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Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art
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Established 1989; 36 years ago (1989)
Location White River State Park, Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
Type Art museum
Visitors 114,488 (2019)
Public transit access Local Transit IndyGo 8

The Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art is a special art museum in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. It's a place where you can explore amazing art from Native American people and also art about the American West. A kind businessman named Harrison Eiteljorg (who lived from 1903 to 1997) collected all this wonderful art. The museum has one of the best collections of modern Native art in the whole world!

Exploring the Eiteljorg Museum

The Eiteljorg Museum is located inside White River State Park in Indianapolis. This park is also home to other cool places like the Indiana State Museum and Military Park. The museum even offers free parking for its visitors in the park's underground garage.

Art Collections at the Eiteljorg

The museum has many different art collections. The Gund Gallery, for example, has a great collection of paintings and bronze sculptures. These include works by famous artists like Frederic Remington and Charles Russell. You can also see paintings by George Winter, Thomas Hill, Albert Bierstadt, Charles King, and Olaf Seltzer.

Another part of the museum features a large collection of paintings by artists who worked in New Mexico. These artists include Joseph Henry Sharp, William Victor Higgins, Ernest L. Blumenschein, John French Sloan, and Georgia O'Keeffe.

Museum Expansion and New Spaces

In June 2005, the museum became much bigger! An expansion project doubled the public space available for visitors. This added three new art galleries, a place to eat called the Sky City Café, an education center for learning, beautiful outdoor gardens, and special event spaces.

Two of the new galleries are dedicated to the museum's large collection of contemporary art. This means art made by artists in our modern times. You can see works by artists like T. C. Cannon, Kay WalkingStick, and even Andy Warhol. The third new gallery is the Gund Gallery of Western Art. This gallery showcases 57 pieces of traditional Western art. These artworks were generously given to the museum by the George Gund Family.

In 2021, a group of architects from Indianapolis recognized the Eiteljorg Museum. They named it one of the ten most "architecturally significant" buildings built in the city since World War II. This means the building itself is considered a very important and well-designed piece of architecture.

Eiteljorg Contemporary Art Fellowship

The Eiteljorg Museum also has a special program called the Eiteljorg Contemporary Art Fellowship. This program happens every two years. It celebrates some of the most creative and important modern Native artists working today. Being chosen for this fellowship is a big honor for artists.

Here are some of the artists who have been recognized by the Eiteljorg Fellowship:

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