Margaret Mead Hall of Pacific Peoples

At AMNH Exhibitions, the Margaret Mead Hall of Pacific Peoples surveys the cultures and histories of Oceania through objects, images, and interpretive displays. It points to long networks of voyaging, exchange, and ceremony across island communities, while also tracing how colonial contact reshaped daily life and representation. In New York City, the hall has helped set a public frame for Pacific peoples in a major museum context, for better and for worse. The presentation invites attention to what museums choose to preserve, and what they leave out.