Quinault Cultural Center and Museum | |
Map Type: | Washington |
Coordinates: | 47.3416°N -124.2882°W |
Established: | c. 2000 |
Location: | 807 5th Avenue, Taholah, Washington |
Type: | Cultural |
Collections: | Baskets, carvings, tribal library, and photographic archive |
Curator: | Lelani Chubby |
Owner: | Quinault Indian Nation |
The Quinault Cultural Center and Museum is a museum of culture in Taholah, Washington, owned and funded by the Quinault Indian Nation. It contains artifacts, arts, and crafts of the Quinault, housed in a converted retail building. Some of the art forms have been influenced by Polynesian cultural motifs, brought home by World War II veterans.
The museum received a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services in 2012 to conduct research, publish a guidebook, and create a mobile museum exhibit on the tribe's ethnobotanical heritage.
In 2013, the Cultural Center hosted workshops on paddle- and drum-making for thousands of visitors to the Tribal Canoe Journeys.