Museum

A bronze cast of Winged Mercury arising from the breath of his father Zeus; a plain wooden desk that supported the writings of a young Hodinohsho:ni woman; an ear modifier formed from the internal structure of a conch shell; four paintings of recent Mohawk converts to the Anglican faith deemed “kings” by the English court; and a glimpse of the skyline through the eyes of those Hodinohsho:ni working on the endless skyscrapers that compose New York City – these are some of the displays and artifacts visitors to the Woodland Cultural Centre’s permanent museum are invited to enjoy. Visitors will experience a firsthand encounter with the Onondaga runner Tom Longboat’s 1907 Boston Marathon trophy; Mohawk poetess E. Pauline Johnson’s desk; a shell ear plug from the early seventeenth-century Neutral site; the reproduced portraits of the “Four Kings” as commissioned by Queen Anne of the United Kingdom in 1710; and a showcase commemorating the many Hodinohsho:ni who practice the ironworking trade in New York City and across North America.