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Program

Public Programs: Humanities Projects in Museums and Historical Organizations

Period of Performance

5/1/1975 - 7/31/1976

Funding Totals

$37,357.00 (approved)
$37,357.00 (awarded)

Middle American: Pre-Columbian Art and Religion

FAIN: GM-10499-75

New Orleans Museum of Art (New Orleans, LA 70179-0123)
Joanne Platou (Project Director: May 1975 to present)

To design and develop an interpretive exhibition for the public which will examine the influence of religion on the lives of the pre- Columbian Indians of Middle American as recorded in their art, architecture, codices, and crafts. To create related educational materials and programming which will develop the audience awareness of the interrelations lip of the Indians' religion and everyday life.