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MoCNA’s Four-Year Winning Streak in USA TODAY 10Best Readers’ Choice Awards

Mar 31, 2024

For the fourth year in a row, the IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts (MoCNA) has made the list for the USA TODAY 10Best Readers’ Choice Awards for Best Art Museum in the United States. A panel of experts was selected by USA TODAY and partnered with 10Best editors—together, they selected the top twenty nominees, and the top ten were determined by popular vote.

We thank everyone who believes in MoCNA’s mission “to elevate contemporary Indigenous art through exhibitions, collections, programs, partnerships, and new research” and took the time to cast a vote for us.

The top ten winners in the category Best Art Museum are as follows:

  • Detroit Institute of Arts
  • Philbrook Museum of Art
  • American Visionary Art Museum
  • High Museum of Art
  • The Andy Warhol Museum
  • New Orleans Museum of Art
  • National Museum of Wildlife Art
  • Milwaukee Art Museum
  • IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts
  • The Art Institute of Chicago

To learn more about the top ten Best Art Museums, visit USA Today 10Best.

“We are honored that USA TODAY 10Best Readers’ Choice recognizes the IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts (MoCNA) as the ninth Best Art Museum in the USA. The acknowledgment is not about competition but about recognition of dedicated and committed staff who elevate contemporary Indigenous arts in all we do.”

Patsy Phillips (Cherokee Nation)

IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts Director

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Current and Upcoming MoCNA Exhibitions

A listing of current and upcoming exhibitions at the IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts (MoCNA).

List of Events

The Stories We Carry

Fri, September 30, 2022Mon, September 29, 2025

The Stories We Carry features contemporary jewelry created by more than 100 Indigenous artists across decades stewarded by the MoCNA permanent collection.

Our Stories

Mon, January 1, 2024Mon, September 29, 2025

Our Stories is a companion to The Stories We Carry exhibition, located adjacent to the Kieve Family Gallery.

Arctic Highways: Unbounded Indigenous People

Fri, August 16, 2024Sun, March 2, 2025

The traveling exhibition Arctic Highways features 12 Indigenous artists from Sápmi (cultural region traditionally inhabited by the Sámi people) and North America, sharing stories of Indigenous people who live on different continents yet regard themselves as kindred spirits.

Common Thread: Indigenous Perspectives from the Arctic

Fri, August 16, 2024Sun, January 5, 2025

For millennia Indigenous peoples of the North have lived in harmony with the land and sea. The twelve artists and activists in the exhibition Common Thread: Indigenous Perspectives from the Arctic continue this relationship.

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