3101 N. Ft. Valley Rd.
Flagstaff, AZ 86001
Phone
928-774-5213 |
Collections
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The
Museum of Northern Arizona houses nearly
5 million objects
in its anthropology, biology, fine art, and geology collections.
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Anthropology
Collection |
The
Anthropology Collection is subdivided into Ethnographic (historic
Native American) and Prehistoric Collections. The Ethnographic
Collections contain significant holdings of baskets, katsina dolls,
jewelry, and Hopi and Navajo textiles. Smaller collections
represent the material culture of the Apache, Zuni, and Pai.
The Prehistoric Collections focus on the ancient Puebloan cultures and
include sandals, arrow points, ceramic vessels, and many other types
of artifacts of the Colorado Plateau.
Cultural Resource
Services
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Biology
Collection |
The
Biology Collection features the Walter B. McDougall Herbarium of plant
specimens from northern Arizona as well as insect, fish, reptile,
bird, and mammal specimens from the area.
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Fine Art
Collection |
The Fine
Art Collection is comprised of sculptures, etchings, and paintings.
Highlights of the collection include paintings by Museum cofounder
Mary-Russell Ferrell Colton as well as works by young Native American
artists, many of whom have become renowned artists during their adult
lives. (Mrs. Colton was one of the "Philadelphia Ten.")
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Geology
Collection |
The
Geology Collection
illustrates every geologic period of the Colorado Plateau with
dinosaur, reptile, mammal, plant fossil, mineral, and rock specimens.
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Library |
The
Harold S. Colton Memorial Library houses
books, periodicals and manuscript holdings to serve the needs of
researchers.
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Collection Tours |
Monthly
tours of the MNA collections are conducted by the Collections
Department staff. Tours are free for MNA members. Advanced
registration is required. Tour
schedule and details are available here. |
For More
Information |
For more
information on the Anthropology, please contact Kathleen Dougherty
at
kdougherty@mna.mus.az.us
or 928-774-5211 x263.
For more information on
Fine Arts or other collections, please contact Elaine Hughes at
ehughes@mna.mus.az.us or
928-774-5211 ext 228.
For more information about the Biology or
Geology Collections, please contact Janet Gillette
at
jgillette@mna.mus.az.us
or 928-774-5211 ext 265.
(MNA does not appraise objects. Elaine
Hughes can provide a list of appraisers, which can also be found
in any phone directory.)
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