New this month from the University of Nebraska Press is The National Museum of the American Indian: Critical Conversations by Amy Lonetree and Amanda J. Cobb.  The Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of the American Indian opened up in Washington D.C. in 2004.  Made up of approximately 800,000 objects within three galleries, these pieces are closely related to native communities across the continent. This compilation of perspectives, including both native and non-native, span the boundaries of art history, anthropology, ethnic studies, and Native American studies.
    Museums are just one of the many ways this country gives recognition and acknowledgement to the many disenfranchised groups that have existed here. This week Linking in Lincoln will provide links to some museums that represent other alienated cultures in America. Institutes which symbolize the inspiring accomplishments and heritage that at times during our history went overlooked. Care to join us reader?

1.    The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum was dedicated in 1993 and has had more than 25 millions visitor to this day.

2.    The National Museum of African American History was also established in 2003 by the Smithsonian Institute. They were the first major museum to open on the web before their physical building was complete.

3.    In 1908 the Hispanic Society of America Museum and Library opened its doors. To this day it has published more than 200 monographs by the society’s curators.

4.    The Japanese American National Museum opened in 1992 and contains 130 years of Japanese American History dating back to the Issei generation.

5.    From 1892 to 1954 this immigrant depot processed and welcomed 12 million people in search of freedom and economic opportunity. You can commemorate their arrival at the Ellis Island Immigration Museum.

Well readers, what did you find?  A little slice of history I hope! Don’t forget that you can find The National Museum of the American Indian: Critical Conversations by Amy Lonetree and Amanda J Cobb at the University of Nebraska Press website. Don’t forget to join us tomorrow for a little This Week in History!