In Search of the Turtle's Navel

{{Infobox album

| name = In Search of the Turtle's Navel

| type = studio

| artist = Will Ackerman

| cover = Ackerman-ISOTTN.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1976

| recorded = 1975, Mantra Studios, San Mateo, CA{{cite web|title=Turtle's Navel 1990 Liner Notes|url=https://www.discogs.com/William-Ackerman-In-Search-Of-The-Turtles-Navel-Guitar-Solos/release/1145883}}

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = American primitive, new age

| length = 45:05

| label = Windham Hill

| producer = Scott Saxon & William Ackerman

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title = It Takes a Year

| next_year = 1977

}}

{{Music ratings

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}William Ruhlmann, "Review: In Search of the Turtle's Navel", AllMusic ([{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r82709|pure_url=yes}} link])

| rev2 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

| rev2Score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2007 |publisher=Omnibus Press |location=United Kingdom |isbn=978-1-84609-856-7 |pages=35 |edition=5th Concise}}

| rev3 = Pitchfork

| rev3score = 8.6/10{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/william-ackerman-in-search-of-the-turtles-navel/|title=William Ackerman: In Search of the Turtle’s Navel |website=Pitchfork|date=February 23, 2025|access-date=March 5, 2025|last=Robert Ross|first=Alex}}

}}

In Search of the Turtle's Navel (originally titled "The Search for the Turtle's Navel" from 1976 to 1979{{cite web|title=1976 Turtle's Navel on Discogs|url=https://www.discogs.com/William-Ackerman-The-Search-For-The-Turtles-Navel/master/30276}}) is the 1976 debut album by guitarist Will Ackerman. Some consider the album to be the start of new-age music. The album took Ackerman from his work as a carpenter and head of Windham Hill Builders to becoming a professional musician and executive of Windham Hill Records.

The picture on the album cover is one Ackerman took of his younger sister Elinor when they were children.