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What happens when a people decide to govern themselves? America’s national treasures come to life in this compelling exhibition that examines the bold experiment to create a government “of the people, ...

You are in a hallway just outside the entrance to the exhibit. As you entered this space, you passed through an opening in a black-painted wall. Above that opening is the title of the exhibit, ...

This sign was designed to be placed in the window of a home so that all who passed would know that the woman within had exercised her right under the 19th amendment and registered to vote. It also ...

The American Safety Lamp & Mine Supply Company hired M.D. Cremer of England to produce this lamp around 1913. M.D. This John Davis & Son safety lamp manufactured in the early 20th century is notable ...

New and future voters are sharing their perspectives to shape the world in many ways this election season. They join a long history of youth engagement. Explore these artifacts that tell stories of ...

This black Coal King brand miner’s helmet was made during the first half of the 20th century by the T.R. Jones Company of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Description (Brief) This black Coal King brand ...

After slavery was abolished in the United States, the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Constitutional amendments were passed to give newly freed African Americans legal status by abolishing ...

This harmonica was made by M. Hohner in Germany, undetermined date. It is a Chrometta 8 model in the key of C, with 8 single holes and 32 reeds. This harmonica has a red plastic comb with gold-tone ...

One of the earliest forms of photography, the daguerreotype was invented in 1839. Interest in the new medium spread rapidly across the United States, and daguerreians anxiously waited for a viable ...

In the early nineteenth century, lighthouses in the United States were considered inferior to those in France and England. American mariners complained about the quality of the light emanating from ...

This harmonica was made by Nanco in Hong Kong, 1976. It is a Lobster Claw model, with 11 single holes and undetermined number of reeds. This harmonica is made of red plastic in the shape of a lobster ...