- Source: Quinault Cultural Center and Museum
The Quinault Cultural Center and Museum is a museum of culture in Taholah, Washington, owned and funded by the Quinault Indian Nation. It contains artifacts, arts, and crafts of the Quinault, housed in a converted retail building.: 735 : 54 Some of the art forms have been influenced by Polynesian cultural motifs, brought home by World War II veterans.
The museum received a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services in 2012 to conduct research, publish a guidebook, and create a mobile museum exhibit on the tribe's ethnobotanical heritage.
In 2013, the Cultural Center hosted workshops on paddle- and drum-making for thousands of visitors to the Tribal Canoe Journeys.
References
Native American Museums & Cultural Centers, Seattle: Burke Museum, retrieved 2015-07-17
Quinault Nation directory (PDF), State of Washington Governor's Office of Indian Affairs, retrieved 2015-07-17
Washington State Olympic Peninsula's SR 109 Scenic Byway (PDF) (brochure), Grays Harbor Council of Governments, December 2011, retrieved 2015-07-17
Cooper, Karen Coody; Sandoval, Nicolasa I. (2006), Living Homes for Cultural Expression: North American Native Perspectives on Creating Community Museums (PDF), Smithsonian Institution National Museum of the American Indian
External links
Official website