State-by-State
Alabama
Auburn
Auburn University
Alexander Hamilton: The Man Who Made Modern America
2/28/2008 to 4/18/2008
A national tour of a panel
exhibition, a catalog, and public programs interpreting Alexander Hamilton's role in the creation of American government and culture.
Birmingham
Birmingham Public Library
Benjamin Franklin: In Search of a Better World
12/31/2008 to 2/27/2009
A national, traveling panel exhibition, related public programming, training, and companion digital and curricular materials about the life of Benjamin Franklin and his contributions to the founding of the United States.
Jasper
Carl Elliott House Museum
Carl Elliott House
A long-term exhibition on the life and career of Carl Elliott who served as a U.S. Congressman from 1949 to 1965
Alaska
Cordova
Cordova Historical Museum
The Hunter and the Hunted
Closes 4/30/2008
A traveling exhibition based on the museum's main exhibitions, on
changes in the local community through time and the relationship of people to a particular geographic place.
Fairbanks
University of Alaska Museum
Rose Berry Alaskan Art Gallery
A new wing of the museum devoted to Alaskan art with special emphasis on the ways in which people have responded expressively to the region.
Homer
Pratt Museum
Kachemak Bay, Alaska: An Exploration of People and Place
Reinstallation of the Pratt Museum's main exhibitions, a catalog, and a traveling exhibition,
all based on an examination of the relationships between people and place in the region.
Arizona
Bisbee
Bisbee Mining & Historical Museum
Bisbee: Urban Outpost on the Frontier
A long-term exhibition and a catalog on the history of urban development in Bisbee from 1877 to 1917.
Fort Apache
Fort Apache Historic Park
Transitions in the Apache World: The Fort Apache Legacy
A long-term exhibition on the history of the White Mountain Apache, including both traditional culture and
the changes that took place after the establishment of Fort Apache by the U.S. military.
Phoenix
Desert Botanical Garden
Plants and People of the Sonoran Desert
An interpretive trail, which demonstrates how indigenous people in and adjacent to the Phoenix Valley
intimately lived and depended upon various plants in their desert and riverine environments.
Heard Museum
Remembering Our Indian School Days: The Boarding School Experience
A long-term exhibition and a catalog on the social and cultural impact of the United States government's
boarding schools on Indian students.
Tucson
Arizona State Museum
Paths of Life: American Indians of the Southwest
A long-term exhibition, a visitors' guide, a book, and educational programs that explore the cultures of
the Seri, Tarahumara, Yaqui, O'odham, Colorado River Yumans, Southern Paiute, Pai, Apache, Navajo, and
Hopi peoples of Arizona and northwestern Mexico.
Arkansas
Little Rock
Arkansas Museum of Discovery
Arkansas Indians: Roots, Removal, Rebirth
A long-term exhibition and educational programs on the history of Arkansas Indians.
Springdale
Springdale Public Library
Benjamin Franklin: In Search of a Better World
2/13/2008 to 3/28/2008
A national, traveling panel
exhibition, related public programming, training, and companion digital and curricular materials
about the life of Benjamin Franklin and his contributions to the founding of the United States.
Texarkana
Texarkana Regional Arts and Humanities Council
Wrapped in Pride: Ghanaian Kente and African American Identity
2/3/2008 to 3/10/2008
A traveling
exhibition exploring the role of Ghanaian kente cloth as a worldwide expression of African and African
American identity.
California
Corona
Corona Public Library
What's Going On? California and the Vietnam Era
2/24/2008 to 4/20/2008
A traveling exhibition, an
audio guide, a symposium, a panel discussion, lectures, workshops, and educational programs
interpreting the impact of the Vietnam conflict on the nation.
Del Mar
Del Mar Fairgrounds
Farm Life: A Century of Change for Farm Families and Their Neighbors
5/15/2008 to 8/16/2008
A traveling
panel exhibition and related educational and public programs on rural heritage as a context for understanding
contemporary farms.
Dublin
Dublin Heritage Center
Farm Life: A Century of Change for Farm Families and Their Neighbors
10/21/2008 to 11/30/2008
A traveling
panel exhibition and related educational and public programs on rural heritage as a context for understanding
contemporary farms.
Los Angeles
Fowler Museum at UCLA
Intersections: World Arts, Local Lives
Reinstallation of a part of the museum's permanent collection to highlight the artistic
accomplishments of the makers of the objects as well as the objects' importance in their
respective cultures.
Mami Wata: Arts for Water Spirits in Africa and the African Atlantic World
4/6/2008 to 7/28/2008
A traveling
exhibition, programs, curriculum resources, and a publication on the various forms of
water spirits in Africa and the variety of their derived New World appearances.
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Native American Cultures Gallery
A long-term exhibition and educational programs examining American Indian cultures and their histories.
Oakland
Peralta Hacienda Historical Park
Becoming California, Becoming America
Interpretation of the Peralta House historic site based on themes of changes in cultural identity
through time, people's use of the local environment, and California's international ties historically.
Ontario
Museum of History and Art, Ontario
Road Ways
A long-term exhibition, a catalog, and public programs examining how roads have both reflected
and shaped American life and culture.
What's Going On? California and the Vietnam Era
9/21/2008 to 1/25/2009
A traveling exhibition, an
audio guide, a symposium, a panel discussion, lectures, workshops, and educational programs interpreting
the impact of the Vietnam conflict on the nation.
San Francisco
Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
Permanent Collections Galleries
Educational and interpretive components to accompany the reinstallation of the permanent collection in the museum.
San Marino
Huntington Library
Darwin's Garden: An Evolutionary Adventure
Late 2008
A traveling exhibition examining
Charles Darwin's contributions to botany, scientific inquiry, and humanity's fundamental understanding of nature.
Sausalito
Bay Area Discovery Museum
My Place by the Bay
Interpretation of a historic site and a children's museum.
Vallejo
Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum
What's Going On? California and the Vietnam Era
7/13/2008 to 9/7/2008
A traveling exhibition, an audio
guide, a symposium, a panel discussion, lectures, workshops, and educational programs interpreting the impact
of the Vietnam conflict on the nation.
Ventura
Ventura County Museum of History & Art
Ventura County in the New West
A long-term exhibition, a catalog, and programs on the history of Ventura County,
California.
Colorado
Denver
Denver Art Museum
Asian Art Collection
Reinstallation of the museum's Asian collection and related educational programs.
Inspiring Impressionism
2/23/2008 to 5/25/2008
A traveling exhibition, a catalog, a website, a
symposium, and other educational and public programs exploring how French impressionist artists
drew on the art of the past.
