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Museum on Main Street (MoMS) is a special partnership of the Smithsonian Institution and State Humanities Councils nationwide that serves the small-town museums and citizens of rural America.MoMS welcomes our Facebook fans!
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Welcome to the Museum on Main Street (MoMS) page! Please feel free to share thoughts about our posts, ask us questions, or tell us about your visit. We hope you’ll contribute to this interactive forum and to our ongoing conversation about the work we do to further MoMS, SITES, and the Smithsonian's mission to increase and diffuse knowledge. While on-topic discussion is encouraged, we ask
Welcome to the Museum on Main Street (MoMS) page! Please feel free to share thoughts about our posts, ask us questions, or tell us about your visit. We hope you’ll contribute to this interactive forum and to our ongoing conversation about the work we do to further MoMS, SITES, and the Smithsonian's mission to increase and diffuse knowledge. While on-topic discussion is encouraged, we ask
07/14/2021
Do you live in a rural community? We want to hear about innovations in your town! Innovations can happen in many ways--from scientific and agricultural to cultural and artistic! Visit bit.ly/3x7IhuA to share your story. It could be part of an upcoming Smithsonian traveling exhibition! #SmallTownSpark
07/09/2021
¡Pleibol! In the Barrios and the Big Leagues | 3D Digitization
We can’t wait to get a #BehindTheScenes look at the "¡Pleibol! In the Barrios and the Big Leagues / En los barrios y las grandes ligas"
exhibition tonight--have you signed up to attend online? http://s.si.edu/pleibol-opening. For now, we’re going to take a closer look at Roberto Clemente’s batting helmet—in #3D—while we wait: https://3d.si.edu/collections/pleibol
Baseball has been a social and cultural force within Latino and Latin American communities across the United States for over a century. It is more than simply a game; Latinas/os have celebrated their communities, made a living, and challenged prejudice through baseball. Those who seized th...
07/08/2021
Rural Innovation | Museum on Main Street
Rural Innovation | Museum on Main Street
Does your town have an interesting experience to tell about environmental sustainability, economic revitalization, artistic energy and collaboration, community transformation, historical preservation, technological invention, entrepreneurship, or reinvention? Whether technical, social, cultural, art...
07/07/2021
Photos from Mississippi Humanities Council's post
07/07/2021
Steam is more than just a byproduct of heating water. It plays a critical role in power generation. Modern steam turbines produce more than 80% of the world’s electricity. And, naturally occurring steam from beneath the earth’s surface powers geothermal energy plants. #WaterWays
Steam is more than just a byproduct of heating water. It plays a critical role in power generation. Modern steam turbines produce more than 80% of the world’s electricity. And, naturally occurring steam from beneath the earth’s surface powers geothermal energy plants. #WaterWays
07/01/2021
"Crossroads: Change in Rural America" has made its way to the Loretto Crossroads Exhibit! Don't miss its opening on July 3! #RuralCrossroads
07/01/2021
Our new traveling exhibition “Voices & Votes: Democracy in America” explores the great leap of faith that sparked questions that continue to impact Americans: who has the right to vote, what are the freedoms and responsibilities of citizens and whose voices will be heard?
You can see #VoicesVotes at The Center for Rural Development through July 24 and at the The Queen Anne's County Historical Society through July 25!
Our new traveling exhibition “Voices & Votes: Democracy in America” explores the great leap of faith that sparked questions that continue to impact Americans: who has the right to vote, what are the freedoms and responsibilities of citizens and whose voices will be heard?
You can see #VoicesVotes at The Center for Rural Development through July 24 and at the The Queen Anne's County Historical Society through July 25!
06/29/2021
#DidYouKnow? In 1900, about 40% of Americans lived in rural areas. By 2010, less than 18% of the population lived there. In just over a century, economic & social changes moved millions of Americans into urban areas. Yet, only 10% of the U.S. landmass is considered urban.
Our "Crossroads: Change in Rural America" traveling exhibition offers small towns a chance to look at their own paths to highlight the changes that affected their fortunes over the past century. See it at the Waveland Ground Zero Hurricane Museum in Waveland, Mississippi starting July 2, and at the Loretto Heritage Center in Loretto, Kentucky starting July 3! #RuralCrossroads #SmallTownAmerica #Smithsonian #MuseumOnMainSt
#DidYouKnow? In 1900, about 40% of Americans lived in rural areas. By 2010, less than 18% of the population lived there. In just over a century, economic & social changes moved millions of Americans into urban areas. Yet, only 10% of the U.S. landmass is considered urban.
