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Museum of Northern Arizona @musnaz.bsky.social · 19h

From New York, Groll studied art in Europe before returning home in 1895. Initially a figure painter, he turned to landscapes and traveled west with ethnologist Stuart Culin in 1904. Groll returned often to the Southwest, finding success with his landscapes featuring low horizons and sweeping skies.

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Museum of Northern Arizona @musnaz.bsky.social · 19h

🎨 Sunday Morning Art 🎨
"Hopi Land, Arizona" by American artist Albert Lorey Groll (1866–1952)

"Hopi Land, Arizona" is on view in our Poetry Maps exhibition. See it soon. The Poetry Maps exhibit closes on October 26.

#AlbertGroll #landscape #sundayart #PoetryMaps

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Museum of Northern Arizona @musnaz.bsky.social · 6d

On Indigenous Peoples' Day, we extend our gratitude to the Indigenous members of our staff and to the many Native artists, educators, knowledge holders, and community partners who share their wisdom and creativity with the Museum of Northern Arizona. Thank you!

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Museum of Northern Arizona @musnaz.bsky.social · 7d

Thanks for visiting!

Museum of Northern Arizona @musnaz.bsky.social · 7d

Mary-Russell was an independent spirit. Her creative drive and tenacious temperament led her to become an artist, educator, ethnographer, curator, and writer. Her love of art, nature, and, culture played a major role in the creation of the Museum of Northern Arizona with husband Harold S. Colton.

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Museum of Northern Arizona @musnaz.bsky.social · 7d

🎨 Sunday Morning Art 🎨
This untitled oil painting of a stand of aspen trees is by Mary-Russell Ferrell Colton (1889-1971), one of the Museum of Northern Arizona.
#aspen #maryrussellferrellcolton #mnacollections #sundayartday

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Museum of Northern Arizona @musnaz.bsky.social · 9d

We're all batty about this! We hope to 🥸 you Saturday, October 11, at the Museum.
#spookyscience #freakyfinds #museumcollections #thingstodoinflagstaff

Creepy collections: Museum of Northern Arizona hosting Spooky Science and Freaky Finds event

Saturday's event is designed to be engaging as well as informative and is tied to the Halloween season.

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Museum of Northern Arizona @musnaz.bsky.social · 14d

The artist was named for American naturalist and ethnographer C. Hart Merriam, a friend of his father. His Blackfoot name, Nitoh Mahkwii (Lone Wolf) was given to him by a Blackfoot great uncle. See the oil painting now on display in our Shifting Life Zones exhibition through April 2026.

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Museum of Northern Arizona @musnaz.bsky.social · 14d

🎨 Sunday Morning Art 🎨
"Aspen" by Hart Merriam Schultz (1882-1970), also known as Lone Wolf, his Blackfoot name — Museum of Northern Arizona collections | C1103

#hartmerriamschultz #sundayart #MuseumExhibition #MNA #lifezones

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Museum of Northern Arizona @musnaz.bsky.social · 16d

MNA archaeologists have been working with the Navajo Nation Heritage and Historic Preservation Department to document ancestral sites in Navajo Nation. Please remember: Your footsteps leave an impact. Walk gently, take only memories, and help preserve the stories of the past.

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Museum of Northern Arizona @musnaz.bsky.social · 28d

📣 Calling all emerging artists! 📣
Apply for the 2026 Namingha Institute taking place April 26-May 10 in Flagstaff. This two-week residency is taught by master artists on the Museum of Northern Arizona campus—with stipend and housing. Open to artists 18+ #emergingartists #art musnaz.org/namingha

Namingha Institute

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Museum of Northern Arizona @musnaz.bsky.social · 28d

You can search the Museum of Northern Arizona collections online.
Go to musnaz.org/collections/ and tap the Collections Online button.

Collections

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Museum of Northern Arizona @musnaz.bsky.social · 28d

🎨 Sunday Morning Art 🎨
Canyon De Chelly — a watercolor painting by Diné Laguna artist Robert Draper (1938-2000), Museum of Northern Arizona collections | C1078

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Museum of Northern Arizona @musnaz.bsky.social · Sep 6

...in 1936, the Museum moved into a new building designed by Harold S. Colton on Fort Valley Road.

