In 2004, when the new Indian Museum opened to the public, it already owned 800,000 Indian things. Few viewers would have guessed it. The museum's vast collection wasn't on the Mall.

A bomb threat was emailed to authorities at the famous Indian Museum in West Bengal's Kolkata on Tuesday, forcing officials to deploy enhanced security measures around the premises, officials said ...

The Indian Museum in Kolkata now provides free entry for school groups, reversing a prior fee to promote student visits and enhance cultural appreciation. The initiative supports educational ...

Realizing that many people in Indian country may never get to the museum on the western end of the National Mall, West said the goal is to bring the collection to them electronically.

The new National Museum of the American Indian, says director W. Richard West Jr., above, represents "the long overdue and entirely appropriate recognition" of the contributions of Native Americans.