A Day at the Heard Museum

The Heard Museum was founded in 1929 by Dwight and Maie Heard. About half of the Museum contains artifacts of the southwest Indian culture and the rest is from around the world.

Fred Harvey was an individual who saw a need for railroad travelers to have a place to stay and eat along the Santa Fe Railroad in Arizona. In 1925 he opened his first hotel in Santa Fe. Later he added "tourist traps" along with the hotels. He had found the the travelers were buying the Native American items, so he started buying them and remarketing them in his stores. At it's peak there were 84 Harvey Houses. 

There is one room dedicated to Fred Harvey.

A little above center on the far right you can see this basket in the picture. A lot of the items displayed came from a closed store.

The museum had an area dedicated to the Native American soldiers who have fought in many of our wars. 

 The Indian boarding school section was very educating although very depressing. I pass no judgement on previous generations as they and we live in the times we do. (If that makes sense)

Items from the Indian school in Phoenix. It served the lower grades from 1891 to 1935 when it switched to a high school until it closed in 1990.

Items from Latin America.

Items from the Pacific.

Items from North America.

Until next time,

Dave and Sandy