Gallery Talks, Teaching for Understanding: In-Gallery Conversations on Museums and Indigenous Art

Artist Once Known (Lakota), Cradle, ca. 1880–1900. Deerskin, glass beads, and wood with brass. Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History, inv. no. YPM ANT.144819. Courtesy Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History

Artist Once Known (Lakota), Cradle, ca. 1880–1900. Deerskin, glass beads, and wood with brass. Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History, inv. no. YPM ANT.144819. Courtesy Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History

Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Place, Nations, Generations, Beings: 200 Years of Indigenous North American Art, this session pairs museum professionals with Yale staff to practice teaching with the art and artifacts of Indigenous North American peoples. Generously cosponsored by the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History, the Yale Center for British Art, the Yale-Smithsonian Partnership, and the Yale University Art Gallery, with support from the Martin A. Ryerson Lectureship Fund. Space is limited. These conversations follow a panel that begins at 4:00 pm.