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Museum of Northern Arizona @musnaz.bsky.social · Sep 6

🎉 It's our 97th birthday! 🎉
The Museum of Northern Arizona was founded in early September 1928. It was first located in the Women’s Center building in downtown Flagstaff on Route 66. This photo shows a school group visiting there in 1934. Two years later...
#happybirthday #MNAhistory #flagstaff

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Museum of Northern Arizona @musnaz.bsky.social · Sep 4

See what's happening this month at the Museum.
#flagstaff #museum #thingstodoinflagstaff

September at the Museum

Email from MNA Fall for Art, Science, Culture Dear Museum Friends, As the Museum of Northern Arizona marks its 97th year this month, I’m thrilled to announce Twilight Thursdays, our latest initiati

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Museum of Northern Arizona @musnaz.bsky.social · Sep 3

🎇 News Flash! 🎇
The Museum of Northern Arizona is now open until 7 p.m. on Thursdays with pay-what-you-wish admission starting at 4 p.m. See the Museum in a whole new light! We look forward to welcoming you for Twilight Thursdays.

#thingstodoinflastaff #extendedhours #museum

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Museum of Northern Arizona @musnaz.bsky.social · Aug 28

Every year we hold an open house at our Easton Collection Center—a marvel of a green, sustainable building that houses the Museum holdings. Thank you to all who attended! If you missed the open house, we still have room in our ECC behind- the-scenes tours. Find out more at musnaz.org/plan-your-vi...

Behind-the-Scenes Tours

The Museum of Northern Arizona has extensive cultural, natural science, and fine arts holdings, but only a small portion of the items are on display in our exhibits building. Take a rare behind-the…

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Museum of Northern Arizona @musnaz.bsky.social · Aug 28

Grateful to the Buddy Whitethorne Foundation, artist instructors, and student artists for making the first HOZHO Academy a success at MNA. Your creativity inspires us all! Ahéheeʼ! #grateful #StudentArtists #arteducation #hozhoacademy #indigenousart

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Museum of Northern Arizona @musnaz.bsky.social · Aug 20

Join us this Saturday, Aug. 23, for a look inside the museum's Easton Collection Center, where we will share collection objects and specimens related to Plants and Pollinators. Free open house. All are welcome.
#flagstaff #flagstaffthingstodo #museumofnothernarizona
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Collection Center Open House

Join us for a behind-the-scenes look at the Museum of Northern Arizona collections at our annual Easton Collection Center Open House. Free admission.

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Museum of Northern Arizona @musnaz.bsky.social · Aug 20

We look forward to welcoming all educators to the Museum this afternoon. Please join us starting at 3:30 p.m. This is a free opportunity to explore the Museum's tours and educational programs. See you soon! #Flagstaff #teachers

Educators Night Out

Northern Arizona Educators: Please join us at the Museum! Explore MNA galleries and exhibits, check out our field trip activities, touch tables, and school tour funding opportunities. We can’t wait to...

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Museum of Northern Arizona @musnaz.bsky.social · Aug 15

Tomorrow at the Museum. #nativeplants #southwest #booklaunch

"Southwest Native Plant Primer" Book Launch

Event in Flagstaff, AZ by Museum of Northern Arizona on Saturday, August 16 2025

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Museum of Northern Arizona @musnaz.bsky.social · Aug 15

Sosi black-on-white pottery in our Babbitt Gallery. Made around A.D. 1000–1130, this type of pottery features bold black designs painted on a white surface. Common in the Tusayan region, it reflects a shared tradition found across the western Ancestral Puebloan world. #pottery #indigenouscultures

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Museum of Northern Arizona @musnaz.bsky.social · Aug 10

🎨 Sunday Morning Art 🎨
"Hopi Old Butterfly Dance" by Otis Polelonema (1902-1981)
Born in Shungopovi on Hopi Second Mesa, Otis Polelonema carried the Hopi name Lomadamocvia, meaning “springtime.” He studied at the Santa Fe Indian School alongside other pioneering Native artists such as Fred Kabotie.

Dancers have Hopi kilts, red sash across their chests as worn in wuwuchim ceremony, yellow horizontal marks on chests, and eagle wish feathers (nakskwosis) in their hair. Women wear black dress kilts, and like the Buffalo maidens, a horn and feather fan headdress. The main colors are a red-orange, green, black, white, yellow. The background is a light tan.

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Museum of Northern Arizona @musnaz.bsky.social · Aug 7

On-the-Spot Poetry August 10
Local poet Linda Alvarado returns with her trusty typewriter on August 10 to craft original poems for you on the spot! Visit our Poetry Maps exhibit from 1-4 p.m. and see Linda work her magic. Free with Museum admission.

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