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Weekly Highlights

Highlights from the Southwest Museum of the American Indian Collection
Every Saturday beginning May 19th,
10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

The Autry National Center is pleased to announce that public visitation hours at the Southwest Museum campus in Mt. Washington will resume every Saturday beginning May 19.

The public will be able to view the conservation work in progress, as well as a small exhibition located in the upper and lower lobbies featuring highlights from the Southwest Museum of the American Indian Collection. Selected ceramics and archeological artifacts will be displayed.

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HOURS / LOCATION / ACCESSIBILITY

THE AUTRY IN GRIFFITH PARK

Museum
Tuesday—Saturday: 10:00 a.m.—4:00 p.m.
Sunday: 11:00 a.m.—5:00 p.m.

Closed Mondays except Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Presidents Day

Autry Store
Tuesday—Friday: 10:00 a.m.—4:30 p.m.
Saturday: 10:00 a.m.—4:00 p.m.
Sunday: 11:00 a.m.—5:00 p.m.

Autry Cafe
Tuesday—Friday, and Sunday: 9:00 a.m.—4:30 p.m.
Saturday: 8:00 a.m.—4:30 p.m.

Summer Hours (July – August only):
Tues – Sat 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Thursday 10 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Sunday 11 a.m. – 6 p.m.

Admission
Adults: $10
Students w/ ID and Seniors (60+): $6
Children (3–12): $4
Autry Members, active military, veterans, peace officers, and children under 3: Free

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The Autry is located in Griffith Park, northeast of downtown Los Angeles, California.

4700 Western Heritage Way
Los Angeles, CA 90027-1462

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All areas of the museum, including restrooms, are wheelchair accessible. Free strollers and wheelchairs are available for check out on a first-come, first-served basis. Audio Guides are available for $3 (free for members).

WHAT IS THE AUTRY?

Museum of the American West, Southwest Museum of the American Indian,book from the Institute collection

The Autry is an intercultural history center dedicated to exploring and sharing the stories, experiences, and perceptions of the diverse peoples of the American West. Located in Griffith Park, the Autry’s collection of over 500,000 pieces of art and artifacts, which includes the collection of the Southwest Museum of the American Indian, is one of the largest and most significant in the United States. The Autry Institute includes two research libraries: the Braun Research Library and the Autry Library. Exhibitions, public programs, K–12 educational services, and publications are designed to examine the contemporary human condition through the lens of the historical Western experience and explore critical issues in society.

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Collection Spotlights

Capturing California’s Romantic Past:The Watercolor Works of Eva Scott Fenyes

Capturing California’s Romantic Past:The Watercolor Works of Eva Scott Fenyes—This online exhibition features slideshows and stories behind 56 watercolors by Eva Scott Fenyes in the Autry's collection.

The Colt Revolver of the American West

The Colt Revolver in the American West: This online exhibition features slideshows and the stories behind 130 Colt artifacts in the Autry's collection.

Spanish Songs of Old California

Spanish Songs of Old California: This online exhibition focuses on Charles Lummis' turn-of-the-century project to preserve, by recording, the traditional music of Southwestern Indian and Hispanic cultures.

History and Cultures of Mexico and the Southwest

History and Cultures of Mexico and the Southwest: The Autry National Center’s permanent collection of colonial Latin American artifacts includes objects that exemplify the material culture of New Spain's northern frontier or "borderlands."

More Than a Dream: Aviation Development in Southern California

More Than a Dream—Aviation Development in Southern California:  An online exhibition from the collections of the Automobile Club of Southern California Archives

Opera at the Autry National Center

Opera in the Autry Collections: This online exhibition draws on the collections of the Braun Research Library, the Autry Library, and the Museum of the American West.

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Autry's new iPad App: Women on the Move Now Available in the App Store

Journey through the American West — from the earliest days of Cheyenne women on horseback to modern day suburbia. Find out what women of the West brought with them, as well as what they wore and how they wore it!

Autry's new iPad App: Manifest Destiny Now Available in the App Store

This fun, interactive app filled with voices from the past and present allows the user to move all the figures out of John Gast’s 1872 painting American Progress, learning more about the American West and Manifest Destiny as each figure is dragged back into the painting.

I Am the West

I Am the West

The Autry National Center has partnered with KCET, the nation's largest independent public television station serving Southern and Central California, to create an original television series titled I Am the West.