Monumental Jaguar
A.D. 600-900
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Established in 1984, the Jay I. Kislak Foundation is a private nonprofit cultural institution engaged in the collection, conservation, research and interpretation of rare books, manuscripts, maps and indigenous art and cultural artifacts of the Americas. The Foundation's collection is rich in primary research materials on the history of Florida, the Caribbean and Mesoamerica, with special emphasis on the region's native cultures, their contact with Europeans and the colonial period to about 1820.
The mission of the Kislak Foundation is to foster greater understanding of the cultures and history of the Americas, with particular emphasis on Florida, the Caribbean and Mesoamerica. The Foundation conducts programs of research, education, exhibition and publication. It also pursues an acquisition program to expand the collections with materials that are of high quality, historically and/or artistically significant, compatible with existing collections, and consistent with Kislak areas of study.
Kislak collections are conserved in accordance with professional museum standards and are made available for research and study by scholars and students. Collections are displayed to the public at the Kislak gallery in Miami Lakes, Florida, and at museums, libraries and other regional and national institutions.
The Foundation has cooperative professional relationships with institutions and individual historians, scholars and collectors involved in related fields of research, education and display of art works, documents and historic artifacts.
The Kislak Foundation benefits from the guidance, advice and knowledge of its national advisory board, a group of scholars with significant professional experience in history, art and archaeology, and relevant areas of research, collections management and education
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