Hopi Cultural Center
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| The Hopi Cultural Center | |
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  Location in Arizona | |
| General information | |
| Location | AZ-264, Second Mesa, Arizona 86043 |
| Coordinates | 35°47′36″N 110°38′43″W / 35.79323°N 110.64523°W |
| Opened | 1971 |
| Website | |
| https://hopiculturalcenter.com | |
The Hopi Cultural Center is a place in the Hopi Reservation on Second Mesa, Arizona where visitors can learn about the culture, history and art of the Hopi people. It also provides lodging and a restaurant that serves Hopi cuisine. A museum is also part of the cultural center. Hopi ceremonies also take place at the center, although many of these are not open to the public.
Museum
The Hopi Cultural Center is located in Second Mesa, Arizona.[1] The center has lodging, a gift shop selling arts and crafts made by local Hopi artisans, a restaurant featuring Hopi cuisine and a museum.[1]
The motel is based on traditional Hopi architecture and features a "stucco maze with outdoor walkways and balconies outside second-floor rooms."[2] Currently, there are 33 guest rooms and the motel includes meeting rooms for conferences.[3]
Cultural programs are hosted at the center. Some of these include "hands-on" activities, such as Planting Day, where participants learn about Hopi farming.[4] The Hopi Cultural Center also hosts Hopi snake dances, although these are closed to the public.[1] Some Katsina dances are open to the public, but these do not allow any type of visual or audio recording of the ceremonies.[3]
The Hopi Cultural Center Museum contains objects of Hopi art and craftsmanship, including kachinas, weaving and pottery.[5] Historic artifacts such as documents and photographs are also part of the collection.[5]
The museum originally opened with objects on loan from the Museum of Northern Arizona.[5]
Notable individuals who have shown work or have items in the collection include Michael Kabotie,[6] and Priscilla Namingha.[7]