Our "Crossroads: Change in Rural America" traveling exhibition offers small towns a chance to look at their own paths to highlight the changes that affected their fortunes over the past century. See it at the Waveland Ground Zero Hurricane Museum in Waveland, Mississippi starting July 2, and at the Loretto Heritage Center in Loretto, Kentucky starting July 3! #RuralCrossroads #SmallTownAmerica #Smithsonian #MuseumOnMainSt
06/25/2021
We want to hear YOUR story! Share your small town’s innovation story (from agricultural and medical to cultural and artistic) with us and learn how your community’s story could be part of this Smithsonian traveling exhibition! #SmallTownSpark https://museumonmainstreet.org/sparkstories
06/24/2021
How would you tell your own water story? What does water mean to you? What role does water play in your work, your town, your neighborhood, and your worldview? We want to hear from you! Tell your story on our Stories From Main Street website: https://museumonmainstreet.org/stories #WaterWays
Video: Courtesy Pixaby
06/21/2021
Join Alabama Rivers Alliance tomorrow at 1pm (ET)/12pm (Central) when they feature our "Water/Ways" exhibition on their "Water is Life" web cast! #WaterWays
Join Alabama Rivers Alliance tomorrow at 1pm (ET)/12pm (Central) when they feature our "Water/Ways" exhibition on their "Water is Life" web cast! #WaterWays
06/19/2021
Emancipation and Educating the Newly Freed
Emancipation and Educating the Newly Freed
For the nearly four million newly freed, education was a crucial first step to becoming self-sufficient. Between 1861 and 1900, more than 90 institutions of higher education were founded for African Americans.
06/19/2021
Here’s some historical background on #Juneteenth!
06/16/2021
Rural Innovation | Museum on Main Street
Rural Innovation | Museum on Main Street
Does your town have an interesting experience to tell about environmental sustainability, economic revitalization, artistic energy and collaboration, community transformation, historical preservation, technological invention, entrepreneurship, or reinvention? Whether technical, social, cultural, art...
06/15/2021
Photos from Girls Inc. of Hamblen County's post
06/14/2021
We want to hear YOUR story! Share your small town’s innovation story (from agricultural and medical to cultural and artistic) with us and learn how your community’s story could be part of this Smithsonian traveling exhibition! #SmallTownSpark https://museumonmainstreet.org/sparkstories
06/11/2021
Invention can happen anywhere and it’s happening right now in small towns across America. Rural Americans are creating new products, taking risks, meeting challenges together, and seizing upon exciting opportunities that change local life and sometimes reach far beyond.
"Spark! Places of Innovation," an upcoming exhibition from Museum on Main Street, a program of the Smithsonian, will highlight innovation in rural America from the perspective of the people who lived it! Their words, images, and experiences gathered through an ambitious crowdsourcing initiative will be the heartbeat of this exhibition. Technological, social, cultural, artistic, or a combination of all of these– every innovation is as unique as each community.
We want to hear YOUR story! Does your town have a story of innovation or invention to tell? Visit https://museumonmainstreet.org/sparkstories to share it with us and to learn how your community’s story be a part of our Spark! traveling exhibition. #SmallTownSpark
Invention can happen anywhere and it’s happening right now in small towns across America. Rural Americans are creating new products, taking risks, meeting challenges together, and seizing upon exciting opportunities that change local life and sometimes reach far beyond.
"Spark! Places of Innovation," an upcoming exhibition from Museum on Main Street, a program of the Smithsonian, will highlight innovation in rural America from the perspective of the people who lived it! Their words, images, and experiences gathered through an ambitious crowdsourcing initiative will be the heartbeat of this exhibition. Technological, social, cultural, artistic, or a combination of all of these– every innovation is as unique as each community.
We want to hear YOUR story! Does your town have a story of innovation or invention to tell? Visit https://museumonmainstreet.org/sparkstories to share it with us and to learn how your community’s story be a part of our Spark! traveling exhibition. #SmallTownSpark
06/08/2021
Our Shared Future: Reckoning with Our Racial Past
Our Shared Future: Reckoning with Our Racial Past
06/08/2021
Photos from Museum of the Mississippi Delta's post
06/08/2021
The opera singer and pianist performing on top of this tractor is just one of the culturally innovative ways that the Wormfarm Institute in Reedsburg, WI is creating space to integrate culture and agriculture in rural communities.
Scroll through to see more stunning photos from The Wormfarm Institute’s Residency program, which is designed to support artists and writers by giving them the time, space and facilities to further their creative development.
