In addition to housing collections and providing long-term storage, the facility will include offices, reception and community space, flex space for EBCI Tribal Historic Preservation Office and EBCI Natural Resources, a water garden, a seed bank, and more.

“. . . to create a space that is for these objects and for Native people to feel safe and to feel seen and to feel in community is really important,” said Executive Director Shana Bushyhead Condill (EBCI). “All of those concepts are things that we’re thinking about as we’re putting every element in there.”