MUSEUM & HERITAGE CENTER :: Red Cloud Indian School

The Heritage Center of Red Cloud Indian School opened as a museum in 1982. It offers to the public - local, national, and international - an outstanding collection of Native American fine arts and Lakota tribal arts, located on the main campus of Red Cloud Indian School. One of the early successful museums located on an Indian reservation, The Heritage Center's fine arts collection includes over two thousand paintings, drawings, and sculptures representing a large number of different Native American tribal traditions. Its tribal arts collection concentrates on traditional Lakota arts and history. The Heritage Center serves as an extremely valuable cultural resource not only for the students of Red Cloud Indian School but for students of the other reservation schools and for all the Lakota people of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.

42nd Annual Red Cloud Indian Art Show
May 31 - August 9, 2009
This annual Art Show exhibits the exciting work of artists from tribes throughout the United States and Canada. The Art Show is open to the public and can be visited 7 days a week; admission is free. During the Art Show, free tours are available to the public. This year, the gallery showcased 211 pieces of art from 71 Native artists from the United States and Canada.

Mission Statement
The mission of The Heritage Center is to collect, preserve and exhibit the fine arts and tribal arts of Native Americans. We will concentrate on the fine arts of all Native Americans and the tribal arts of the Lakota. We will promote the arts of Native Americans to bring a greater appreciation of their culture.

The Heritage Center Winter Hours (Labor Day to Memorial Day)
Monday-Friday: 8AM to 5PM
Weekends and Holidays: Closed

The Heritage Center Summer Hours (Memorial Day to Labor Day)
Monday-Friday: 8 AM to 6 PM
Saturdays: 8 AM to 5 PM
Sundays: 11 AM to 5 PM

Admission is free, suggested minimum donations to support our mission are welcome.

For more information, call (605) 867-8257 or email heritagecenter@redcloudschool.org
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