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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
Insight into the Masters
Lecture with John Geraghty
Saturday, Feb 13, 2010 2:00 pm
Frontiers, Borderlands, Wests: An Overview and Review Essay
Tuesday, Feb 16, 2010 7:00 pm
Edge of America
Inspired by a true story, this upbeat feature follows a black schoolteacher and basketball coach who has relocated from his home in Texas to the...
Sunday, Feb 21, 2010 2:00 pm
Southwest Museum Behind-the-Scenes Tour
Learn about the Southwest Museum’s most recent collections conservation projects and partnerships with American Indian tribes throughout the United States.
Saturday, Feb 27, 2010 1:00 pm
Native Plants Workshop
This class offers the basics on gardening with California flora. Discover what a "native plant" is and why natives are valuable, and learn about plant...
