The Unseen Museum is the well-known exhibition project of the Hellenic National Archaeological Museum that brings to the fore antiquities stored in its vaults away from the visitor’s eyes.

The Unseen Museum presents the “American Indian hunters”. It is an exhibition set of ancient stone weapons and tools, used by the indigenous populations of Northeastern America between the 8th millennium BCE and the floruit of the city of Cahokia, 1000 years ago. The American Indian antiquities were sent as a gift by the Cincinnati Art Museum to the Greek State in May 1931 and were kept safe and unseen for 93 years in the Museum’s storerooms. Included in the same consignment were three terracotta vases from Arizona and New Mexico, made in the 19th c. CE by the Hopi and the Zuni Tribes.

The “American Indian hunters” are exhibited in the “Hall of the Altar” (Hall no 34) until Monday 11 November 2024.