:00 am est