Molly Brown House Museum
Molly Brown: The Biography of a Changing Nation
An interpretive video and interactive kiosks on the life of Margaret Tobin Brown and the ways
in which she was shaped by the social and cultural movements of her time.
University of Colorado, Health Sciences Center Auraria Library
Lewis & Clark and the Indian Country
8/20/2008 to 10/3/2008
A national traveling photo-panel exhibition, based on
the Newberry Library's larger exhibition about the encounters of native peoples with Lewis and Clark's Corps
of Discovery, 1804–06.
Greeley
Greeley Museums
Asian Games: The Art of Contest
5/15/2008 to 8/16/2008
A traveling exhibition with interactive games spaces,
a catalog, a website, and public programs, examining the roles of games from various traditional
Asian cultures as transmitters of social values.
Connecticut
Mashantucket
Mashantucket Pequot Museum
EarthWorks
2/23/2008 to 5/18/2008
A traveling exhibition, a companion DVD, and a
website on the Adena, Hopewell, and Fort Ancient earthworks of native peoples in
the Ohio River Valley.
New Haven
Yale University Art Gallery
Making It New: The Art and Style of Sara and Gerald Murphy
2/26/2008 to 5/4/2008
A traveling exhibition
with a catalog and a public symposium about a remarkable American couple living well in France in
the 1920s–30s, who influenced the trans-Atlantic exchange of ideas about modern art
and music.
Norwich
Slater Memorial Museum
Wrapped in Pride: Ghanaian Kente and African American Identity
Closes 1/19/2008
A traveling
exhibition exploring the role of Ghanaian kente cloth as a worldwide expression of African and
African American identity.
Washington
Institute for American Indian Studies
As We Tell Our Stories: Living Traditions and the Algonkian Peoples of Southern New England
A long-term exhibition on the history and contemporary traditions of Algonkian Indians in southern New England.
Interpreting the Native American Landscape: The Long House Room
An archaeology exhibition and outdoor interpretive site that includes trails and a recreated Algonkian village.
District of Columbia
National Building Museum
House and Home: 400 Years of Domestic Architecture
A long-term exhibition, a website, a catalog, and public programs interpreting the history of
American domestic architecture.
Soldier's Home
President Lincoln's Cottage at the Soldiers' Home
A long-term exhibition and guided tours at the cottage that Abraham Lincoln used as a seasonal retreat from 1862 to 1864.
Sumner School Museum
Adolf Cluss, Architect: From Germany to America, Shaping a Capital City Worthy of a Republic
A long-term exhibition exploring the German immigrant architect Adolf Cluss, who was influential in shaping public spaces in
Washington, D.C., from the 1860s to the 1890s.
Florida
Boca Raton
Florida Atlantic University
Alexander Hamilton: The Man Who Made Modern America
Closes 2/15/2008
A national tour of a panel
exhibition, a catalog, and public programs interpreting Alexander Hamilton's role in the creation of American government and
culture.
Gainesville
Florida Museum of Natural History
South Florida: People and Environments
A long-term exhibition on the prehistoric Calusa Indians of Florida.
Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art
Promises of Paradise: Staging Mid-Century Miami
10/7/2008 to 1/4/2009
A traveling exhibition, two catalogs,
a symposium, and educational and public programming exploring mid-century Miami's history, architecture, and decorative arts.
Jacksonville
Jacksonville Public Library
Benjamin Franklin: In Search of a Better World
6/4/2008 to 7/25/2008
A national, traveling panel exhibition,
related public programming, training, and companion digital and curricular materials about the life
of Benjamin Franklin and his contributions to the founding of the United States.
Miami Beach
Bass Museum of Art
Promises of Paradise: Staging Mid-Century Miami
Closes 4/13/2008
A traveling exhibition, two
catalogs, a symposium, and educational and public programming exploring mid-century Miami's history,
architecture, and decorative arts.
Tallahassee
Mission San Luis
San Luis de Apalachee: Interpretation of a 17th-Century Spanish Mission
Indoor and outdoor interpretive elements at San Luis de Apalachee, the capital of Spain's West Florida mission chain.
Georgia
Athens
Athens/Clarke County Public Library
Benjamin Franklin: In Search of a Better World
4/9/2008 to 5/23/2008
A national, traveling panel
exhibition, related public programming, training, and companion digital and curricular
materials about the life of Benjamin Franklin and his contributions to the founding
of the United States.
Atlanta
Atlanta History Center
Metropolitan Frontiers: Atlanta, 1835–2000
A long-term exhibition, publications, and public programs on the history of Atlanta.
Turning Point: The American Civil War
A long-term exhibition, publications, and public programs on the Civil War.
High Museum of Art
Inspiring Impressionism
Closes 1/13/2008
A traveling exhibition, a catalog, a website, a symposium,
and other educational and public programs exploring how French impressionist artists drew on the art of the past.
Columbus
Historic Columbus Foundation
From Morning to Night: Domestic Service in the Gilded Age South
9/15/2008 to 11/23/2008
A traveling
panel exhibition interpreting domestic work and workers in a Gilded Age mansion.
Macon
Hay House Museum
From Morning to Night: Domestic Service in the Gilded Age South
Closes 1/20/2008
A traveling
panel exhibition interpreting domestic work and workers in a Gilded Age mansion.
Hawai'i
Captain Cook
Kona Coffee Farm
Kona Coffee Farm
Conservation and living history interpretation of an early twentieth-century coffee farm that was
once owned and operated by an immigrant Japanese family.
Kona
Kona Historic Ranch
Kona Historic Ranch and Store
Living history interpretation, exhibitions, a website, a publication, and programs interpreting the
nineteenth-century Greenwell General Store and ranch on the island of Hawai'i.
Illinois
Barrington
Barrington Area Historical Museum
Going Places
6/16/2008 to 8/11/2008
A traveling panel exhibition about the cultural, economic,
and technological history of transportation in America from 1790 to 1920.
Chicago
Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum
The Universe in Your Hands
A long-term exhibition of the planetarium's permanent collection of astronomical and scientific instruments
and their role in the history of science.
Bringing the Heavens to Earth: Cultural Astronomies Around the World
A long-term exhibition and public programs on astronomical practices, architecture, and knowledge
from various world cultures, past and present.
Field Museum
Peoples of the Pacific: Traveling the Pacific and Pacific Spirits
A long-term, two-part exhibition on the cultures and history of the Pacific Islands.
Africa
A long-term, multidisciplinary exhibition with educational programs on Africa's human and ecological
diversity and the roles people of African descent have played in world history and
culture, including the African Diaspora in the Americas.
