The Agua Caliente Cultural Museum is a culture and history museum located in Palm Springs, California, United States, focusing on the
Cahuilla people
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History
The museum was established in 1991.
Exhibits
Collections
Among the collections of the museum are:
* Off-site Exhibitions – the museum sponsors exhibits at various institutions. Presently exhibits are at:
** Spa Resort Casino Hotel Lobby (Palm Springs) on the spiritual ''Wahaatukicnikic Tetayaw'' (Blue Frog) living at the Agua Caliente Hot Spring
** California State University San Bernardino, Palm Desert Campus about Native Americans competing in sports
** Palm Springs City Hall, showing major milestones and events of Cahuilla people history
* Core exhibitions
** Cahuilla Culture and History
** The Florence Patencio Collection, about a significant cultural leader of the community
* Online exhibitions
* Featured exhibitions
Operations
Ownership
The
Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians
The Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians of the Agua Caliente Indian Reservation is a federally recognized tribe of the Cahuilla, located in Riverside County, California, United States.SunLine Transit
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is available on lines 111, 30 and 14. Administrative offices and a 1,200 volume reference library are at 901 East Tahquitz Canyon Way, Suite C-204, Palm Springs, CA 92262.
Publications
* ''The Spirit''
Affiliations
The museum is the first Native American museum to be part of the
Smithsonian Institution
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Affiliations Program.
Activities and recognition
The museum participates in the
American Alliance of Museums
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(AAM) Museum Assessment Program; and it received a first-place award in the AAM 2010 Publications Design Competition for its ''2009–2010 Museum Program Brochure and Program Announcement Cards'' (designed by JCRR Design).
It also collaborates with the
UCLA
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National Center for Charitable Statistics
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Urban Institute
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Museum
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