The architecture of museum is curvilinear. The museum designed in collaboration with tribes and communities from across the hemisphere. The architecture design process beginning in the early 1990s, the National Museum of the American Indian opened dialogues with Native communities and individuals across the Western Hemisphere. These early meetings resulted in the museum's landmark document, The Way of the People (1993), which reached beyond the basic requirements of the building to incorporate Native sensibilities throughout the museum building. The design
The architecture of museum is curvilinear. The museum designed in collaboration with tribes and communities from across the hemisphere. The architecture design process beginning in the early 1990s, the National Museum of the American Indian opened dialogues with Native communities and individuals across the Western Hemisphere. These early meetings resulted in the museum's landmark document, The Way of the People (1993), which reached beyond the basic requirements of the building to incorporate Native sensibilities throughout the museum building. The design