Midtown Museum of Native Cultures

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The items in the Midtown Museum of Native Cultures are the private collection of Joyce "Koko" Jones, who owns and operates the institution. The museum hold pieces relating to indigenous peoples of the Americas.

Private collection privately owned collection of works, usually a collection of art

A private collection is a privately owned collection of works. In a museum or art-gallery context, the term signifies that a certain work is not owned by that institution, but is on loan from an individual or organization, either for temporary exhibition or for the long term. This source is usually an art collector, although it could also be a school, church, bank, or some other company or organization. By contrast, collectors of books, even if they collect for aesthetic reasons, are called bibliophiles, and their collections are typically referred to as libraries.

Indigenous peoples of the Americas Pre-Columbian inhabitants of North, Central and South America and their descendants

The indigenous peoples of the Americas are the Pre-Columbian peoples of North, Central and South America and their descendants.

Coordinates: 40°05′18″N87°03′53″W / 40.0882184°N 87.064674°W / 40.0882184; -87.064674

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