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Southwest Museum of the American Indian | Artbound

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Channel: PBS SoCal · 2016 · Entertainment

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Perched on the hills of the Arroyo Seco, the Southwest Museum opened its doors to the public in 1914. It's no exaggeration to say that it was the Getty of its era, and the city celebrated the Southwest Museum's arrival with good reason. Los Angeles now had a world-class museum with an immense collection of Native-American and Pre-Columbian artifacts (collected by Charles Lummis during his travels throughout the Southwest and South America) that rivaled anything the U.S. (This was an era before the provenance of Native American artifacts much interested museums.)

Read more about Charles Lummis at https://bit.ly/3RKH5Iu

Watch the full episode "Charles Lummis: Reimagining the American West" at https://bit.ly/3cpKqN0

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