The Museum at Warm Springs
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The Museum at Warm Springs is a museum in Warm Springs
, Oregon
, United States
, on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation
. The museum houses a large collection of North American Indian
artifacts. It was opened in 1993 and is spread over 25000 square feet (2,322.6 m²). The museum was constructed at a cost of $7.6 million.
wedding, song chamber, and traditional Hoop dance
.
The museum also offers walking trails along Shitike Creek. There is a picnic area and an outdoor amphitheater for performances and demonstrations.
Warm Springs, Oregon
Warm Springs is a census-designated place and an unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Oregon, United States. Located on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, the community is also known as the "Warm Springs Agency." The population was 2,431 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Warm Springs is...
, Oregon
Oregon
Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located on the Pacific coast, with Washington to the north, California to the south, Nevada on the southeast and Idaho to the east. The Columbia and Snake rivers delineate much of Oregon's northern and eastern...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation
Warm Springs Indian Reservation
The Warm Springs Indian Reservation consists of 1,019.385 sq mi in north central Oregon, in the United States, and is occupied and governed by the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs.-Tribes:...
. The museum houses a large collection of North American Indian
Indigenous peoples of the Americas
The indigenous peoples of the Americas are the pre-Columbian inhabitants of North and South America, their descendants and other ethnic groups who are identified with those peoples. Indigenous peoples are known in Canada as Aboriginal peoples, and in the United States as Native Americans...
artifacts. It was opened in 1993 and is spread over 25000 square feet (2,322.6 m²). The museum was constructed at a cost of $7.6 million.
Infrastructure
The museum has a vast collection of artifacts, historic photographs, murals, graphics, and rare documents. Other resources include interactive multimedia exhibits that include a WascoWasco-Wishram
Wasco-Wishram are two closely related Chinook Indian tribes from the Columbia River in Oregon. Today the tribes are part of the Warm Springs Reservation in Oregon and Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation in Washington.-History:...
wedding, song chamber, and traditional Hoop dance
Native American Hoop Dance
Native American Hoop Dance is a form of storytelling dance incorporating anywhere from one to thirty hoops as props, which are used to create both static and dynamic shapes, or formations, representing various animals, shapes, and storytelling elements. It is generally performed by a solo dancer...
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The museum also offers walking trails along Shitike Creek. There is a picnic area and an outdoor amphitheater for performances and demonstrations.