Visit the Skinner Museum

The Skinner Museum is closed for the foreseeable future due to recent updates in NAGPRA regulations.

Changes to the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) regulations, effective January 12, 2024, stipulate that museums must obtain free, prior, and informed consent before any exhibition of, access to, or research of cultural items. In compliance with this regulation, MHCAM has temporarily closed the Joseph Allen Skinner Museum and has removed all images of these objects/belongings from its online searchable collections database until Museum staff can consult with Tribes regarding the display and research of each cultural item. For more information, visit our NAGPRA information page.

If you would like to receive updates about the Skinner Museum as they become available, please use the Visitor Interest form. Note that updates may be limited while the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum is engaged in a major renovation and reinstallation of its permanent collection galleries in anticipation of the Art Museum’s 150th anniversary in fall 2026.

Please use the Skinner Museum Visitor Interest form to receive updates.

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