Back Музей Хёрда Byelorussian Museo Heard Spanish Heard Museum French ハード美術館 Japanese Heard Museum NN Музей Хёрда Russian Музей Герда Ukrainian 哈德博物館 Chinese
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| Established | 1929 |
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| Location | Phoenix, Arizona |
| Coordinates | 33°28′25″N 112°04′25″W / 33.47361°N 112.07361°W |
| Type | Private, not-for-profit museum |
| Accreditation | American Alliance of Museums |
| Key holdings | American Indian art |
| Collection size | 40,000 items |
| Visitors | 250,000 visitors a year |
| Founder | Dwight B. and Maie Bartlett Heard |
| Director | David M. Roche |
| Architect | Bennie Gonzales |
| Public transit access |  Encanto/Central Avenue |
| Website | heard |
The Heard Museum is a private, not-for-profit museum in Phoenix, Arizona, United States, dedicated to the advancement of American Indian art. It presents the stories of American Indian people from a first-person perspective, as well as exhibitions of traditional and contemporary art by American Indian artists and artists influenced by American Indian art.
The main Phoenix location of the Heard Museum has been designated as a Phoenix Point of Pride.[1]
The museum operated the Heard Museum West branch in Surprise which closed in 2009.[2] The museum also operated the Heard Museum North Scottsdale branch in Scottsdale, Arizona, which closed in May 2014.[3]
- ^ "Phoenix Points of Pride". Archived from the original on January 22, 2014. Retrieved October 18, 2006.
- ^ By Niki D'Andrea (2009-08-04). "Heard Museum West Will Close By the End of 2009 | Phoenix New Times". Blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2017-06-25.
- ^ Haller, Sonja. "Heard Museum North to close". Azcentral.com. Retrieved 2017-06-25.