The Arizona Humanities Council is thrilled to share the
2013 - 2014 Journey Stories tour itinerary!
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June 22, 2013 – August 4, 2013 Old Trails Museum/Winslow Historical Society @ La Posada Hotel 303 E. Second St. Winslow, AZ 86047 928-289-5861 Coordinator: Ann-Mary Lutzick |
November 16, 2013 – December 29, 2013 Florence Main Street Program at McFarland State Historic Park 24 W. Ruggles St. Florence, AZ 85132 520-868-4496 Coordinator: Jennifer Evans |
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August 10, 2013 – September 22, 2013 Casa Malpais 418 E. Main St. Springerville, AZ 85938 928-333-5375 Coordinator: Greg Cross |
January 4, 2014 – February 16, 2014 Patagonia Public Library 346 Duquesne Patagonia, AZ 85624 520-394-2010 Coordinator: Abbie Zeltzer |
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September 28, 2013 – November 10, 2013 Kingman Powerhouse Visitors Center at Mohave Museum of History and Art 400 W. Beale St. Kingman, AZ 86501 928-753-6106 x21 Coordinator: Joshua Noble |
February 22, 2014 – April 6, 2014 Henry F. Hauser Museum 2950 E. Tacoma St. Sierra Vista, AZ 85635 520-417-6980 Coordinator: Nancy Krieski |
About Journey Stories
Journey stories – tales of how we and our ancestors came to America –
are a central element of our personal heritage.
Our history is filled
with stories of people leaving behind everything – families and
possessions – to reach a new life in another state, across the
continent, or even across an ocean. Many chose to move, searching for
something better in a new land. Others had no choice, like enslaved
Africans captured and relocated to a strange land and bravely asserting
their own cultures, or like Native Americans already here, who were
often pushed aside by newcomers.
Our transportation history is more than boats, buses, cars, wagons,
and trucks. The development of transportation technology was largely
inspired by the human drive for freedom. The Museum on Main Street
exhibition Journey Stories will examine the intersection between modes
of travel and Americans' desire to feel free to move.
The story is diverse and focused on immigration, migration,
innovation, and freedom. It is accounts of immigrants coming in search
of promise in a new country; stories of individuals and families
relocating in search of fortune, their own homestead, or employment; the
harrowing journeys of Africans and Native Americans forced to move;
and, of course, fun and frolic on the open road.
The story of the intersection between transportation and American
society is complicated, but it tells us much about who we are – people
who see our societal mobility as a means for asserting our individual
freedom. Journey Stories will use engaging images, alongside audio and
artifacts, to tell the stories that illustrate the critical roles travel
and movement have played in building our diverse American society.
Journey Stories is part of Museums on Main Street, a collaboration
between the Smithsonian Institution and State Humanities Councils
nationwide. Support for Museums on Main Street has been provided by the
United States Congress.
For more information, contact Celina Chiarello at 602-257-0335 x23 or cchiarello@azhumanities.org
Museum on Main Street (MoMS)
Museum on Main Street is a one-of-a-kind partnership between the
Smithsonian Institution, state humanities councils, and rural museums
across America. Smithsonian designers have developed an exhibition
format tailored to small, rural museums: exhibits are freestanding,
contain original objects, and travel in easy-to-handle wheeled crates.
Rural museums benefit from the name recognition of the Smithsonian
Institution as well as the programming expertise of state humanities
councils, which facilitate local exhibit development and program
planning by providing funding, scholarly consultations, packaged
programs, and preparatory workshops, along with materials developed by
MoMS. Visit www.museumonmainstreet.org to learn more.
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