Decatur
Decatur Public Library
Farm Life: A Century of Change for Farm Families and Their Neighbors
3/25/2008 to 4/30/2008
A traveling
panel exhibition and related educational and public programs on rural heritage as a
context for understanding contemporary farms.
Elgin
Gail Borden Public Library District
Alexander Hamilton: The Man Who Made Modern America
12/18/2008 to 2/13/2009
A national tour of a panel
exhibition, a catalog, and public programs interpreting Alexander Hamilton's role in the creation of
American government and culture.
Elmhurst
Elmhurst Historical Museum
Going Places
4/6/2008 to 5/25/2008
A traveling panel exhibition about the cultural, economic, and
technological history of transportation in America from 1790 to 1920.
Moline
Moline Public Library Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln's Journey to Emancipation 6/12/2008 to 7/25/2008
A traveling panel exhibition incorporating over 60 rare documents and drawings on Lincoln's role in the emancipation of slaves during the Civil War.
Niles
Niles Public Library District
Benjamin Franklin: In Search of a Better World
10/15/2008 to 12/5/2008
A national, traveling panel
exhibition, related public programming, training, and companion digital and
curricular materials about the life of Benjamin Franklin and his contributions to the
founding of the United States.
Normal
Illinois State University
Alexander Hamilton: The Man Who Made Modern America
10/16/2008 to 12/5/2008
A national tour of a panel
exhibition, a catalog, and public programs interpreting Alexander Hamilton's role in the creation of
American government and culture.
Springfield
Illinois State Museum
At Home in the Heartland
A long-term exhibition and public programs interpreting the history of domestic life in
Illinois over the past three centuries.
Indiana
Various locations
The Indiana History Train
October 2008
Two traveling exhibitions mounted in railroad cars
with related public programs about images of Abraham Lincoln and Indiana's role in the
Civil War, traveling to over twenty sites in Indiana, Kentucky, and Illinois.
Indianapolis
Children’s Museum of Indianapolis
The Power of Children: Making a Difference
A long-term exhibition examining key events in the twentieth century through the lives of three children whose individual
lives made a difference: Anne Frank, Ruby Bridges, and Ryan White.
Michigan City
Michigan City Public Library Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln’s Journey to Emancipation 2/21/2008 to 4/4/2008
A traveling panel exhibition incorporating over 60 rare documents and drawings on Lincoln’s role in the emancipation of slaves during the Civil War.
Muncie
Minnetrista Cultural Center
EarthWorks
9/27/2008 to 1/4/2009
A traveling exhibition, a companion DVD, and a website on the Adena, Hopewell,
and Fort Ancient earthworks of native peoples in the Ohio River Valley.
Iowa
Dubuque
Mississippi River Museum
Make Me a River: Visions and Revisions of the Upper Mississippi
A long-term exhibition on the social and environmental history of the Upper Mississippi River region.
National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium
A long-term interpretive exhibition about human relationships with the Mississippi River, including an
exhibition, living history presentations, an outdoor boat building demonstration,
and public and educational programs.
Sioux City
Briar Cliff University Library, Sioux City Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center
Lewis & Clark and the Indian Country
6/25/2008 to 8/8/2008
A national traveling
photo-panel exhibition, based on the Newberry Library's larger exhibition about
the encounters of native peoples with Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery,
1804–06.
Kansas
Bonner Springs
National Agricultural Center and Hall of Fame
Farm Life: A Century of Change for Farm Families and Their Neighbors
9/1/2008 to 10/5/2008
A traveling panel
exhibition and related educational and public programs on rural heritage as a context for understanding contemporary
farms.
El Dorado
Butler County Historical Society Museum
Asian Games: The Art of Contest
2/3/2008 to 4/30/2008
A traveling exhibition with interactive games spaces, a
catalog, a website, and public programs, examining the roles of games from various traditional Asian cultures as transmitters
of social values.
Kansas City
Kansas City Public Library, West Wyandotte Branch
Asian Games: The Art of Contest
9/1/2008 to 10/20/2008
A traveling exhibition with interactive games spaces, a
catalog, a website, and public programs, examining the roles of games from various traditional Asian cultures as transmitters
of social values.
Wichita
Wichita State University Library
Lewis & Clark and the Indian Country
1/9/2008 to 2/22/2008
A national traveling photo-panel exhibition, based on the
Newberry Library's larger exhibition about the encounters of native peoples with Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery,
1804–06.
Kentucky
Danville
Boyle County Public Library Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln's Journey to Emancipation 11/27/2008 to 1/29/2009
A traveling panel exhibition incorporating over 60 rare documents and drawings on Lincoln's role in the emancipation of slaves during the Civil War.
Elizabethtown
Harden County Public Library Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln's Journey to Emancipation 6/11/2008 to 7/25/2008
A traveling panel exhibition incorporating over 60 rare documents and drawings on Lincoln's role in the emancipation of slaves during the Civil War.
Lexington
Lexington Public Library Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln's Journey to Emancipation 8/7/2008 to 9/19/2008
A traveling panel exhibition incorporating over 60 rare documents and drawings on Lincoln's role in the emancipation of slaves during the Civil War.
Louisville
Frazier International History Museum A Slave Ship Speaks:
The Wreck of the "Henrietta Marie" 1/18/2008 to 5/1/2008
A traveling
exhibition and a publication featuring artifacts recovered from an
English merchant slave ship that sank in the Florida Keys in 1701.
The current tour is sponsored by General Motors Corporation.
William F. Ekstrom Library, University of Louisville Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln's Journey to Emancipation 2/21/2008 to 4/4/2008
A traveling panel exhibition incorporating over 60 rare documents and drawings on Lincoln's role in the emancipation of slaves during the Civil War.
Louisiana
Abbeville
Vermillion Parish Library Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln's Journey to Emancipation 4/2/2009 to 5/15/2009
A traveling panel exhibition incorporating over 60 rare documents and drawings on Lincoln's role in the emancipation of slaves during the Civil War.
Lafayette
Lafayette Natural History Museum
Wrapped in Pride: Ghanaian Kente and African American Identity
9/1/2008 to 10/5/2008
A traveling exhibition
exploring the role of Ghanaian kente cloth as a worldwide expression of African and African American identity.
Maine
Augusta
Maine State Museum
At Home in Maine
11/22/2008
A long-term exhibition, a video, a catalog, a website, examining domestic life in Maine from 1783 to the present.
Maryland
Baltimore
Baltimore Museum of Industry
The Industrial History of Baltimore: An Educational Activity Center for Youth
A re-creation of an 1883 oyster cannery in which children role-play various jobs to appreciate the industrial
history of Baltimore.
