Native American and Indigenous Heritage Month
Celebrate the rich culture and history of Native American and Indigenous communities through art, talks, and more.
Highlights
Step into the artistic journey of Jeffrey Gibson’s creation of four large-scale figurative sculptures for The Met’s 2025 Genesis Facade Commission.
Discover the Indigenous artist who helped define Abstract Expression. This exhibition explores how Morrison’s aesthetic inspiration and future trajectory drew from his love of New York, which he called a “Magical City.”
Read, Watch, and Listen
Learn more about the Native American and Indigenous artists that shaped art history through Perspectives.
For decades, the work of Native American artist Mary Sully remained unseen by almost anyone beyond her family. Historian Philip Deloria, Sully's great-nephew, shares how a discovery in his family's basement brought this great artist's work to light.
Will Wilson's photography, rooted in his upbringing on the Navajo Nation, intertwines the past, present, and future of Indigenous cultural practices.
Two Indigenous scholars discuss what—and who—the artist omits in her depiction of New Mexico.
The curator and art historian reflects on the significance of representation in the world of fashion.
Events
Celebrate Native American and Indigenous Heritage Month with these upcoming programs. See a full list of programming.
Saturday, November 1
Explore art and music in the galleries while you look, move, and sing. In November, let’s celebrate Indigenous creativity in art and design. Recommended for families with children ages 3 to 6 years. Meet in Carson Family Hall.
In honor of Native American and Indigenous Heritage Month, we are excited to offer Members-only tours that explore subjects, voices, and narratives found in the over 5,000 years of art in our galleries. Tours meet at the Medieval Choir Screen in Gallery 305. Tours are every Tuesday and Saturday at 2 pm for the entire month of November
Friday, November 7 and Saturday, November 8
Celebrate Native American and Indigenous Heritage Month with Plains Cree folk singer-songwriter Wyatt C. Louis. Listen as Wyatt explores the intersections between creative practice, storytelling, and performance and makes connections to The Met collection through music and conversation.
Friday, November 7
Come on over to The Met for Teen Fridays—the place for teens to be creative, have snacks, and meet other teens with similar and different interests. Explore passions, ideas, and new activities every first and third Friday of the month. Presented in conjunction with the exhibition The Magical City: George Morrison’s New York.