Museum of the Cherokee People
- Address
- Cherokee, North Carolina
- Website
- The listed website appears to be offline (checked Oct 2026).
About Museum of the Cherokee People
The Museum of the Cherokee People (MTCP), formerly known as the Museum of the Cherokee Indian (MCI), is a 501(c)3 nonprofit cultural arts and history museum, educational center, and archive founded in 1948, and located in Cherokee, North Carolina. The museum provides permanent exhibitions, an artifact collection, workshops, educational programs, and a museum store. The museum was previously operated by the Cherokee Historical Association, but later became its own entity. It has been part of the North American Reciprocal Museum Association.
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- Opened
- 1948
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Make a day of it. 4 more museums are within 2.1 miles of Museum of the Cherokee People; the closest, Oconaluftee Indian Village, is about a mile away.
