Harold Sellers Colton a zoology professor at the
University of Pennsylvania and
Mary-Russell Ferrell Colton moved to Flagstaff in 1926, helping found the Museum of Northern Arizona in 1928. Harold became director and Marry-Russell became curator of art and ethnology. In 1930,
Katharine Bartlett, a
physical anthropologist from Denver, became curator and would remain so for the next 51 years. The private, nonprofit organization grew from two rooms in the
Flagstaff Woman's Club to a 24,700-square-foot Exhibits building. Research and collections facilities are adjacent. The Ethnology Gallery focuses on the Hopi, Zuni, Navajo, and Pai tribes. ==References==