Personal Tour with MONAH's Founder, David Bogle

202 Southwest O Street,Bentonville AR 72712

01 November, 2022

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November is Native American Heritage Month! To celebrate the culture and heritage of Native America, book a tour of the Museum of Native American History through the eyes of David Bogle, founder of MONAH and member of the Cherokee Nation! Spots are limited, reservations are required. “I tell people all the time, we are an art museum because that’s what we have here. We have the finest pieces of Native American art in the country. But just as important, we are a history museum. What we do with these pieces is teach Native American history. And that is my goal here. To try and expand people’s knowledge.” - David Bogle Mr. Bogle began building his collection in 2002, when he bought a large arrowhead collection from John Fryer, a former Bentonville school administrator, and later the city’s mayor in the 1990s. Fryer was Bogle’s scoutmaster when he was a boy, and the two families were longtime friends. Over the next few years, Bogle’s collection grew, so much so that the museum’s first public display was in 2004, in a converted home near Bogle’s residence on North Main Street. In the spring of 2007, when the museum outgrew that space, Bogle bought the current facility on Southwest O Street. The museum officially opened in June 2008. Since then, Bogle has renovated the property three times to its current footprint of about 13,500 square feet. Today, MONAH is featured 3 years in a row in the Top Ten History Museums within the United States and is a key destination when you visit Northwest Arkansas.