Baltimore Clothing Company
A long-term exhibition and educational programs on the history of Baltimore's garment industry.
Walters Art Museum
Asian Art Collections
A long-term installation of the museum's Asian art collection in Hackerman House.
Wondrous Journeys: The Walters Collection from Egyptian Tombs to Medieval Castles
Reinstallation of the Egyptian and Medieval collections and implementation of accompanying public and educational programs.
College Park
College Park Aviation Museum
Heroes of the Sky: Adventures in Early Flight
2/3/2008 to 4/30/2008
A traveling exhibition on the
development of flight in American culture.
St. Mary's City
St. Mary's City, Van Sweringen Site
Van Sweringen Archaeological Site
Reinterpretation of sites related to entrepreneur Garett Van Sweringen, who operated a tavern, coffee
house, ordinary, and brew house between 1670 and 1698.
Towson
Baltimore County Public Library Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln's Journey to Emancipation 1/21/2010 to 3/5/2010
A traveling panel exhibition incorporating over 60 rare documents and drawings on Lincoln’s role in the emancipation of slaves during the Civil War.
Towson University, Albert S. Cook Library
Benjamin Franklin: In Search of a Better World
10/15/2008 to 12/5/2008
A national, traveling panel exhibition,
related public programming, training, and companion digital and curricular materials about the
life of Benjamin Franklin and his contributions to the founding of the United States.
Massachusetts
Amherst
National Yiddish Book Center
A Portable Homeland: The Story of Modern Yiddish Literature
A long-term exhibition on Yiddish language and culture.
Boston
Boston Children's Museum
Children of Hangzhou: Connecting with China
5/1/2008 to 1/31/2009
An interactive, trilingual traveling exhibition for
children exploring contemporary Chinese culture.
Boston Public Library
Alexander Hamilton: The Man Who Made Modern America
12/18/2008 to 2/13/2009
A national tour of a panel
exhibition, a catalog, and public programs interpreting Alexander Hamilton's role in the creation of American
government and culture.
Children's Museum
Boston Black: A City Connects
A long-term, interactive exhibition for children exploring the historical and geographic
diversity of Boston's black communities.
Commonwealth Museum
Our Common Wealth: The Massachusetts Experiment in Democracy
Summer 2008
A long-term exhibition of founding documents from the Massachusetts Archives about development of basic
democratic freedoms in the colony and state from 1620 to the twentieth century and how
they influenced the nation.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
El Greco to Velázquez: Art during the Reign of Philip III
4/20/2008 to 7/27/2008
A traveling exhibition,
a catalog, films, and related programs on paintings, sculpture, and decorative arts produced
in Spain between 1598 and 1621.
Cambridge
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Mount Auburn Cemetery: A New American Landscape
A long-term exhibition at Mount Auburn Cemetery on the cultural history and influence of America's first
professionally landscaped garden cemetery, with video components, outdoor interpretive stations,
and self-guided audio walking and driving tours.
Concord
Concord Museum
"Why Concord?" The History of Concord, Massachusetts
A long-term exhibition, educational programs, and a film examining the history of Concord, Massachusetts,
from precontact to the present.
Jamaica Plain
Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University
Science in the Pleasure Ground: An Exploration of Arboretum History
A long-term exhibition and a catalog exploring the history and cultural significance of the Arnold Arboretum.
Plymouth
Plimoth Plantation
Thanksgiving: Memory, Myth, and Meaning
A long-term exhibition, a website, a dramatic performance, children's publications, public programs, and teacher
workshops on the changing perceptions of the 1621 harvest feast over time.
Sturbridge
Old Sturbridge Village
Back to Our Roots: A New Vision of New England Farming and Rural Life
Fall 2008
Three long-term exhibitions that explore the market-driven transformation of rural life and landscape
in New England farming, 1790–1840.
Michigan
Clinton Township
Clinton-Macomb Public Library
Benjamin Franklin: In Search of a Better World
Closes 2/1/2008
A national, traveling
panel exhibition, related public programming, training, and companion digital
and curricular materials about the life of Benjamin Franklin and his contributions to the founding of the United States.
Dearborn
The Henry Ford Museum
Your Place in Time: 20th-Century America
A long-term exhibition, a brochure, and online programming about the interaction of people
and technologies in everyday life in the twentieth century.
Heroes of the Sky: Adventures in Early Flight
A long-term exhibition on the development of flight in American culture.
Made in America: The History of the American Industrial System
A long-term exhibition on the history of American manufacturing and power-generating systems from the
eighteenth century to the present.
Detroit
Detroit Institute of Arts
Great Art: New Start
Reinstallation of the museum's permanent European art collections in several
newly renovated galleries.
Grand Rapids
Public Museum of Grand Rapids
Furniture City
A long-term exhibition and school programs on the history of the furniture industry in Grand Rapids.
Anishinabek: The People of this Place
A long-term exhibition interpreting the culture and history of the Anishinabek (Odawa,
Potawatomi, and Chippewa tribes) of western Michigan.
Newcomers: The Peopling of this Place
A long-term exhibition exploring the ethnic heritage and immigration experiences of newcomers to
Grand Rapids and the West Michigan region.
Minnesota
Ely
International Wolf Center
Wolves and Humans: Coexistence, Competition, and Conflict
A long-term exhibition that explores the interaction of wolves and humans through the centuries, including
the use of the wolf as a symbol in art, literature, and religion as well as in mythology and folklore.
Minneapolis
Mill City Museum
Mill City Museum
A long-term exhibition, including media presentations, interactives, and learning centers, on the urban, industrial, commercial,
and environmental history of the Upper Midwest.
Minneapolis Public Library
Alexander Hamilton: The Man Who Made Modern America
8/21/2008 to 10/3/2008
A national tour of a panel
exhibition, a catalog, and public programs interpreting Alexander Hamilton's role in the creation of American
government and culture.
Onamia
Mille Lacs Indian Museum
Learn About Our Past: The Story of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe
A long-term exhibition, in collaboration with the Mille Lacs Indian Museum, on the history of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe.
St. Paul
Landmark Center
Uncle Sam Worked Here
A long-term exhibition interpreting a 1902 federal building from the standpoint of the federal government agencies
that were housed there and the significant national historical events with which they were involved.
Minnesota Historical Society
Open House
A long-term exhibition and accompanying educational and public programs exploring such themes as urban
history and immigration through the stories of the successive families that occupied a
single house in St. Paul, Minnesota, from 1918 to the present.
