Introduction

Our adventure begins in (or now takes us to) Oceania and/or to the Indigenous Arts of the Americas.

The Oceania collection includes artworks from many cultures and places spread across the planet's largest ocean (the Pacific). The region of Oceania, the Pacific Ocean, covers 1/3 of the Earth’s surface! Less than 1 percent (0.5%) of the people on earth live in Oceania. The people who live here are spread out across thousands of islands in Oceania.

The Indigenous Arts of the Americas collection includes artworks from Ancient Mesoamerica, Central and South America, and Native American arts in North America.  It's the area of the gallery with the brown walls and brown stripe on object labels. Note: Ancient American objects shown here span more than 3,000 years. They'll also see ancient objects from other parts of the world on the second floor.

Suggested objects

Click on the object image for tour discussion and object information.