Ballot Talk at Smithsonian Thursday
Smithsonian Forum on Material Culture Invites all staff and members to attend its 67th Quarterly Meeting on Thursday, October 28, 2004, at the National Museum of American History, Behring Center (NMAH), 14th Street & Constitution Avenue, NW The topic for the meeting will be: "Election Collections"
SCHEDULE:
3:00-3:45 pm: GALLERY TOUR “Vote: The Machinery of Democracy”
Larry Bird will conduct a tour of this new exhibition. (http://americanhistory.si.edu/vote/ ) Harry Rubenstein will continue our tour with a visit to “Separate Is Not Equal.” (http://americanhistory.si.edu/brown/ Both are on the ground floor of American History. Tour departs from behind the Visitors’ Desk at the Constitution Entrance to NMAH.
Open and free to all4:00-5:30 pm: PRESENTATIONS AND DISCUSSION
Information Age Auditorium, NMAH - Open and free to all
Introduced by: John Franklin, Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
Presentations will include:
Larry Bird, Historian of Political History, NMAH
“Mud and Thunder: Campaign Collecting at the National Museum, 1984-2004.”Fath Ruffins, Curator of African American History and Culture, NMAH
“Collecting Civil Rights History: Perspectives on the Selma to Montgomery March and the Voting Rights Act.”Siva Vaidhyanathan, Assistant Professor of Culture and Communication, New York University
“The Ballot: A Technocultural History.”Moderated by:
Brent Glass, Director, National Museum of American History, Behring Center.5:30-6:00: WINE RECEPTION & INFORMAL DISCUSSION - Open and free to all. Presidential Reception Suite, NMAH
Thanks for signing in, . Now you can comment. (sign out)
(If you haven't left a comment here before, you may need to be approved by the site owner before your comment will appear. Until then, it won't appear on the entry. Thanks for waiting.)