Minnesota History Center
Our Lives, Our Stories: Minnesota's Greatest Generation
August 2008
A long-term exhibition, a traveling
exhibition, publications, a website, and other public and educational programs exploring the
collective experience of the generation that fought World War II and matured in the
postwar decades.
Mississippi
Various locations
Mississippi Blues Commission Blues Trail
A 300-mile driving heritage trail, a website, and a CD-ROM interpreting the history of the blues in
the Delta region of Mississippi.
Columbus
Columbus-Lowndes Public Library Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln’s Journey to Emancipation 2/5/2009 to 3/20/2009
A traveling panel exhibition incorporating over 60 rare documents and drawings on Lincoln’s role in the emancipation of slaves during the Civil War.
Jackson
Smith Robertson Museum & Cultural Center
Field to Factory: Afro-American Migration, 1915–1940
A long-term exhibition, a catalog, and an educational resource kit about the migration
of southern rural blacks to northern urban areas and the resulting social, economic, and cultural changes.
Laurel
Lauren Rogers Museum of Art
By Native Hands: Woven Treasures from the Lauren Rogers Museum of Art
Reinstallation of the museum's permanent collection of Native American baskets, which will place them more
centrally into their cultural and historical contexts.
Missouri
Sedalia
Sedalia Area Chamber of Commerce
Farm Life: A Century of Change for Farm Families and Their Neighbors
2/3/2008 to 3/10/2008
A traveling panel
exhibition and related educational and public programs on rural heritage as a context for
understanding contemporary farms.
Missouri Historical Society
Lee and Grant
5/17/2008 to 9/7/2008
A traveling exhibition, a
website, and educational and public programs comparing and contrasting Civil War Generals
Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant.
Scott Joplin House
From Morning to Night: Domestic Service in the Gilded Age South
4/14/2008 to 6/22/2008
A traveling panel exhibition
interpreting domestic work and workers in a Gilded Age mansion.
St. Louis Art Museum
Action/Abstraction: Pollock, De Kooning, and American Art, 1940–1976
10/1/2008 to 1/11/2009
A major traveling
exhibition examining the emergence of abstract art in postwar America and the political and social context in which it emerged.
St. Louis Public Library Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln’s Journey to Emancipation 10/2/2008 to 11/14/2008
A traveling panel exhibition incorporating over 60 rare documents and drawings on Lincoln's role in the emancipation of slaves during the Civil War.
Montana
Great Falls
C.M. Russell Museum
The Bison: American Icon, Heart of Plains Indian Culture
Late fall 2008
A long-term exhibition with a website and public and school programs about the history of humans'
interaction with bison and how the bison became a symbol of Native American culture, the American West, and our national identity.
Missoula
Missoula Public Library
Alexander Hamilton: The Man Who Made Modern America
Closes 2/15/2008
A national tour of a panel
exhibition, a catalog, and public programs interpreting Alexander Hamilton's role in the creation of American
government and culture.
Nebraska
Chadron
Chadron State College, Reta E. King Library
Lewis & Clark and the Indian Country
3/5/2008 to 4/18/2008
A national traveling photo-panel exhibition,
based on the Newberry Library's larger exhibition about the encounters of native peoples with Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery,
1804–06.
Lincoln
University of Nebraska, Lincoln Library
Lewis & Clark and the Indian Country
10/15/2008 to 12/5/2008
A national traveling photo-panel exhibition,
based on the Newberry Library's larger exhibition about the encounters of native peoples with
Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery, 1804–06.
New Hampshire
Concord
Museum of New Hampshire History
New Hampshire Through Many Eyes
A long-term exhibition and programs on the history of New Hampshire.
Portsmouth
Strawbery Banke
Crossroads of a Neighborhood in Change: The Corner Grocery Store at Strawbery Banke During WWII
A site interpretation, a long-term exhibition, a catalog, and school programs interpreting the WWII homefront
experience in an urban neighborhood.
Becoming Americans: The Shapiro Story, 1898–1928
Through interpretation, educational programs, and audio-visual presentations, the Shapiro House offers a look at
immigration, cultural diversity, and community in the small, coastal city of Portsmouth, New
Hampshire, at the turn of the century.
New Jersey
Newark
Newark Museum
Picturing America
Reinstallation of the American art collection, a website, and other public and educational programs,
placing American art in its social and cultural contexts.
Teaneck
Fairleigh-Dickinson University, Weiner Library
Alexander Hamilton: The Man Who Made Modern America
10/16/2008 to 12/5/2008
A national tour of a panel
exhibition, a catalog, and public programs interpreting Alexander Hamilton's role in the creation of
American government and culture.
Tom’s River
Ocean County Library Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln’s Journey to Emancipation 5/28/2009 to 7/10/2009
A traveling panel exhibition incorporating over 60 rare documents and drawings on Lincoln’s role in the emancipation of slaves during the Civil War.
New Mexico
Albuquerque
Maxwell Museum of Anthropology
People of the Southwest
A long-term exhibition on 11,000 years of human cultural development, the biobehavioral complexes underlying it,
and the processes of archaeological discovery, with an emphasis on cultural history.
Ancestors
A long-term exhibition on four million years of human evolution, human cultural development, the
biobehavioral complexes underlying it, and the processes of archaeological discovery, with
an emphasis on human evolution.
Santa Fe
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
Here, Now, and Always
A long-term exhibition from prehistory to the contemporary world of the Indians of the Southwest.
Socorro
El Camino Real International Heritage Center
Traveling el Camino Real: Caminando el Camino Real
A long-term exhibition and related public programs about the history of the road between Mexico City
and Santa Fe, New Mexico, from prehistory to the present.
Zuni
A:shiwi A:wan Museum and Heritage Center
Hawikku: Echoes from Our Past
A long-term exhibition featuring archaeological materials from the site of Hawikku encompassing the history
of the Zuni from prehistory through the present.
New York
Albany
New York State Museum
A Mohawk-Iroquois Village
A long-term exhibition within the Native Peoples of New York Hall that explores everyday
life among the Mohawk on the eve of contact with Europeans, circa 1600.
Blue Mountain Lake
Adirondack Museum
Living with Wilderness
A long-term exhibition, publications, and public programs on the environmental and social history of the Adirondack region
from Native American use to the present.
Bronx
New York Botanical Garden
Darwin's Garden: An Evolutionary Adventure
4/25/2008 to 7/25/2008
A traveling exhibition examining Charles Darwin's
contributions to botany, scientific inquiry, and humanity's fundamental understanding of nature.
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Children's Museum
Together in the City!
A long-term exhibition investigating the way in which social gatherings contribute to the formation of identity
in contemporary urban youth.