Wormfarm Institute was founded in 2000 and works to connect rural and urban, and bring together "farming, conservation, and the arts to rekindle cultural connections, enhance economic possibilities....and celebrate" their natural surroundings. Donna Neuwirth, Exec Director of the Wormfarm Institute, and co-Founder were artists who moved from Chicago to Reedsburg to explore new possibilities and decided to blend the arts with agriculture when they taught themselves how to farm.
With an understanding that farmers and artists have creation in common, Wormfarm formed a vision for farm-based ephemeral art installations and roadside Culture Stands. artist designed/built mobile farm stands).
Rural communities around the nation are engaging in some incredible innovations—just like the Wormfarm Institute, that create fresh and unique solutions to problems facing their towns. These innovations span a range of fields from medical and agricultural, to cultural and political.
Do you or people you know live in a rural community? #MuseumonMainSt, a program of the Smithsonian, wants to hear stories about innovations in your town! Innovations can happen in many ways—medical, cultural, scientific, agricultural, artistic. The list goes on & on! Visit https://museumonmainstreet.org/sparkstories to share your story—it could be included in an upcoming Smithsonian traveling exhibition! #SmallTownSpark
Photos:
“The Opera Singer”
2013 "The Ruminant (The Grand Masticator)" by Karl Unnasch
“Field Sketches” by Sarah FitzSimons, 2018
“Too Much Pig” by Brian Sobaski, 2018
“Musical Fence” 2013
“Pasture Performance” 2013
06/07/2021
Reading the rainbow: The origins of the pride symbol
Reading the rainbow: The origins of the pride symbol
The rainbow was a symbol in LGBTQ communities long before the rainbow flag.
06/03/2021
#DidYouKnow that there are only about 19 African American-owned farms in Vermont? Today, growers and culture bearers recognize the importance of their interdependence and examples of this abound across Rural America.
Meet The Clemmons Family Farm—their family farm was established in 1962, and since then they’ve sparked some powerful cultural innovations that help celebrate and preserve African American history and its diaspora. In 2016, the family turned its 148-acre farm into a multicultural center devoted to providing a place where the African American community can experience connections to land and take ownership of their history. The farm is part of the Vermont African American Heritage Trail and its programs include everything from dance performances to culinary demonstrations.
Here, in 2017, a crowd of people gathered around during their Maasai storytelling program. Learn more on their website: https: www.clemmonsfamilyfarm.org/
Do you or people you know live in a rural community? We want to hear stories about innovations in your town! Innovations can happen in many ways—medical, cultural, scientific, agricultural, artistic. The list goes on & on! Visit: https://museumonmainstreet.org/sparkstories to share your story—it could be included in an upcoming Smithsonian traveling exhibition! #SmallTownSpark
Photo: Courtesy of Clemmons Family Farm
#DidYouKnow that there are only about 19 African American-owned farms in Vermont? Today, growers and culture bearers recognize the importance of their interdependence and examples of this abound across Rural America.
Meet The Clemmons Family Farm—their family farm was established in 1962, and since then they’ve sparked some powerful cultural innovations that help celebrate and preserve African American history and its diaspora. In 2016, the family turned its 148-acre farm into a multicultural center devoted to providing a place where the African American community can experience connections to land and take ownership of their history. The farm is part of the Vermont African American Heritage Trail and its programs include everything from dance performances to culinary demonstrations.
Here, in 2017, a crowd of people gathered around during their Maasai storytelling program. Learn more on their website: https: www.clemmonsfamilyfarm.org/
Do you or people you know live in a rural community? We want to hear stories about innovations in your town! Innovations can happen in many ways—medical, cultural, scientific, agricultural, artistic. The list goes on & on! Visit: https://museumonmainstreet.org/sparkstories to share your story—it could be included in an upcoming Smithsonian traveling exhibition! #SmallTownSpark
Photo: Courtesy of Clemmons Family Farm
06/03/2021
You’ve only got a few more days to visit Water | Ways! Saturday is your last chance to see the exhibit before it leaves the state of Utah! Come see us!
06/01/2021
Smithsonian’s “Water/Ways” exhibition begins new tour May 29 - LEH
Smithsonian’s “Water/Ways” exhibition begins new tour May 29 - LEH
The Smithsonian Institution and LEH have partnered to bring a new tour of the powerful Museum on Main Street exhibition "Water/Ways" to Louisiana.
