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Tribally owned and operated since it opened on August 11, 1998, the museum brings to life the story of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation.

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Stay connected with everything happening at the Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center. Visit our Events page for the latest updates on upcoming programs, cultural celebrations, workshops, and special gatherings.

 

Fall Reset: Movement, Music & Mindfulness

Join us Saturday, October 24.

We are proud to feature our Wuyamu Yoga experience in the beautiful glass-encased Gathering Space, offering breathtaking panoramic views of the cedar woodland landscape with mindfulness and wellness expert, Pilin Anice.

Powwow Education Program

This program highlights song, dance, art, and the joy of powwow! Learn the history and evolution of the modern-day powwow. Participants will gain an understanding of the cultural importance of these sacred gatherings, while also learning proper etiquette for attendance.
 

Reclaiming the Waterways

Mission Mishoon – The Dugout Canoe of the Pequots

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Architecturally stunning spaces with flexible layouts for meetings, receptions, and large-scale events, set against a breathtaking cedar woodland backdrop.

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Reading Across Turtle Island

Reading Across Turtle Island is an initiative of the Mashantucket Pequot Museum to promote literacy and awareness of indigenous culture and authors through identification, understanding, interpretation, creation, and communication in today’s information-rich and fast-changing world.

Mission

To encourage indigenous and non-indigenous communities to support and create awareness of the rich culture of tribal communities across Turtle Island through traditional and modern-day forms of storytelling and sharing.

What is Turtle Island?

Turtle Island is an Indigenous name for North America. The name comes from various Indigenous oral histories that tell stories of a turtle that holds the world on its back, based on a creation story common to many Indigenous peoples of the northeastern woodlands of North America.
In many Indigenous cultures, the turtle is considered a symbol of life, and the story of Turtle Island consequently speaks to various spiritual and cultural beliefs.

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110 Pequot Trail
Mashantucket, CT 06338

Our Mission and Values

The Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center will strengthen Pequot Culture to honor and serve our Tribal family and friends.

  • Trust – we value trust, in the creator, in each other and the path we are on.
  • Relationship – we value all of our relationships, within our communities, the water, the land and all of our relatives.
  • Balance – we value our past which gives us the opportunity to honor our ancestors in an effort to become ancestors worth descending from.
  • Decolonization – we value and honor the opportunity to continue to decolonize our community, culture and institutions.