Southwest Museum of the American Indian

Carlo N.

Southwest Museum of the American Indian is the oldest museum in Los Angeles. It's a 12-acre campus near the Mount Washington-Highland Park border. Museum's public exhibition on Pueblo pottery, is small and open free of charge. The museum is owned by the Autry Museum of the American West. Its collections deal mainly with Native Americans and its major collections had included American Indians of the Great Plains, American Indians of California, and American Indians of the Northwest Coast. Visitors can complete the whole museum's exhibits and grounds in 35 minutes. Parking lot is free. Staff were friendly and professional. Overall, I recommend this museum if you like American Indian culture.

Scott Cusack

It's a nice museum but very small with only one main exhibit room and a small section downstairs dedicated to an author. The pottery display has beautiful examples of Southwest native American pottery. The views and setting are worth dropping by for.

Stephen Collins

Seems to be in decline. Lot of closed sections or empty rooms. A few small exhibits. Beautiful building on an incredible lot with a fun but a bit scary long tunnel entrance from Museum Dr. Friendly staff and a good pottery collection. Glad I stopped in but probably won't be heading back. Also, that's a "dorsal fin" from a killer whale in my totem pole picture.

Wliam Hale

Such an interesting history, must see the Lummis Home to put it into perspective. Beautiful location, it would be nice if it had more exhibits.