World Brooklyn
June 2008
A long-term exhibition, a website, and public programs that explore the diverse cultures of Brooklyn, New York.
Brooklyn Museum of Art
Egypt Reborn: Art for Eternity
Reinstallation of the Egyptian art collection circa 2040–1350 B.C., including gallery guides,
CD-ROM stations, and public and educational programming.
Catskill
The Thomas Cole House
The Home and Studio of Thomas Cole, Founder of the Hudson River School of Art
May 2008
A permanent interpretation of Thomas Cole's studio, including a film, docent tours, a website,
multimedia stations, publications, and public and educational programs exploring how
Cole worked and his contribution to American art.
Cooperstown
Farmers' Museum
Seneca Log House
Site interpretation and related educational programming of an Iroquois homestead, circa 1845.
Fenimore Art Museum
Mohawk Bark House
Site interpretation and related educational programming of an Iroquois fishing camp, circa 1750.
Holbrook
Sachem Public Library Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln’s Journey to Emancipation 7/23/2009 to 9/4/2009
A traveling panel exhibition incorporating over 60 rare documents and drawings on Lincoln's role in the emancipation of slaves during the Civil War.
Jamaica
Queens Borough Public Library
Alexander Hamilton: The Man Who Made Modern America
8/21/2008 to 10/3/2008
A national tour of a panel
exhibition, a catalog, and public programs interpreting Alexander Hamilton's role in the creation of American
government and culture.
Liverpool
Ste. Marie de Gannentaha Living History Museum
Sainte Marie Among the Iroquois
A long-term orientation exhibition at the site of the seventeenth-century French settlement, Ste. Marie de Gannentaha.
Middletown
Middletown Thrall Library
Benjamin Franklin: In Search of a Better World
6/4/2008 to 7/25/2008
A national, traveling panel exhibition,
related public programming, training, and companion digital and curricular materials about the life of
Benjamin Franklin and his contributions to the founding of the United States.
Mineola
Mineola Public Library Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln’s Journey to Emancipation 11/12/2009 to 1/8/2010
A traveling panel exhibition incorporating over 60 rare documents and drawings on Lincoln’s role in the emancipation of slaves during the Civil War.
New York City
Children's Museum of Manhattan
Gods, Myths, and Mortals: Discover Ancient Greece
5/25/2007
A traveling exhibition for children
and families exploring the art, mythology, and architecture of ancient Greece.
Eldridge Street Synagogue
Eldridge Street Synagogue
Interpretive exhibits, publications, and tours examining the architectural, religious, and
cultural history of a historic synagogue and community in New York's Lower East Side.
Ellis Island
Future in the Balance: Immigration, Public Health, and the Ellis Island Hospitals
A long-term exhibition on the history of the health inspection and treatment of immigrants in the hospital complex on Ellis Island.
Jewish Museum
Action/Abstraction: Pollock, De Kooning, and American Art, 1940–1976
5/4/2008 to 9/21/2008
A major traveling
exhibition examining the emergence of abstract art in postwar America and the political and social context in which it emerged.
Lower East Side Tenement Museum
1863 Tenement House Tour
A long-term exhibition, living history tours, period installations, and audiovisual programs interpreting a
surviving Lower East Side tenement and its residents from 1863 to 1935.
Piecing It Together: Immigrants in the Garment Industry
A long-term installation, an audio tour, a website, and school and public programs interpreting a nineteenth-century sweatshop.
Mount Vernon Hotel Museum & Garden
Reinterpretation of the Abigail Adams Smith Museum as the Mount Vernon Hotel (1826–1833)
Museum of Chinese in the Americas
Where Is Home? Chinese in the Americas
Reinstallation of the museum's core permanent exhibition, an interpretation of New York's Chinatown.
Museum of Jewish Heritage
Daring To Resist: Jewish Defiance in the Holocaust
Closes 7/4/2008
A multimedia traveling exhibition
about the range of Jewish responses to each stage of Nazi oppression from 1933 to 1945.
New York Botanical Garden
Nature and Culture in the Garden
An outdoor, long-term exhibition examining the aesthetic, cultural, and historical significance of
landscapes at the New York Botanical Garden.
New-York Historical Society
The Luman Reed Gallery
A long-term exhibition, a catalog, and public programs examining the influential role of Luman Reed (1785-1836)
in American art and connoisseurship.
Lee and Grant
10/17/2008 to 3/29/2009
A traveling exhibition, a website, and educational and public
programs comparing and contrasting Civil War Generals Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant.
Rochester
Rochester Museum and Science Center
Expedition Earth
Reinstallation of the museum's natural history gallery, focusing on the interactions of human beings and
the natural environment.
Sleepy Hollow
Philipsburg Manor
Philipsburg Manor
The reinterpretation of Philipsburg Manor with new emphasis on enslaved African Americans, including public programs,
interpreters, interactive stations, concerts, museum theater, demonstrations, and education programs.
North Carolina
Charlotte
Levine Museum of the New South
Cotton Fields to Skyscrapers: Charlotte and the Carolina Piedmont in the New South
A long-term exhibition, publications, and related public and educational programming on Charlotte, North Carolina,
as a case study of the New South regional city.
From Morning to Night: Domestic Service in the Gilded Age South
12/1/2008 to 2/28/2009
A traveling panel
exhibition interpreting domestic work and workers in a Gilded Age mansion.
Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County
Asian Games: The Art of Contest
Closes 1/19/2008
A traveling exhibition with interactive games spaces,
a catalog, a website, and public programs, examining the roles of games from various
traditional Asian cultures as transmitters of social values.
Durham
Nasher Museum of Art, Duke University
El Greco to Velázquez: Art during the Reign of Philip III
8/21/2008 to 11/9/2008
A traveling exhibition,
a catalog, films, and related programs on paintings, sculpture, and decorative arts produced in Spain between 1598 and 1621.
A Room of Their Own: The Artists of Bloomsbury
December 2008
A traveling exhibition, a catalog, a website,
a symposium, and related programs exploring the visual arts and artists of London's Bloomsbury group.
Raleigh
Cameron Village Regional Library
Benjamin Franklin: In Search of a Better World
2/13/2008 to 3/28/2008
A national, traveling panel exhibition,
related public programming, training, and companion digital and curricular materials about the life of Benjamin
Franklin and his contributions to the founding of the United States.
Wilmington
University of North Carolina, Randall Library
Benjamin Franklin: In Search of a Better World
8/20/2008 to 10/3/2008
A national, traveling panel exhibition,
related public programming, training, and companion digital and curricular materials about the life of
Benjamin Franklin and his contributions to the founding of the United States.
