Culture or time period
- Aboriginal Australians27 objects
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders27 objects
- Achumawi56 objects
- Acjachemen1 objects
- African American6 objects
- African cultures247 objects
- Afro-Brazilian1 objects
- Aglegmiut Eskimo5 objects
- Ainu2 objects
- Akimel O'odham ("Pima")323 objects
- Alaskan Eskimo91 objects
- Alaskan cultures57 objects
- Aleut49 objects
- Algonquin people14 objects
- Alutiiq3 objects
- Amahuaca5 objects
- Ambo22 objects
- American cultures8,151 objects
- Amhara8 objects
- Ancient Egyptian50 objects