Heard Museum

The Heard Museum is a private, not-for-profit museum in Phoenix, Arizona, United States, dedicated to the advancement of American Indian art. It presents the stories of American Indian people from a first-person perspective, as well as exhibitions of traditional and contemporary art by American Indian artists and artists influenced by American Indian art.

This article is about the museum in Phoenix, Arizona. For the natural science museum in McKinney, Texas, see Heard Natural Science Museum and Wildlife Sanctuary.
Heard Museum
Location within Arizona
Established1929 (1929)
LocationPhoenix, Arizona
Coordinates33°28′25″N 112°04′25″W
TypePrivate, not-for-profit museum
AccreditationAmerican Alliance of Museums
Key holdingsAmerican Indian art
Collection size40,000 items
Visitors250,000 visitors a year
FounderDwight B. and Maie Bartlett Heard
DirectorDavid M. Roche
ArchitectBennie Gonzales
Public transit access Encanto/Central Avenue
WebsiteHeard Museum

The main Phoenix location of the Heard Museum has been designated as a Phoenix Point of Pride.

The museum operated the Heard Museum West branch in Surprise which closed in 2009. The museum also operated the Heard Museum North Scottsdale branch in Scottsdale, Arizona, which closed in May 2014.

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