New acquisition honors donor intent, enhances museum collection Arts & Entertainment Community by Tara Backhouse - November 4, 2021November 4, 2021 The centerpiece is the first of its kind in the museum’s collection. (Photo Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum) BIG CYPRESS — While 2020 was a year where few new pieces of history were added to the Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum’s historic collection, 2021 has been a different story. A recent donation of eight objects arrived for a
Summer acquisitions update from Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum Community by Tara Backhouse - September 9, 2021September 9, 2021 William Cypress’s beautiful silver jewelry, above and right, now shines in the Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum. (Photo Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum) BIG CYPRESS — In February we brought you an article about the collections acquisitions process at the Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum. The museum’s collection is full of historic and modern items that we preserve for present
New acquisitions come with early 20th century stories Arts & Entertainment by Tara Backhouse - May 6, 2021May 6, 2021 These patchwork skirts and dresses were bought for four sisters between the ages 5 and 11 in December 1969. (Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum) BIG CYPRESS — As we move further away from 2020, the Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum is happy to experience this bright new year and the opportunities that it brings. Two recent donations
Clewiston donations bring unique photos to Seminole community Community Top News by Tara Backhouse - December 23, 2020December 23, 2020 Four men and a young boy stand in a line and pose for a picture while demonstrating traditional clothing, circa 1960s. (Courtesy Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum) The Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum cares for a collection of over 150,000 historic photographs. They span from the early 1900s to the present time. The photographs have come from
Making negatives positive; a new photograph project begins at the museum Arts & Entertainment Community by Tara Backhouse - October 6, 2020October 6, 2020 The database records will look like this. We’ll add as much information as we can, but we need your help identifying people, places and dates. (Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum photo) BIG CYPRESS — I’m happy to say that in July the Ah-Tah-Thi Museum was awarded a grant from the Institute of Museum
Oral histories speak about environmental change Community Top News by Tara Backhouse - July 10, 2020July 10, 2020 This photograph was taken sometime between 1910 to 1940 by early non-Seminole explorers in the Everglades. What they may have seen as an adventure, Seminole and Miccosukee residents knew as home. (Courtesy Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki) For the last few months a dedicated team of Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum staff has been researching the oral
What do you think about your environment? The Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum wants to know Community Top News by Tara Backhouse - June 4, 2020June 4, 2020 Early 20th century photograph of a man poling a canoe along a canoe trail leading from Tommy Osceola's second camp. This photograph was taken before Everglades drainage was completed and before roads were constructed in the area. (Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum photo) History is not only about people, it is also
Longstanding partnership provides online access to community history, including Tribal Fairs Arts & Entertainment Top News by Tara Backhouse - April 7, 2020April 7, 2020 Dancers gather and wait to perform. From left to right are: Bobby Henry, Barbara Sisnero, Susie Henry, Stephen Bowers, Alan Jumper, Jimmy O'Toole Osceola and Linda Lee Henry. Do you know anyone else in this picture, or can you guess the date? (ATTK Catalog No. 2015.6.7253) For more than
NMAI: A landmark institution working for Indian Country Arts & Entertainment Community Top News by Tara Backhouse - April 1, 2020April 1, 2020 Your own local museum, the Ah-Tah-Thi Ki Museum on the Big Cypress Reservation, works hard to share the Seminole story and to represent the Tribe’s interests in all our work. We are able to collaborate with many museums and other institutions in Florida, and we help them tell the Seminole
The photographs remember Arts & Entertainment Community News by Tara Backhouse - January 6, 2020January 6, 2020 Happy holidays to you and your families, from the Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum. Christmas and the New Year are times for celebration, but also for recollection and thought. We remember times gone by and we wonder what is to come. These days we all have our own interests and activities,
