Tour MONAH with Founder, David Bogle

202 Southwest O Street,Bentonville AR 72712

22 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, and reservations are required. “I always tell people: 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. 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 an extensive 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 existing footprint of about 13,500 square feet. Today, MONAH has been featured 3 years in a row in the Top Ten History Museums within the United States and is a must-see destination when you visit Northwest Arkansas.