Jutta and I went to the Heard Museum this morning. To our great surprise, the museum has undergone a dramatic renovation.

The new layout has cost about $8 million, but it looks as though the money was well spent.

Two new short films about the native people of the Colorado River and the Havasupai are shown on demand, and a longer 45-minute film about native culture is shown continuously. A media center offers electronic research.

A new garden with native plants is underway. Other parts of the museum are still being renovated, but don’t let that stop you from visiting; the Heard has gone from nice to absolutely great.

Update: in 2023, I refreshed this post with four new photos that I took back during this visit and updated the top image that was the original that accompanied the post. The text is all original.