A living, breathing place, where more than just Indian objects are on display.
—Joseph Medicine Crow
PIM Advisory Board member


It wasn’t enough that this museum housed one of the world’s foremost collections of Northern Plains cultural artifacts. Exhibits had to tell the stories of the people who made and used them. In this new installation, Plains people’s own voices put priceless artifacts in the context of daily and ceremonial life. Narratives, poetry, songs and imagery illuminate traditions and values that continue to evolve and endure in the present.

23,500 sq. ft.
Opened June 2000

CREDITS
Exhibition Development

Buffalo Bill Historical Center
Plains Indian Museum
West Office Exhibition Design

Master Planning
West Office Exhibition Design

Computer Media Production
West Office Exhibition Design

AV Media Production
Lawrence Johnson Productions

Exhibit Fabrication
Maltbie Associates

AV Hardware Integration
BBI Engineering

Building Architect
Fentress Bradburn Architects Ltd.


Award of Merit
American Association of State and Local History, in recognition of PIM’s role as a national model in the interpretation of Native cultures and histories.