Exhibits
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In communities of all sizes, traveling exhibitions are special events that help identify libraries as important cultural centers. Libraries hosting traveling exhibitions present many related public programs, including lectures by scholars, panel discussions, book and film discussion series, school and college class tours and curriculum activities, essay contests, and concerts. The ALA Public Programs Office coordinates traveling exhibitions for libraries across the country.
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Item Open Access Thinking Money for Kids(2021) ALA Public Programs OfficeItem Open Access World on the Move: 250,000 Years of Human Migration(2022-09-28) ALA Public Programs OfficeItem Open Access Benjamin Franklin: In Search of a Better World(2006-08-07) ALA Public Programs OfficeProject files from “Benjamin Franklin: In Search of a Better World," a traveling exhibit organized by the ALA Public Programs Office in collaboration with the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary. The exhibit explored Franklin's life, his contributions to the founding of the United States, and his high standards for work, citizenship and contribution to community. Two copies of the traveling exhibition traveled to 40 public and academic libraries between November 2007 and July 2011.Item Open Access Elizabeth I: Ruler and Legend(2002) ALA Public Programs OfficeProject files from “Elizabeth I: Ruler and Legend" a traveling exhibit organized by the ALA Public Programs Office in collaboration with the Newberry Library. The exhibit, commemorating the 400th anniversary of the death of Queen Elizabeth I, was hosted by forty libraries across the country.Item Open Access Changing the Face of Medicine: Celebrating America's Women Physicians(2004) ALA Public Programs OfficeProject files from exhibition “Changing the Face of Medicine: Celebrating America’s Women Physicians.” A traveling exhibition from the National Library of Medicine (NLM) with the ALA Public Programs Office. The exhibit examined the lives and achievements of women in medicine since they first gained admissions to American medical schools over 150 years ago. 61 libraries hosted the exhibit.Item Open Access Go Figure!(2000) ALA Public Programs OfficeProject files from "Go Figure!" a traveling exhibition organized by the Minnesota Children’s Museum (MCM) in cooperation with the ALA, which traveled to 75 libraries around the country. The exhibit included an interactive exhibition as well as interpretive and educational materials.Item Open Access Frankenstein: Penetrating the Secrets of Nature(2002) ALA Public Programs OfficeProject files from "Frankenstein: Penetrating the Secrets of Nature," a traveling exhibition organized by the National Library Of Medicine in cooperation with the ALA. The exhibit examined the novel "Frankenstein," what it means to be human and to be a part of the human community, and the role of science in civilization and culture. 82 public, academic, and medical libraries throughout the country hosted the exhibit from 2002 to 2006.Item Open Access Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln's Journey to Emancipation(2002) ALA Public Programs OfficeProject files from "Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln's Journey to Emancipation," a traveling exhibition organized by The Huntington Library and the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, in cooperation with the ALA. The exhibit re-examined President Lincoln's efforts toward the abolition of slavery during the Civil War. Forty libraries throughout the country hosted the exhibit from 2002 to 2006.Item Open Access Beyond Category: The Musical Genius of Duke Ellington(1995) ALA Public Programs OfficeProject files from "Beyond Category: The Musical Genius of Duke Ellington" traveling exhibition, organized by Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service and the American Library Association. 30 libraries throughout the country hosted the exhibit from 1995 to 1997.Item Open Access Beyond Words - Celebrating America's Libraries(2001) ALA Public Programs OfficeProject files from "Beyond Words - Celebrating America's Libraries" traveling exhibition, organized by the Library of Congress and the American Library Association. The exhibit consisted of 21 award-winning photographs. Libraries throughout the country hosted the exhibit from 2001 to 2003.Item Open Access Alexander Hamilton: The Man Who Made Modern America(2004) ALA Public Programs OfficeProject files from "Alexander Hamilton: The Man Who Made Modern America" traveling exhibition, organized by the New-York Historical Society, the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, and the American Library Association. Two copies of the exhibit traveled to 40 libraries around the country between September 2005 and March 2009.