The Missing Histories of the Infinity of Nations Exhibition. A Review of Infinity of Nations: Art and History in the Collections of the National Museum of the American Indian.

Key Points

• The aim is to examine the exclusion of Isthmo-Colombia from the exhibition and its impact on object histories.
• Critical analysis of exhibition organization
• Assessment of cultural representations
• Evaluation of object histories and interpretations
• Noted omission of Isthmo-Colombia in exhibition layout
• Identified gaps in interpretation of displayed objects
• Proposed enhanced methods for cultural representation

Abstract