06/01/2021
Party Animals! #DidYouKnow that the elephant and donkey have been used on political memorabilia, games, and artwork for over a century? Learn more about the history and evolution of political parties in "Voices and Votes: Democracy in America" now on view at Michigan Military Heritage Museum and the Portland Museum! #VoicesVotes #Smithsonian #MuseumonMainSt
Party Animals! #DidYouKnow that the elephant and donkey have been used on political memorabilia, games, and artwork for over a century? Learn more about the history and evolution of political parties in "Voices and Votes: Democracy in America" now on view at Michigan Military Heritage Museum and the Portland Museum! #VoicesVotes #Smithsonian #MuseumonMainSt
05/28/2021
Our “Crossroads: Change in Rural America” exhibition explores the evolution of America’s small communities over the last century. See it now at the Norton County Arts Council, INC., Hopewell Museum / Historic Paris-Bourbon County, and at the Museum of the Mississippi Delta. #RuralCrossroads #RuralAmerica
Our “Crossroads: Change in Rural America” exhibition explores the evolution of America’s small communities over the last century. See it now at the Norton County Arts Council, INC., Hopewell Museum / Historic Paris-Bourbon County, and at the Museum of the Mississippi Delta. #RuralCrossroads #RuralAmerica
05/26/2021
Visiting the Smithsonian
Visiting the Smithsonian
Learn about visiting our museums and zoo.
05/24/2021
#DidYouKnow? Rivers not only carry water to the sea, but also sediment and organic materials. When a river drops enough sediment at its mouth, vegetation begins to grow, forming new land. #WaterWays
#DidYouKnow? Rivers not only carry water to the sea, but also sediment and organic materials. When a river drops enough sediment at its mouth, vegetation begins to grow, forming new land. #WaterWays
05/20/2021
Photos from Museum of the Mississippi Delta's post
05/19/2021
Photos from Utah Humanities's post
05/19/2021
Share your answer with us in the comment section! #RuralCrossroads #SmalltownAmerica
Share your answer with us in the comment section! #RuralCrossroads #SmalltownAmerica
05/18/2021
05/17/2021
#VoicesVotes "Power of the Press #SmithsonianLearningLab explores how the press and media influenced America before it was even a country, and examines how understanding the bias that the press and media has on us every day can make us better citizens. Check it out: http://s.si.edu/2GB7Grp
#VoicesVotes "Power of the Press #SmithsonianLearningLab explores how the press and media influenced America before it was even a country, and examines how understanding the bias that the press and media has on us every day can make us better citizens. Check it out: http://s.si.edu/2GB7Grp
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Smithsonian's Stories From Main Street Podcast Trailer
Everybody has a story to tell. Hear some of those stories in the new podcast "Smithsonian’s Stories from Main Street." Episode one will be released on Friday, September 4! More info here: https://museumonmainstreet.org/podcast Gathered by the Smithsonian’s Museum on Main Street program, the stories featured in these curated episodes feature the authentic voice of small-town America. The first season takes inspiration from the many people who have shared stories during national tours of the Museum on Main Street exhibition "Water/Ways". The episodes dive into an essential biological and natural resource of life—water. Listen to stories that reflect water’s impact on work and play, in agriculture and landscape, and in personal experience and memory. #StoriesFromMainStreet #MyWaterStory
Our world is made of water and, so are we. Our "Water/Ways," exhibition takes a deep look at this essential component of life on our planet, which powers the environment’s engine, impacts climate and helps shape and sculpt the landscape. It also explores water as an important element in American culture.
Water is life. It forms our world and our lives. It allows us to travel; it blocks our paths. It is crucial in determining where we live and work and what we eat and drink. #WaterWays
#DidYouKnow? #WaterWays #EarthDay #EarthDay2020 #EarthOptimism
Share Your Water Story!
How would you tell your own water story? What does water mean to you? What role does water play in your work, your town, your neighborhood, and your worldview? We want to hear from you! Tell your story on our Stories From Main Street website: https://museumonmainstreet.org/stories #WaterWays
Open Access
The Smithsonian's treasures belong to you! Now you can download, remix, reuse and share them with #SmithsonianOpenAccess, for free, for any purpose. Explore at http://si.edu/OpenAccess.
National Pie Day
Care for a slice anyone? Today is #NationalPieDay! Do you have any special family pie recipes or fond memories around pie? We'd love to hear your story in the comments!
Stories YES
Our #StoriesYES initiative had a major impact in 2019! Stories YES gives young people across the country a chance to engage their communities to discover & digitally document their unique history! Wanna learn more? Check out student's stories here: https://bit.ly/365da4W #Smithsonian #Storytelling #Humanities
Museum Selfie Day
Today is #MuseumSelfieDay! Is one of our exhibitions in your neck of the woods? Snap your best pose and share it with us!
