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Autry National Center

Autry National Center

Museum of the American West, 4700 Western Heritage Way
Los Angeles CA, USA
(323) 667-2000
www.autrynationalcenter.org

About Autry National Center

The Autry National Center explores the experiences and perceptions of the diverse peoples of the American West, connecting the past with the present to inform our shared future.

Upcoming Openings

The Art of Native American Basketry:
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The Art of Native American Basketry:
Exhibition Dates: Saturday, November 7, 2009 - Sunday, May 30, 2010
Reception: November 4, 2009, 10-11:30am
The Art of Native American Basketry, on view November 7, 2009 through May 30, 2010, is the first major exhibition of the world’s largest collection of Native American baskets from the Southwest Museum of the American Indian collection....more info

Past Openings

Maverick Art
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Maverick Art
Exhibition Dates: Saturday, October 4, 2008 - Sunday, January 4, 2009
Emphasizes work created after 1990 for a look at how contemporary artists view the West as a region and an artistic resource....more info
Bold Caballeros y Noble Bandidas
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Bold Caballeros y Noble Bandidas
Exhibition Dates: Saturday, November 1, 2008 - Sunday, May 10, 2009
The exhibition uses art, historical footage, feature films, music, and popular culture to understand the changes in the Americas initiated by the Mexican Revolution of 1910. ...more info
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Masters of the American West
Exhibition Dates: Saturday, February 7, 2009 - Sunday, March 8, 2009
more info...
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Sparkle and Twang
Exhibition Dates: Thursday, April 16, 2009 - Sunday, August 23, 2009
The exhibition tells the story of country music icon Marty Stuart's personal experiences with some of the most famous stars of American music, highlighting several of the greatest performers on the country, bluegrass, rockabilly, and Southern gospel scenes. ...more info
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Granite Frontiers: A Century of Yosemite Climbing
Exhibition Dates: Friday, June 12, 2009 - Sunday, October 4, 2009
Granite Frontiers: A Century of Yosemite Climbing brings visitors to the edge of infinity to experience the exhilarating rush and harrowing perils of this most extreme of Western adventures....more info
The Long Ride Home
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Sandy McDaniel
The Long Ride Home
Exhibition Dates: Saturday, June 13, 2009 - Sunday, July 5, 2009
Reception: June 13, 2009, 7-10pm
A solo exhibition by Sandy McDaniel celebrating horses and the American West. In her paintings she explores the experience of riding through lands of wide expanses and far horizons, a key component of the West's enduring mystique. ...more info
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Mark Klett & Byron Wolfe
Charting the Canyon
Exhibition Dates: Friday, September 25, 2009 - Sunday, January 3, 2010
This exhibition explores the Grand Canyon with large-scale sweeping panoramas that marry 21st century color photographs with historic drawings and images. ...more info
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Dreamers
Exhibition Dates: Friday, September 25, 2009 - Sunday, January 3, 2010
Fifty-plus color photographs of dreamers, both current and historic, with accompanying short bios and quotes, plus some large-scale landscape photos and interactive features (‘suggest your own dreamer’)....more info

Reviews November 2008

Preview of Bold Caballeros y Noble Bandidas

Organized by the Autry National Center of the American West in association with Arizona State University's Hispanic Research Center, Bold Caballeros y Noble Bandidas uses art, rare historical footage, feature film, and music to ...more info