In the Cherokee language, there are several phrases for how to address a visitor. The word ᎦᎵᏦᏕ galitsode is used when welcoming someone to our home—and we at the Museum feel like this place is our home. Our Museum is not like many other museums you may have visited before—we are not simply a history museum, an art museum, or a natural history museum. We tell our story here—a story that is living and still evolving. To our Cherokee visitors, welcome home. To our non-Native visitors, we also welcome you into our home. And just as we have a responsibility to be a gracious host to our guests, our visitors also have a responsibility to be respectful guests in our home.