Educational Resources
Several museums and other places in New York State feature exhibits and programming about the Haudenosaunee.
National Museum of the American Indian
Smithsonian Institution
George Gustav Heye Center
New York, New York
www.nmai.si.edu
This Manhattan museum features changing
exhibits about cultures throughout the Western
Hemisphere and has an entire room about the
Haudenosaunee.
The New York State Museum
222 Madison Ave
Albany, New York
www.nysm.nysed.gov
Exhibits picturing native life in the state
over the last 12,000 years include dioramas of
an Iroquois corn field and the interior of a
longhouse. Contemporary beadwork is featured,
extensive web site with historic pictures
Six Nations Iroquois Cultural Center
Onchiota, New York (in the Adirondacks)
www.sixnationsindianmuseum.com
Founded by Ray Fadden and run by his son and
grandsons, this museum was the first to teach
about the Iroquois. Open only during the
summer.
Iroquois Indian Museum
Howes Cave, New York
www.iroquoismuseum.org
An educational institution dedicated to
fostering understanding of Iroquois culture
using Iroquois art as a window to that culture.
As an anthropological institution, it is
informed by research on archaeology, history,
and the common creative spirit of modern
artists and craftspeople. Extensive web site,
exhibits, gift shop, public events.
Skä•noñh–Great Law of Peace Center
Liverpool, New York
www.skanonhcenter.org/
As of January 1st 2013, the Onondaga Historical
Association (OHA) took over management of the
Onondaga County facility known as “Sainte Marie
among the Iroquois” located on the eastern
shore of Onondaga Lake. OHA is currently in the
process re-purposing this facility into a
Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Heritage Center named
the Skä•noñh–Great Law of Peace Center.
Skä•noñh, is an Onondaga welcoming greeting
meaning Peace and Wellness.
Kanatsiohareke Mohawk Community
Near Fonda, New York
in the Mohawk Valley
www.Mohawkcommunity.com
Mohawk land where in 1993 Mohawks returned to
the home of their ancestors where they hold
classes and festivals, no museum
Akwesasne
Hogansburg, New York
www.akwesasneculture.org
www.nc3r.org/akwlibr/
Mohawk reservation in New York, Ontario, and
Quebec, small museum
Shako:wi Cultural Center
Oneida, New York
www.oneidaindiannation.com/culture/shako
Small museum located on the original 32 acre
Oneida land base
Ganondagan State Historic Site
Victor, New York
www.ganondagan.org
Ganondagan is the site of a Seneca village
destroyed in 1687 which was designated a State
Historic site in 1987 where nature trails, a
recreated longhouse, gift shop, and
interpretive center explain life over 300 years
ago, public programs including large July
festival, extensive web site, newsletters
Rochester Museum and Science Center
657 East Ave
Rochester, New York
www.rmsc.org
Features the Keepers of the Western Door
exhibit that includes the largest display of
Iroquois artifacts in the state, web site
contains pictures of objects collected by
Morgan before 1850
Letchworth State Park
Castile, New York
http://nysparks.state.ny.us/parks/79/details.aspx
"Grand Canyon of the East" park that
includes home of Mary Jemison, "white
woman of the Genesee," museum with
information about her and the Senecas with whom
she lived, historic structures, hiking trails
Seneca-Iroquois National Museum
Onöhsagwë:dé Cultural Center
Salamanca, New York
www.senecamuseum.org
www.sni.org
Seneca nation designed and operated by the
Seneca Nation of Indians, exhibits on clans,
history, and material culture of the Seneca,
craft classes, nation supported annual festival
Site of 2010 Iroquois Beadwork Conference in
September.
Fenimore Art Museum
5798 State Hwy 80
Cooperstown, New York
Tel: 1-888-547-1450
www.fenimoreartmus.org
Extensive collection of American Indian art,
including some Iroquois material on exhibit and
in open storage.