Museum Mondays

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Every Monday we try and feature information from our exhibit items, events, or local history. E-mail us through our Museum Monday Suggestions page for questions or suggestions for future Museum Monday posts!

23 September 2019; Navajo Coin Donation

Many of you were made aware of the Code Talker medals that we were acquiring for our military exhibit. What we were just made aware of before Dorian hit, was the fact that a Navajo sculpted and ordered castings of his very own design to honor the heroes within his […]

16 September 2019; Dorian Volunteers

When Hurricane Matthew came in 2016, we had an amazing team of volunteers that came through and helped us clean up the museum and surrounding property. This year, we are blown away by the volunteer help that came through. They came in like a force of nature and helped do […]

26 August 2019; Smithsonian Museum Day LIVE!

Some things in life are free . . . On Saturday, September 21, 2019, individuals will have an opportunity to visit the Frisco Native American Museum & Natural History Center with FREE admission. The museum will participate in the fifteenth annual Museum Day Live! presented by Smithsonian magazine. On Museum […]

19 August 2019; Volunteer Days 2019

Calling All Volunteers! The museum is holding its annual Volunteer Days! This year, we’re going to be doing it the first weekend of November. During November 2nd & 3rd we’re inviting all those who are interested in lending a hand with one of our many projects to join us! People […]

12 August 2019; Code Talker Exhibit

We are so excited to celebrate! Not that long ago, we asked all of you to help us with purchasing the code talker medals from the US Mint as a part of expanding the exhibit. As of yesterday, we are able to purchase our last 7 medals!!!! Special thanks to […]

5 August 2019; 7 Shades of GrayHawk

You’ve heard us talk about GrayHawk the author, but now we get to introduce GrayHawk the vlogger! Gray is very passionate about sharing his knowledge through his experiences and YouTube is just another avenue for him to reach out. We hope that you’ll check out his intro posted below and […]

29 July 2019; Yaupon Class on 9 August!

We are overjoyed to say that the lovely Anna is coming back on Friday the 9th of August to hold another class on Yaupon tea! Join us at 11AM at the Frisco Native American Museum to learn all about this amazing local plant and try a bit of the tea! […]

22 July 2019; Change of Summer Class Schedule

We are sorry to say that our summer class of Get Your Name in Cherokee is going to end early this year due to unforeseen family emergencies. As always, we have been overjoyed to have Dr Tina Bradley here with us. So many lovely visitors had the chance to meet […]

8 July 2019; Visit From Gray Hawk

We’re always happy to get a visit from Gray Hawk Parsons, author of Hope on Hattorask. But this visit was extra special! This lovely family came in at just the right time to meet Gray and spend a lot of quality time as he spoke with them about the journey […]

24 June 2019; Employee Volunteer Donation Programs

We’ve had previous posts about one of our fantastic volunteers, Anna Meshejian. She often holds demonstrations on Yaupon tea that are well loved by everyone attending. What we didn’t know was that Anna also has a program through her work at Capitol One that encourages their employees to donate their […]

17 June 2019; Featuring Jason, Flintknapper

The museum had an unexpected special guest that we’re in the process of working with to have summer classes and maybe even become a demonstrator during our summer festivals! Flintknapping is the process of turning pieces of stone into sharp tools. Though most people assume this means arrowheads made from […]

3 June 2019; New Mugs!

Many of you are used to the lovely mugs that come from Leaning Tree when you stop in our Gift Shop, but this year we have moved in another direction and we are excited to share it with you! Each of these mugs was designed by a pueblo artisan. But […]