It’s that time of year again! As of tomorrow, we will return to our regular hours for the new season! We can’t wait to see all of you as you check out our upgrades! We’d also like to take a moment and shine a spotlight of gratitude to two amazing […]
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With the start of season just around the corner, we wanted to bring this up again. We’ve been working on so many new projects over the past few years and we’re busy working on even more. When you see us as the season kicks off, we will be greeting you […]
Many who have attended our events in the past have probably had the pleasure of meeting NoTail Bear. So while we’ve had to move away from larger gatherings and events that we used to host, use this new book as a way to keep our mission close to your heart. […]
With all this work being done, we hope you’ll still recognize us! The latest addition is a refurbished font porch/entry area. While there’s aspects that have stayed, we’ve got beautiful new wood and updated paint to greet you with! There’s only a few more weeks of our off season and […]
We’re continuing our upgrades with small projects that make big impacts. Our current achievement is one of skilled wood cutting and typography. On the top of the new outside wall for the museum, we’ve added our name as well as labeling for the Nature Trail! We can’t believe what a […]
There are so many different exhibits, each one full of a variety of beautiful and unique artifacts from tribes across the country. Each Monday, we try to bring a piece of the museum to our followers on the internet. But we want YOUR input for how to improve it! Go […]
We’re not only doing work on the outside, we’re doing work on the inside too! There’s been a lot of changes since Hurricane Matthew in 2016 when we first made an effort to brighten the exhibits. This season, we’re brightening up our look even more! We’ve got more projects in […]
Winter season always brings time for us to do labor intensive projects. While some of those projects are behind the scenes, we’ve got a major one going on right in the front of the building! While there is still much to do, look how much we’ve got done already! We […]
We’ve been working on so many new projects over the past few years and we’re busy working on even more. When you see us as the season kicks off, we will be greeting you with a face-lift to the outside of our beloved museum as well as some updates to […]
This exquisite piece from our exhibits conveys an impressive degree of realism. The face is made from clay native to the America’s; it has been designed, sculpted, and painted by Jill Hendrix. The elegant fox fur that is adorning his head is a “pearl fox” that her husband, Dennis, raised […]
The word “Wampum” actually comes from the Narragansett (from Rhode Island) word wampumeag and literally means ‘white shell beads.’ Though often thought to be the name of the quahog clam shell, it refers specifically to small cylindrical beads made out of shell. Wampum beads are made in two colors: white, […]
The Seminole people reside in the Everglades of southern Florida. In the late 1800’s the women began making dolls out of the palmetto for the tribe’s children. The fibers of the palmetto were used for the majority of the doll’s construction. Later, cotton was used to stuff the doll’s fiber […]