Moses Lake Museum & Art Center is seeking travel memorabilia for new exhibit!
Jan 28, 2010
Journey Stories
May 29 — July 10, 2010
The Smithsonian is coming to Moses Lake! The Moses Lake Museum & Art Center (MAC) will host the traveling exhibit Journey Stories. It explores the history of American travel, from immigration to migration, the role of innovation and myriad transportation modes and the search for freedom. The new exhibit is the latest from Museum on Main Street, a partnership of the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES) and
Humanities Washington.
MAC is seeking photographs, souvenirs and memorabilia marking the roads of your travels. Pioneers traveled to the Columbia Basin by foot, horse and rail. Where have we been since? Please help us welcome the Smithsonian Institution's Museum on Main Street traveling exhibition Journey Stories in May 2010. Please call 766-9395 for more information.
Americans are noted for their mobility. We take the right of travel as seriously as any other civil right. Our mobility has been key in our modern civil rights struggles and in changing American demographics. Asserting the right to travel without political hindrance was an integral part of the civil rights movement of the 1960s. In our love of travel, in our dependence on transportation systems to sustain our livelihoods, and in the contribution of documented immigrations to our American demography, we have not just maintained a steady pace — we have accelerated mobility more than in any other period in our history.
Looking at the history of local mobility, the transcontinental railroads spanned the Columbia Basin in the early 1880s. By the turn of the century railroads had connected all corner of our region. Automobiles and highways quickly followed the expansion of the railroads, ushering in the modern age. How has transportation changed during your lifetime? How have those changes expanded your world, and what type of impact have they had on your personal journeys?
Photo courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution.
MAC is a non-profit institution emphasizing the history and art of Central Washington and is supported by the City of Moses Lake and Friends of MAC.
The MAC is located at 228 West Third Avenue in downtown Moses Lake. Hours are 11am to 5pm Tuesday through Saturday, and admission is FREE.
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