The creative achievements of Native American artists and craftsmen of the United States are displayed at the Museum of the Plains Indians in Browning, Montana.  Open year round, a permanent exhibit presents the diversity of historic arts of the tribal peoples of the Northern Plains and two special exhibition galleries are devoted to changing presentations promoting the creative works of outstanding talented contemporary artists and craftsmen.

The museum was founded in 1941 and is administered by the Indian Arts and Crafts Board, an independent Federal agency located in the Department of Interior. Its purpose is to promote the development of contemporary Indian arts of the United States.

The museum's sales shop offers a wide variety of authentic, contemporary Indian arts and crafts products. A series of promotional sales exhibitions introduces unsurpassed contemporary American Indian arts and crafts by emerging artists and crafts-persons.  The Northern Plains Indian Crafts Association, an independent Indian-owned business, operates it.

During the summer months (June - September), the museum is opened from 9 AM to 4:45 PM daily. From October throughout May, it is open from 10 AM to 4:30 PM Monday through Friday.  The museum is located on U.S. Highway 89 on the west edge of Browning. Admission to the museum is free.

	For more information contact:
	Museum of the Plains Indian P.O. Box 410 Browning, MT 59417 1.406.338.2230 1.406.338.7404 fax	Blackfeet Tribe

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