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Not An Alternative (est. 2004) is a collective that works at the intersection of art, activism, and critical theory, with a mission to affect popular understandings of history, symbols, and institutions. Through engaged research and design, the group curates and produces interventions on material and immaterial space, bringing together tools from art, architecture, exhibition design, and community organizing.

The group’s ongoing project ‘The Natural History Museum’ (NHM, 2014-) takes the form of a traveling, pop-up "museum for the movement". NHM collaborates with artists, curators, community groups, scientists, and scholars to create new narratives about our shared history and future, with the goal of educating the public, measurably influencing public opinion, and inspiring collective action.

Not An Alternative’s work has been featured in museums and galleries around the world, including the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, Queens Museum, Guggenheim, PS1/MOMA, Carnegie Museums of Art & Natural History, Brooklyn Museum, Tate Modern, Victoria & Albert Museum, MOCAD, Museo del Arte Moderno, Florida Museum of Natural History, California Academy of Sciences, Project Row Houses, Tamástslikt Cultural Institute, and in the public sphere, where they collaborate with activists and community groups.

Based in the Pacific Northwest, the collective’s work was recognized with a 2020 Creative Capital arts award, No Longer Empty 2018 “Future Perfect” Honoree, Eyebeam 2016 Inaugural Courage and Creativity Award, and The New York Times and ArtNet’s “Best in Art in 2015” roundups.