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Thanks to generous patrons, the museum recently acquired additions to the Plains and Pueblo cultures collections. Many of the pieces will be rotated into the permanent exhibits during the Fall 2011 semester.
Look for exhibits in Doyle and Mahoney libraries.
Small exhibits are located on the first floor of the Doyle Library (Santa Rosa Campus) and in the Connie Mahoney room of the Mahoney Library (Petaluma Campus).
The SRJC Museum has a collection of more than 4000 cataloged items, including art objects and archival materials such as photographs. Traditional Native American art makes up the greatest portion of the collection, with all of the North American Indian culture areas represented. Art forms include ceramics, basketry, beadwork, sculpture, textiles, and jewelry.
Most of the pieces in the collection were made specifically by artists to be sold in the collector's and art market, which has flourished in the United States for more than a hundred years. Some of the most famous American Indian artists of this century are represented in this collection.
The SRJC Museum does not collect and does not exhibit sacred or religious articles of North American Indian peoples. We encourage the return of all such items to the appropriate cultural group.
In addition to Native American art of North America, the museum also has small collections of ethnographic art from Mesoamerica, Central America, South America, Africa, and Asia.