Cahokia Mounds Cultural Gallery Closed

Wednesday through Sunday from 9:00 am till 3:00 pm

Cahokia Mounds has closed the exhibit gallery that displays cultural items from Native American communities throughout the Midwest region.

Recent updates to the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) now require consent from lineal descendants and/or affiliated Native American Tribes in order for Native American sacred objects, objects of cultural patrimony, funerary objects, and/or human remains to be on view.

Cahokia Mounds is committed not only to compliance with NAGPRA but to consultation and collaboration with affiliated communities whose heritage is represented in our galleries.

Therefore, the cultural gallery will remain closed while staff continue to review existing

information and engage in meaningful conversations with the descendant groups of this important Indigenous Site.