About The Heard Museum Guild

   The Guild is the volunteer arm of the Museum.  It began in 1956 with 30 members, and now includes almost 600 dynamic men and women who support the Museum’s many services and projects, including:

• Las Guias – conducts the public tours of the Museum
• Speakers Bureau – available for community groups
• Library and Archives – assists with the library and slide collections
• Museum Shop
• Heard Guild Presents Lecture Series – provides educational programs
• Notecard Project – raises money for scholarships and student artist grants
• Information Desk – greeting and assisting visitors to the Museum
• Many other service opportunities

   The major events regularly scheduled on the annual Guild calendar are:

• Book Sale and Treasure Mart (January)
• The Indian Fair and Market (March)
• The American Indian Student Art Show and Sale (March/April)
• The Spring Luncheon (May)

   The year includes other Special Events and Exhibit Openings.

   The Guild monthly newsletter, Artifacts, contains specific information on all Guild events.  Anyone with information to be published in Artifacts should contact the editor.  The deadline for each issue is the second Thursday of the month for the following month’s Artifacts.