North Dakota
New Town
Three Affiliated Tribes Museum
Lewis & Clark and the Indian Country
4/30/2008 to 6/13/2008
A national traveling photo-panel exhibition,
based on the Newberry Library's larger exhibition about the encounters of native peoples with Lewis and Clark's
Corps of Discovery, 1804–06.
Ohio
Cincinnati
Cincinnati Art Museum
The Cincinnati Wing: The Story of Art in the Queen City
A long-term exhibition examining the city's pivotal role in the history of American art.
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
A Slave Ship Speaks: The Wreck of the "Henrietta Marie"
Closes 1/4/2008
A traveling exhibition and a
publication featuring artifacts recovered from an English merchant slave ship
that sank in the Florida Keys in 1701. The current tour is sponsored by General Motors Corporation.
Wrapped in Pride: Ghanaian Kente and African American Identity
3/25/2008 to 4/30/2008
A traveling exhibition
exploring the role of Ghanaian kente cloth as a worldwide expression of African and African American identity.
Cleveland
Cleveland Museum of Natural History
EarthWorks
Closes 2/10/2008
A traveling exhibition, a companion DVD, and a website on the Adena,
Hopewell, and Fort Ancient earthworks of native peoples in the Ohio River Valley.
Middlefield
Geauga County Public Library
Benjamin Franklin: In Search of a Better World
8/20/2008 to 10/3/2008
A national, traveling panel exhibition,
related public programming, training, and companion digital and curricular materials about the life
of Benjamin Franklin and his contributions to the founding of the United States.
Wapakoneta
Wapakoneta Chamber of Commerce
Heroes of the Sky: Adventures in Early Flight
5/15/2008 to 8/16/2008
A traveling exhibition on the
development of flight in American culture.
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Historical Society
We Are Who We Were
A long-term exhibition, educational materials, a website, and small traveling exhibition on the history and cultures
of Oklahoma's thirty-nine recognized tribes.
Shawnee
Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art
Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art
9/1/2008 to 10/20/2008
A traveling panel exhibition and public
programs on the heritage of the coiled baskets in South Carolina's low country and on how they
reflect local history and changing and artistic traditions.
Oregon
Bend
High Desert Museum
By Hand Through Memory: Native People of the Columbia River Plateau in the Twentieth Century
A long-term exhibition on the American Indian cultures of the Plateau region, with special emphasis on post-reservation
cultural change and maintenance.
McMinnville
Linfield College
Alexander Hamilton: The Man Who Made Modern America
2/28/2008 to 4/18/2008
A national tour of a panel
exhibition, a catalog, and public programs interpreting Alexander Hamilton's role in the creation of American
government and culture.
Oregon Museum of Science and Industry
More Power to You!
A long-term exhibition and programs on the social and cultural history of electrification in Portland.
Pennsylvania
Ambridge
Old Economy Village
Harmony Society Natural History Museum
A reinterpretation of the 1827 natural history museum of the nineteenth-century Christian communal group, the Harmony
Society.
Cranberry Township
Cranberry Public Library Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln’s Journey to Emancipation 8/7/2008 to 9/19/2008
A traveling panel exhibition incorporating over 60 rare documents and drawings on Lincoln’s role in the emancipation of slaves during the Civil War.
Lincoln University
Langston Hughes Memorial Library, Lincoln University Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln’s Journey to Emancipation 10/2/2008 to 11/14/2008
A traveling panel exhibition incorporating over 60 rare documents and drawings on Lincoln’s role in the emancipation of slaves during the Civil War.
Norristown
Montgomery County-Norristown Public Library Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln’s Journey to Emancipation 11/27/2008 to 1/23/2009
A traveling panel exhibition incorporating over 60 rare documents and drawings on Lincoln’s role in the emancipation of slaves during the Civil War.
Northumberland
Joseph Priestley Home
Joseph Priestley: Reason, Order, and Plainness
A long-term exhibition with video components plus outdoor interpretive stations and self-guided audio walking and driving
tours about the cultural history and influence of America's first professionally landscaped garden cemetery.
Philadelphia
Independence Seaport Museum
Home Port Philadelphia
A long-term exhibition and educational programs on the maritime history of the Philadelphia area.
Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania
Healing Plants: Medicines Across Time and Cultures
An outdoor long-term exhibition with educational programs on the medicinal uses of plants in several world cultures.
Philadelphia Museum of Art
European Collections
Reinstallations of the museum's permanent collection of European paintings, decorative arts, sculpture,
and architectural environments, covering the period 1200 to 1900. The galleries include the John G. Johnson Collection.
Please Touch Museum®
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
A long-term children's exhibition and related educational programs based on the characters and experiences
in Lewis Carroll's book.
Centennial Exploration Exhibition
Fall 2008
A long-term exhibition interpreting Philadelphia's 1876 Centennial Exhibition.
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Living in Balance: The Universe of the Hopi, Zuni, Navajo, and Apache
A long-term exhibition and a catalog on southwestern American Indian cultures.
Pittsburgh
Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Walton Hall of Ancient Egypt
A long-term exhibition on cultural continuity and change in ancient Egypt.
Alcoa Foundation Hall of American Indians
A permanent exhibition hall on North American Indian cultures.
Senator John Heinz Pittsburgh Regional History Center
Points in Time: Building a Life in Western Pennsylvania, 1750–Today
A long-term exhibition and programs on the history of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area.
Rhode Island
Newport
Museum of Newport History
Museum of Newport History at the Brick Market
A long-term exhibition on the history and culture of Newport.
Providence
Providence Public Library
Benjamin Franklin: In Search of a Better World
4/9/2008 to 5/23/2008
A national, traveling panel
exhibition, related public programming, training, and companion digital and curricular
materials about the life of Benjamin Franklin and his contributions to the founding of the United States.
Woonsocket
Museum of Work and Culture
La Survivance: French-Canadians in Woonsocket, Rhode Island
A long-term exhibition on the history of the French Canadians in Woonsocket, in collaboration with the Woonsocket
Industrial Corporation.
South Carolina
Charleston
Gibbes Museum of Art
Grass Roots: Baskets of Two Continents
8/29/2008 to 12/31/2008
A traveling exhibition, public programs,
and a website on the heritage of the coiled baskets in South Carolina's low country and on how they reflect
local history and changing and artistic traditions.
Georgetown
Georgetown County Public Library, Main Branch
Benjamin Franklin: In Search of a Better World
Closes 2/1/2008
A national, traveling panel exhibition,
related public programming, training, and companion digital and curricular materials about the
life of Benjamin Franklin and his contributions to the founding of the United States.
