The exhibition debuts May 10 at the National Museum of Wildlife Art and will remain on display through Aug. 25. It then travels to the Palm Springs Art Museum in Palm Springs, Calif. (Oct. 1 - Dec. 29), the C.M. Russell Museum in Great Falls, Mont. (May 31, 2014 - Sept. 14, 2014), the Mennello Museum of American Art in Orlando, Fla. (Oct. 4, 2014 - Jan. 1, 2015) and the Reynolda House Museum of American Art in Winston Salem, N.C. (Feb. 12, 2015 - May 3, 2015).
"Catlin's Indian Gallery is an unparalleled collection of great artistic and historical significance that contributes to understanding America's frontier and the cultures of the Plains Indian tribes," said Elizabeth Broun, The Margaret and Terry Stent Director of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. "This exhibition features the paintings showing the ways Native American life centered on the buffalo, consistent with the National Museum of Wildlife Art's focus on humanity's relationship with nature."