Museum on Main Street: Between Fences
Through a selection of artifacts, photographs, and illustrations, the Smithsonian Institution's Museum on Main Street exhibition, Between Fences, will explore whether or not “good fences make good neighbors” and the multiple meanings behind this everyday icon.
Whether made of spilt rails, decorative white pickets, or tall chain link, a fence conveys information about the people who built it, how they view and use their property, and about how we view our communities and country as well. Between Fences explores the implications of fences in Colonial America, around gated communities, and at our country’s borders with Canada and Mexico.
Six Minnesota communities hosted the exhibition in 2009-2010. Each host site created a companion exhibit examining the themes of the Smithsonian exhibition from the perspective of the local community.
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SCHEDULE
Minnesota's Machinery Museum, Hanley Falls
September 3, 2009 - October 17, 2009
Dassel Area Historical Society, Dassel
October 24, 2009 - December 5, 2009
Zumbrota Area Historical Society, Zumbrota
December 12, 2009 - January 30, 2010
Otter Tail County Historical Society, Fergus Falls
February 6, 2010 - March 20, 2010
Roseau County Historical Society, Roseau
March 27, 2010 - May 8, 2010
Clearwater County Historical Society, Shevlin
May 15, 2010 - June 26, 2010
Between Fences is part of Museum on Main Street, a collaboration between the Smithsonian Institution and the Federation of State Humanities Councils. Support for Museum on Main Street has been provided by the United States Congress, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, and the Hearst Foundation.
For more information, please contact Elizabeth de Soto, Outreach Specialist,