Churchill Museum to host Smithsonian exhibit on labor
Plans have been finalized for the National Churchill Museum to host its first ever Smithsonian Institution exhibition entitled “The Way We Worked.”
Scheduled for display Feb.11 through March 10, the exhibit shares the stories of how work became a central element in American culture and the many changes affecting the work force and the work environments during the past 100 years.
“We are excited to have been selected for this magnificent exhibit, which will focus on how work has evolved not only in America but in central Missouri as well,” said Dr. Rob Havers, executive director of the National Churchill Museum. “One of the requirements for being selected to host the exhibit is that the museum will create components unique to our exhibition that focus on the history of work in Callaway County and the surrounding area.”
A committee of city and chamber officials, local historians and museum personnel is working on the local exhibit components and additional public activities in relation to the exhibit.
This traveling Smithsonian Institution exhibition is sponsored by the Missouri Humanities Council’s Museum on Main Street program. Missouri is the first state to receive this exhibit, which will be visiting five additional Missouri cities throughout 2011 and 2012.
“The Missouri Humanities Council hopes the Fulton residents and those in the surrounding areas will enjoy the exhibition and think a little deeper about the journey of American workers and how that is reflected in the world today, both locally and nationally,” said Geoff Giglierano, executive director of the Missouri Humanities Council.
The National Churchill Museum, located on the campus of Westminster College in Fulton, is the only North American institution fully devoted to immortalizing the life and work of Churchill.
Scheduled for display Feb.11 through March 10, the exhibit shares the stories of how work became a central element in American culture and the many changes affecting the work force and the work environments during the past 100 years.
“We are excited to have been selected for this magnificent exhibit, which will focus on how work has evolved not only in America but in central Missouri as well,” said Dr. Rob Havers, executive director of the National Churchill Museum. “One of the requirements for being selected to host the exhibit is that the museum will create components unique to our exhibition that focus on the history of work in Callaway County and the surrounding area.”
A committee of city and chamber officials, local historians and museum personnel is working on the local exhibit components and additional public activities in relation to the exhibit.
This traveling Smithsonian Institution exhibition is sponsored by the Missouri Humanities Council’s Museum on Main Street program. Missouri is the first state to receive this exhibit, which will be visiting five additional Missouri cities throughout 2011 and 2012.
“The Missouri Humanities Council hopes the Fulton residents and those in the surrounding areas will enjoy the exhibition and think a little deeper about the journey of American workers and how that is reflected in the world today, both locally and nationally,” said Geoff Giglierano, executive director of the Missouri Humanities Council.
The National Churchill Museum, located on the campus of Westminster College in Fulton, is the only North American institution fully devoted to immortalizing the life and work of Churchill.