Adrienne Smith

Adrienne Smith (Cherokee and Muscogee Creek Nation of Oklahoma) is currently the Family and Youth Experiences Coordinator of the imagiNATIONS Activity Center in Washington, D.C.

She has worked at the National Museum of American Indian for 20 years. Ms. Smith has dedicated her career to educating visitors of all ages about Native cultures and understanding of Native peoples today. Her passion includes sharing her Native heritage with early learners and families.

Adrienne Smith spoke at the Museums, Games & Play Summit :

Indigenous Games and Interactive Experiences

Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) imagiNATIONS Activity Centers are unique interactive exhibitions that provide in-depth hands-on learning about Indigenous cultures of the Western Hemisphere. NMAI Staff will share how they design their engaging programs with a virtual walk-through of the centers highlighting activities like Surf to Street Skateboard game to practicing balancing techniques needed to master a traditional Yup’ik Kayak from the Artic or do math like the early Maya people of Mexico.