Spartanburg
Spartanburg County Public Library
Alexander Hamilton: The Man Who Made Modern America
5/1/2008 to 6/13/2008
A national tour of a panel
exhibition, a catalog, and public programs interpreting Alexander Hamilton's role in the creation of
American government and culture.
South Dakota
Pierre
South Dakota State Historical Society, Cultural Heritage Center
Proving Up
A long-term exhibition chronicling the experiences of immigrants to a remote territory—how they
interacted with native peoples and developed a booming state.
Tennessee
Hermitage
Hermitage
The Hermitage, Andrew Jackson, and a Changing America
A reinterpretation that places Andrew Jackson and his home in the context of United States history from the
Revolution to the Civil War era.
Knoxville
East Tennessee Historical Society
Voices of the Land: The People of East Tennessee
A long-term exhibition, a traveling exhibition,
and public and educational programs, exploring national themes in a regional context and emphasizing how
geography affects history and culture.
Texas
Angleton
Brazoria County Historical Museum
From Morning to Night: Domestic Service in the Gilded Age South
6/30/2008 to 9/7/2008
A traveling panel
exhibition interpreting domestic work and workers in a Gilded Age mansion.
Bryan
Brazos Valley Museum of Natural History
¡CARNAVAL!
9/1/2008 to 10/20/2008
A traveling panel exhibition and related educational and public programs
on the changing social meaning and dynamics of the carnival festival, based on studies in communities in Europe and the Americas.
Dallas
Dallas Museum of Art
Making It New: The Art and Style of Sara and Gerald Murphy
6/8/2008 to 9/14/2008
A traveling exhibition with a
catalog and a public symposium about a remarkable American couple living well in France in the
1920s–30s, who influenced the trans-Atlantic exchange of ideas about modern art and music.
Eastland
Eastland Community Foundation
Farm Life: A Century of Change for Farm Families and Their Neighbors
Closes 1/19/2008
A traveling panel
exhibition and related educational and public programs on rural heritage as a context for understanding contemporary farms.
Kingsville
John E. Conner Museum
Going Places
1/28/2008 to 3/16/2008
A traveling panel exhibition about the cultural, economic, and
technological history of transportation in America from 1790 to 1920.
Lubbock
Silent Wings Museum
Heroes of the Sky: Adventures in Early Flight
Closes 1/19/2008
A traveling exhibition on the development
of flight in American culture.
Midland
Petroleum Museum
Going Places
11/10/2008 to 3/16/2009
A traveling panel exhibition about the cultural, economic, and technological
history of transportation in America from 1790 to 1920.
Utah
Brigham City
Brigham City Library
Alexander Hamilton: The Man Who Made Modern America
5/1/2008 to 6/13/2008
A national tour of a panel
exhibition, a catalog, and public programs interpreting Alexander Hamilton's role in the creation of American government and
culture.
Lewis & Clark and the Indian Country
12/17/2008 to 2/13/2009
A national traveling photo-panel exhibition, based on the
Newberry Library's larger exhibition about the encounters of native peoples with Lewis and Clark's Corps
of Discovery, 1804–06.
Virginia
Charlottesville
Monticello Museum
Domestic Life and the Plantation Community at Jefferson's Monticello
Public interpretation of thirteen recently restored domestic activity spaces at Monticello in order to expand understanding
of the plantation's economic, social, and cultural activities.
Critz
Reynolds Homestead
From Morning to Night: Domestic Service in the Gilded Age South
1/28/2008 to 4/6/2008
A traveling panel exhibition
interpreting domestic work and workers in a Gilded Age mansion.
Richmond
Maymont
In Service and Beyond: Domestic Work and Life in a Gilded Age Mansion
A long-term exhibition and public and educational programs interpreting domestic work and workers in a Gilded Age mansion.
University of Richmond Museums
Wrapped in Pride: Ghanaian Kente and African American Identity
10/21/2008 to 11/30/2008
A traveling exhibition
exploring the role of Ghanaian kente cloth as a worldwide expression of African and African American identity.
Valentine Richmond History Center
Creating History: The Valentine Family and the Valentine Museum
A long-term exhibition and public programs on the history of three generations of the Valentine family of
Richmond and their museum.
Virginia Historical Society
Lee and Grant
Closes 3/31/2008
A traveling exhibition, a website, and educational and public programs
comparing and contrasting Civil War Generals Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant.
Williamsburg
Williamsburg Regional Library
Alexander Hamilton: The Man Who Made Modern America
6/26/2008 to 8/8/2008
A national tour of a panel
exhibition, a catalog, and public programs interpreting Alexander Hamilton's role in the creation of American
government and culture.
Washington
Seattle
Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, University of Washington
Pacific Voices
A long-term exhibition on the shared sources of cultural identity of indigenous peoples of the Pacific Rim living
in the greater Seattle area.
Seattle Art Museum
Inspiring Impressionism
6/19/2008 to 9/21/2008
A traveling exhibition, a catalog, a website, a symposium,
and other educational and public programs exploring how French impressionist artists drew on the art of the past.
Wisconsin
Eau Claire
Chippewa Valley Museum
Settlement and Survival: Building Towns in the Chippewa Valley, 1850–1925
A long-term exhibition on the history of the Chippewa Valley from the beginning of the lumber boom in 1850 through the
economic redevelopment in the 1920s.
Farm Life: A Century of Change for Farm Families and Their Neighbors
A long-term, exhibition, a catalog, and related educational and public programs on rural heritage as a
context for understanding contemporary farms.
Madison
Chazen Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin
Mami Wata: Arts for Water Spirits in Africa and the African Atlantic World
10/18/2008 to 1/11/2009
A traveling
exhibition, programs, curriculum resources, and a publication on the various forms of water spirits in Africa and
the variety of their derived New World appearances.
Milwaukee
Milwaukee Public Museum
A Tribute to Survival
A long-term exhibition featuring a contemporary Wisconsin Indian powwow scene with thirty-seven life-size
figures and other segments emphasizing the adaptive changes of Native American peoples and cultures
over the past 500 years.
Racine
Racine Public Library
Alexander Hamilton: The Man Who Made Modern America
6/26/2008 to 8/8/2008
A national tour of a panel
exhibition, a catalog, and public programs interpreting Alexander Hamilton's role in the creation of American
government and culture.
Wyoming
Cody
Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Plains Indian Museum
Plains Indian Museum
Reinterpretation of the Plains Indian Museum at the Buffalo Bill Historical Center.
Evanston
Uinta County Museum
Heroes of the Sky: Adventures in Early Flight
9/1/2008 to 10/20/2008
A traveling exhibition on
the development of flight in American culture.
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