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Overview
Institute for the Study of the American West
The Institute for the Study of the American West promotes research and educational activities, encourages the development of path breaking scholarship, and reaches a broad audience through programs and publications.
Autry Library
Significant book, serial, archival and audio-visual collections about the historical and the mythical west are at the heart of the Autry Library collection.
Braun Research Library
The Braun Research Library, located at the Southwest Museum of the American Indian, is one of the nation’s most important library and archive collections related to American Indians.
Women of the West
The Women of the West project at the Autry supports programs, exhibitions, collections, research, and education dedicated to diverse women’s experiences in the West.
Programs
Programs produces a wide variety of lectures, workshops, symposia, plays, concerts, film series, artist demonstrations, and family festivals that augment our exhibitions and galleries.
Prizes
The Institute currently offers three awards - the Maverick Prize, the Autry Public History Prize, and the Butcher Scholar Award.
Fellowships
The Institute libraries annually award research fellowships to support scholarly projects in all areas of the study of the peoples and cultures of the American West.
Collections
The Autry’s large museum collections about include art, artifacts, archaeological materials, photographs, manuscript collections, maps, books, sound recordings, and ephemera. Museum collections are available to researchers through the Institute libraries by application.
COLLECTIONS ONLINE
Learn more about the Autry's collections and explore our Collections Online database to see images of the fascinating art, objects, photographs, and documents in our collections.
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Calendar Highlights
Tuesday, Mar 16, 2010 7:00 pm
A View From the Braun: Archaeoastronomy
Paul Apodaca, Ph.D., the Braun Research Library Lecturer-in-Residence, will present a lecture describing how the first Americans used the sky as part of their worldview.
Saturday, Mar 20, 2010 1:00 pm
The Art of Hopi Wicker Basketry
This illustrated lecture is by noted collectors John Selmer and Barbara Goldeen, who were contributors to the exhibition and catalogue titled Circles of Life: Katsina...
Saturday, Mar 20, 2010 1:30 pm
Working Knowledge: Appreciating Native American Basketry
Learn the skills necessary to cultivate an appreciation for Native American baskets.
Saturday, Apr 10, 2010 1:00 pm
Working Knowledge: Appreciating Native American Basketry
Learn the skills necessary to cultivate an appreciation for Native American baskets.
