This new resource offered by the Joslyn Art Museum increases access to the significant archive of German prince Maximilian zu Wied and Swiss artist Karl Bodmer’s expedition on the Missouri River in 1832-34, preserved at The Joslyn’s Margre H. Durham Center for Western Studies.
The portal offers multiple ways to interact with the Maximilian-Bodmer archive and includes scholarly essays and educational resources developed jointly with Indigenous knowledge bearers. Please visit maximilian-bodmer.org to learn more.
Karl Bodmer (1809–1893) was a Swiss painter and illustrator who is widely known for his detailed and vivid depictions of Native American life in the early 19th century. His significance lies in his role as a visual documentarian of Native American culture, particularly during the period of westward expansion in the United States, which was a time of dramatic change and often displacement for Indigenous peoples.
