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Celebrate the Center!
Easton Collection Center Dedication
June 20 and 21, 2009
Almost 17 months after breaking
ground, the new Easton Collection Center will be dedicated with a
Fundraising Dinner and Celebration on June 20 and a Public
Dedication Ceremony on June 21. Make sure you are part of the "Celebrate
the Center!" events as we dedicate this state-of-the-art,
17,000 square foot facility to house items from MNA's extensive
collections.
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 Heritage
Program
Creativity, Culture
and Community
MNA’s four festivals highlight the
region’s cultures and encourage communication and the exchange of
ideas between visitors, educators, and artists. Art, music,
performances, and Heritage Insights presentations combine to
create cultural understanding and a forum for dialogue.
May 22-24, 2009:19th Annual Zuni Festival of Arts and
Culture
[Artist
application available]
July 3-5, 2009:
76th Annual Hopi Festival of Arts and Culture [Artist
application available]
July
31-August 2, 2009: 60th Annual Navajo Festival of Arts and
Culture [Artist
application available]
October 23-25, 2009: 6th Annual Celebraciones de la Gente |
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Natural Languages: The Art of Judy Tuwaletstiwa
June 7
–
November 1, 2009
 Judy
Tuwaletstiwa combines photographs, mixed media paintings,
sculpture, and text to create a poetic visual language. Explore
the wonder of the southwest through the language of the landscape
as revealed in these exciting and intimate portraits of the land
and its residents. |
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 MNA
Discovery
The Museum of Northern Arizona’s Discovery Program is a gateway
into the wonders of the Colorado Plateau. Forty-six classes
are a summer’s worth of creative and meaningful exploration for
children 4-16. Taught by experienced educators, these programs
offer an exciting range of hands-on learning opportunities about
the region’s traditions of fine arts, natural sciences, Native
cultures, and ecology.
Adventures in
Archaeology
and
Field Archaeologist
programs
price reduced - check it out! |
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 MNA
Ventures
New trips for 2009 - now
available for reservation!
Exceptional outdoor educational
experiences discovering and exploring the Colorado Plateau —
130,000 square miles of spectacular mountains, mesas, and
canyonlands in the Four Corners region of Arizona, Utah, Colorado,
and New Mexico. Ventures range in length from a day to a week.
Diverse itineraries include hiking, backpacking, river rafting,
camping, van tours, and lodge-based excursions on the Plateau. We
keep groups small to allow maximum interaction between
participants and trip leaders. |
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THERIZINOSAUR – Mystery of the Sickle-Claw Dinosaur
September 16, 2007
–
August 30, 2009
 Discover
the newest and strangest dinosaur in all of North America. See the
real bones in a reconstructed quarry as it was excavated in
southern Utah by MNA paleontologists; a mounted skeleton of this
one-ton, feathered plant-eater; remarkable artwork that explores
its watery world; and the premier of a robotic plesiosaur. |
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Pterandodon and Ichthyornis Soar Over MNA! Have you seen them? |
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MNA Highlights
Volunteers Needed
MNA needs you to help move its anthropological and
archaeological collections into the newly-constructed Easton
Collection Center. Details here.
Explore the Scientific Wonders of Northern Arizona with the
EXPLORATION PASS
Northern Arizona’s three premier scientific attractions have joined
together to offer the Northern Arizona Exploration Pass. Lowell
Observatory, Meteor Crater, and the Museum of Northern Arizona are
offering a $2 discount on admission with this pass.
Support MNA
We encourage your contributions to our Annual Operating Fund and
Endowment Fund. Your gift is vital to keep MNA's momentum going!
It's easy to make a
secure online donation.
Artist-in-Residency Program
The
Artist-In-Residence Program at the Museum of Northern Arizona offers
professional writers, composers, and visual and performing artists
the opportunity to pursue their artistic discipline, while immersed
in the inspiring landscape of northern Arizona and the Colorado
Plateau.
AAM Restores MNA's Accreditation
 On
August 8, 2008 the Museum of Northern Arizona in Flagstaff received
word from the American Association of Museums (AAM) that its
accreditation by the AAM had been restored. AAM accreditation is the
highest national recognition for a museum, signifying excellence to
the museum community, to governments, funders, outside agencies, and
to the museum-going public.
Monthly Collection Tours
The third Friday of each month is your opportunity for a
behind-the-scenes tour of the MNA collections.
MNA Institutional Planning
Crucial to every museum is an
institutional plan that helps guide present and future work. The
Museum of Northern Arizona has developed a new institutional plan
and invites you to read about and comment on the process.
MNA Adopts Updated Mission, Vision and Values Statement
The MNA Board of Trustees has adopted an updated Mission Statement.
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