Guide to Smithsonian Institution Archives, Libraries & Special Collections



Archives of American Art Archives of American Gardens Archives Center, National Museum of American History Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection Archive Human Studies Film Archives Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum National Air and Space Archives National Anthropological Archives National Museum of the American Indian Archives Peale Family Papers, National Portrait Gallery Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage Smithsonian American Art Museum Slide and Photo Archives Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Smithsonian Institution Archives Smithsonian Institution Libraries Smithsonian Photographic Services Affiliated Organization: National Gallery of Art	National Museum of the American Indian Archives
	Ambrotype of the Tonawanda Seneca Sachew "Nishaneanent" (Chauncey Abrams) in traditional clothing. Iroquois Seneca. National Museum of the American Indian Archives Cultural Resources Center 4220 Silver Hill Road Suitland, MD 20746 Photo archive: 301.238.6624 x6370 Text archive: 301.238.1394 301.238.3206 fax Hours Monday – Friday 9am to 4pm Appointment Required	The National Museum of the American Indian has two resource centers: one at the Cultural Resources Center (Suitland, Maryland), and the other at the George Gustav Heye Center (New York City). The NMAI Archives, located in Suitland, has a photographic collection of 125,000 images; 7000 film and videos; as well as a text archive that documents the museum's history and collections. The scope of the collections is expanding to include materials from Native American perspectives that will complement the already rich ethnographies and records of acquisitions. The archive's film and video collections include materials from the museum's biannual film and video festival, audio-tapes of interviews, and NMAI productions. The Suitland facility also has an excellent library collection accessible through the SIRIS website (www.siris.si.edu) that is maintained by Smithsonian Institution Libraries. The GGHC resource center has a library collection of 4000 volumes focused on Native American history and culture, as well as a video collection of 500 titles. The phone number for the GGHC resources center is 212-514-3781. National Museum of the American Indian Photo Archives The Photo Archives at the Museum of the American Indian has over 125,000 images comprising one of the foremost collections of images of Native American culture and history. The Archives provides reference, research, and printing services to Native Americans, publishers, scholars, museum staff, and the general public. Researchers may view the collection by appointment. The collection includes black and white historic scenes, portraits, and field photographs of the Museum's ethnographic and archaeological expeditions in North America, Mexico, and South and Central America. There are also thousands of photographs of the Museum's collection of artifacts in color and black and white. The majority of images range in date from 1860 to 1930, but also include images of contemporary events. Formats available include lantern slides, 34mm black and white and color prints, color slides, 4X5 transparencies, and digital images of objects in the collection.