Between Fences in Missouri wiki
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Partnering with the Smithsonian Institution, MHC is pleased to announce sponsorship for the Missouri tour of Between Fences, Museum on Main Street (MoMS) touring exhibit, opening in September 2006. A one-of-a-kind cultural project that serves small town museums and residents of rural America, MoMS shares Smithsonian collections, research, and exhibitions with America.
From
urban chain link to suburban privacy, the barbed wire of the cattle rancher
to the small town white picket, fences define our boundaries. Between
Fences is a cultural history of the millions of miles of American fences,
and how they divide and protect, offend and defend. Between Fences is a humanities-rich exhibition because it asks visitors to consider personal values in the context of American history. Use fencing, and its real and implied consequences, to explore topics of settlement patterns, town architecture, and neighborliness.
Between Fences in Missouri, 2006
- Hannibal at the Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum, 9/16-10/21/06
- Excelsior Springs at the Historical Museum, 10/28-12/9/06
- California at Wood Place Public Library, 12/16/06-1/27/07
- Pierce City at Harold Bell Wright Museum, 2/3-3/17/07
- Clinton's Henry County Museum, 3/24-5/5/07
- Mansfield at the Community Center (host: Laura Ingalls Wilder Historic Home & Museum) 5/12-6/23/07
updated 8/29/06
