Message from Mary –
Things are looking brighter and it’s not just the sunshine filtering through the pine branches. After months making plans for the summer, while closely monitoring the increasing vaccination rate in our community and falling number of infections, we are now able to open up a bit more.
Starting June 1, the museum will be open six days a week, from Tuesday through Sunday, meaning you have more opportunities to visit this summer.
We’ve already opened registration for the Discovery Camps to museum members, and will soon open to nonmembers. We’re also accepting applications from artists for booths at our Heritage Festival, which will be held four weekends in July.
When you do come to the museum there are new things to see, including some very old footprints that were left in the mud more than 240 million years ago just a couple miles from where the museum now stands.
Finally, I am delighted to let you know we are in the final phase of work before we can launch a new and improved website for MNA. Watch this space for more information and the launch of the site, coming soon!
We hope to see you here soon.
Thank you for your support of MNA.
Mary Kershaw
Executive Director & CEO
Museum of Northern Arizona
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Starting June 1 the museum is open Tuesday through Sunday, 10 am – 4 pm
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Heritage Festivals
July 2-4, July 9-11, July 16-18, July 23-25
Each weekend in July we will welcome a different cohort of artists, demonstrators and performers. This year the festival celebrates all Native people of the Colorado Plateau, and we invite artists and food vendors to apply by June 1. Find applications at:
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June 14-18; June 21-25; July 26-30; August 2-6
Camp is the best week of summer for kids andparents. The kids get to explore, play, and create on the museum’s 200-acre campus. Meanwhile, you get your home and sanity back!
Register now before the camps fill up:
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Native plant walk
Monday May 24, noon streaming on MNA Facebook page
After a season of dormancy the plants are greening up. Learn to recognize some of the native plants as MNA horticulturist Jan Busco points out the flora found in the fields and forests around Flagstaff. If you want to learn more about gardening, many garden talks from last summer can be found in the Gardens playlist on the MNA YouTube channel.
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Missed a program? It might be online.
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May 19-22, 2021 A FEW SPACES JUST OPENED!!
$1,150 MNA members/$1,250 nonmembers
Join musicians Chris Brashear and Peter McLaughlin, for a truly unique trip through the scenic Lower San Juan River. During the day, float through the magnificent Goosenecks and hike in side canyons. Spend the evenings beneath the stars enjoying music by two premiere western songwriters while reflecting on the day’s journey. Sign up online.
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June 18, 2021
$75 MNA members/$95 nonmembers
Join geologist Kent Colbath on one of his favorite short hikes, to a spectacular amphitheater created by a steam explosion in a volcanic cone about 700,000 years ago. Erosion sculpted the black, red and yellow eruptive materials into hoodoos, slot canyons, and other exotic landforms. Sign up online.
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First Fridays at 2:30 pm via Facebook Live
MNA educator Mari Soliday presents a short education program, including activities to try at home. Past programs can be found in the Family Friday playlist on the MNA YouTube channel and in the video section of the MNA Facebook page.June 4 – Pollinators
July 2 – Youth artists at the Heritage Festival
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These tracks were discovered in November 2020 at a construction site just a couple miles down the road from the museum. The prints are preserved in red sandstone from the Moenkopi Formation, which is estimated to be early to middle Triassic in age (252 to 235 million years). Paleontologist Dr. Dave Gillette will be studying the tracks to determine what left them. Now that they are on view in the Jaime Major Golightly Courtyard, you can come study them too.
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This exhibition features paintings, photographs, and pottery by six women artists from 1900 to 1940. We’ve shared these art pieces on the MNA Facebook page and now you can watch an online tour with Alan Petersen, but seeing the art in person is so much better. With our advance ticketing system, you can reserve your time to visit the museum and experience this art as it was meant to be seen.
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Created more than a decade ago by Hopi artists Michael Kabotie and Delbridge Honanie, these large-scale paintings tell a story of the human journey through cycles of chaos and discord to places of wholeness and balance. Watch a gallery tour with Dr. Kelly Hayes-Gilpin and Ed Kabotie, read about the exhibit in Mountain Living, then make plans to come see the exhibit.
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Explore Walnut Canyon
More than a century ago, Flagstaff citizens became vocal about the need to protect local cultural sites, including the famous cliff dwellings at Walnut Canyon. This Plateau Magazine chronicles how Walnut Canyon became a National Monument, as well as how the canyon formed; why it has high biodiversity; who its ancient people were; how they made their living; why they left, and where they may have gone. Stop by the shop during regular museum hours for this or other interesting Plateau magazines, or browse onlineanytime. Every purchase supports MNA and the artists.
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Carving colorful creations
Diné painter and sculptor Sheldon Harvey adds feathers, yucca and other natural materials to his hand-stained and painted wood sculptures, like this one titled “Uprising Child” Each signed piece depicts spirits from the Navajo creation myth and other ancient traditions, interpreted in Sheldon’s unique and creative style. For more sculptures, paintings, and wearable art, visit the shop online, or in person when the museum is open.
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Select Museum of Northern Arizona to support MNA with every purchase when you buy through Amazonsmile.
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