Museum on Main Street: Journey Stories
The
Journey Stories exhibit is currently touring communities across Minnesota. Part of the Smithsonian Institution's Museum on Main Street exhibits,
Journey Stories focuses on tales of journeys across the U.S. -- from those of American Indians to new American citizens and regardless of our ethnic or racial background, everyone has a story to tell.
Journey Stories 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.
Our transportation history is more than trains, boats, buses, cars, wagons, and trucks. The development of transportation technology was largely inspired by the human drive for freedom.
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.
Beginning in May of 2010, the Minnesota Humanities Center will partner with six communities in Greater Minnesota to host
Journey Stories.
Click here for more information on the Smithsonian's Museum on Main Street program and
Journey Stories.
SCHEDULE
May 29, 2010 - July 10, 2010
Pennington County Historical Society, Thief River Falls
July 17, 2010 - August 28, 2010
Lac qui Parle Historical Society, Madison
September 4, 2010 - October 16, 2010
October 23, 2010 - December 23, 2010
December 11, 2010 - January 22, 2011
January 29, 2011 - March 12, 2011
Journey Stories 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, with additional support provided by a Minnesota Historical Society Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund Partnership Grant.
For more information, please contact Elizabeth de Soto, Outreach Specialist,