"Water/Ways" is flowing to museums across the nation! Will the exhibition be stopping by your neck to the woods? Check out the national tour schedule here: https://www.sites.si.edu/s/tour-schedule #Waterways #WaterIsLife #ThinkWater
Water, water everywhere, time to make a splash! "Water/Ways" opens on December 7 at the Crisfield Visitor Center in Crisfield, Md. Thanks to our friends at Maryland Humanities for your hard work to bring “Water/Ways” to the state!
Water/ways flowing
"Water/Ways" is flowing across the country! Don't miss upcoming openings at: 1. WheatonArts in Millville, New Jersey on 10/15/2019 2. Center for the Arts in Cambridge, Maryland on 10/19/2019 3. Tubac Presidio State Historic Park in Tubac, Arizona on 10/19/2019 4. Locust Grove Arts Alliance in Locust Grove, Oklahoma on 10/21/2019
#MoMSat25- Shannon Sullivan
Our very own Museum on Main Street staffer, Shannon Sullivan shares her favorite #MoMSat25 memory! Has Museum on Main Street visited your community? Tell us about it! Don't forget to tag us and to use #MoMSat25
Barn Again!
#DidYouKnow volunteers in Kewaunee, Wisconsin (population 2,869) donated more than 2,500 hours working on the “Barn Again!” exhibition while partnering with more than 20 local organizations to create companion programs? Tune in for more #MoMSat25 facts!
Robbie Davis #MOMSat25
Our very own Robbie Davis (project director), shares one of his special MoMS moments in his #MOMSat25 video! Do you have a Museum on Main Street memory that you'd like to share? Tell us about it by uploading your video on Twitter or Instagram! Make sure to tag us (Twitter: @MuseumOnMainSt and Instagram: @sitesexhibitions) and your state humanities council! Not on Twitter or Instagram? We still want to hear from you! Just record your story and come on over to our website to submit it: https://museumonmainstreet.org/stories/share/register
#MOMSat25
We're celebrating 25 years of bringing the @Smithsonian to small towns across America! Have we visited your community? Join our #MOMSat25 celebration (from Aug. 5 - Sept. 27) by sharing your favorite MoMS memory in a video on Twitter or Instagram! Make sure to tag us and your state humanities council! Not on Twitter or Instagram? We still want to hear from you! Just record your story and come on over to our website to submit it: https://museumonmainstreet.org/stories/share/register From the MoMS Team: Thank you so much for your support!
We’re celebrating #Apollo50 with #GlobalRocketLaunch organized by Smithsonian Affiliations museum the U.S. Space & Rocket Center! Fifty years ago today at 9:32am, the Apollo 11 mission began its voyage to the moon when Saturn V launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center!
Water/Ways is Flowing to Museums Across the Nation!
#WaterWays is flowing to museums across the country! Learn about how water shapes our lives on the planet—from climate and the landscape to food and health! Don’t miss it at the Erie Canal Museum in Syracuse, New York through August 10!
Happy July 4! Members of the Continental Congress voted for independence on July 2, 1776, then spent two days editing Thomas Jefferson’s draft of the Declaration of Independence. They officially declared independence on July 4! In August, they signed a carefully lettered parchment copy that today is housed in the US National Archives!
Some of our team including Carol Harsh, Selwyn Ramp, and Robbie Davis were at the Smithsonian Resource Fair, at the Smithsonian Affiliations National Conference yesterday! Here they show off MOMS’s incredible interactive platform for a DIY kiosk with local content created in partnership with the Smithsonian! You too can create a kiosk! #SmithsonianInSession
How do we de-install our exhibition structures? Our team members Terri Cobb and Tiffany Cheng just gave a mini-tutorial! #WaterWays
Where do our water sources come from? Our team member Robbie Davis explains! #WaterWays
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Monday, January 13 4:30PM at the Water/Ways Exhibit in Black Canyon City (Cañon Elementary School, 34630 S. School Loop Rd, Black Canyon City, AZ 85324) - Come learn about history of Maricopa Water District focusing on the time period from when the District filed for the Agua Fria River surface water rights in 1888 through the construction of Waddell Dam in 1928. Construction of the New Waddell Dam will also be briefly discussed. See the Smithsonian Water/Ways Exhibit at same location after the presentation. More at https://www.facebook.com/pg/blackcanyonheritagepark
Looking for information on the Thomaston, Ga tour