Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian | |
Location | 704 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe, New Mexico |
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Coordinates | 35°39′45″N 105°55′38″W / 35.66250°N 105.92722°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Architect | William Penhallow Henderson |
Architectural style | Navajo Ceremonial hooghan |
NRHP reference No. | 90001917[1] |
NMSRCP No. | 1533 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | December 18, 1990 |
Designated NMSRCP | October 5, 1990 |
The Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian is a museum devoted to Native American arts. It is located in Santa Fe, New Mexico and was founded in 1937 by Mary Cabot Wheelwright, who came from Boston,[2] and Hastiin Klah, a Navajo singer and medicine man.[3]