Preservation: Indians on the Internet

Indians on the Internet The National Museum of the American Indian houses three Smithsonian museums, in Washington, DC and New York City, under one umbrella. Now there’s a fourth museum. A virtual one. The online museum already features 5,500 items. The collection totals 800,000 objects, and it will take four years to post it all on the Internet. The caveat? Some artifacts will not be photographed due to tribal beliefs. The initial cost: $750,000. The archive includes artifacts, photos and