Dedicated to chronicling the experience of the Native American, The  Heye Center occupies two floors of the Alexander Hamilton US. Custom House in lower Manhattan. The Beaux Arts-style building designed by architect Cass Gilbert, was completed in 1907. It is a designated National Historic Landmark and a member of the Smithsonian family of museums. In recent years,  the Heye center has become one of New York City’s most visited museums.

The Heye Center is free of charge and open to the pubic every day except Christmas. It offers a range of exhibitions, film and video screenings, school group programs, and living culture presentations throughout the year. 

The Heye Center is currently displaying two of its original exhibitions along with  temporary exhibitions, and an orientation exhibition. 
The permanent exhibitions are:

Creation’s Journey: "Masterworks of Native American Identity and Belief" features 165 objects selected for their beauty, rarity and historical significance, as well as high artistic achievement and broad representation of diverse cultures. The exhibition presents a multivoiced perspective on the objects displayed, and their meanings, with commentary from anthropologists, curators, historians and Native people. The objects range in dates from 3200 B.C. to the 2& century, and represents tribal groups from North. Central and South America.

All Roads Are Good: "Native Voices on Life and Culture" represents the world view of the indigenous peoples of the Western Hemisphere as reflected in more than 300 objects chosen by 23 Native Americans. The selectors—artists, singers, storytellers, educators, elders and community leaders—were asked to observe and respond to the objects. The selectors’ responses were recorded and became the exhibit’s first-person voices