Smithsonian Traveling Exhibit – Crossroads: Change in Rural America
North Carolina Humanities is proud to present the Smithsonian Institution’s Crossroads: Change in Rural America exhibition. The exhibit examining the evolving landscape of rural America tours around North Carolina in 2022-2023.
The tour begins at Iredell Museums in Statesville September 2022. From there, the exhibit travels to Joyner Library at East Carolina University in Greenville, Granville County Historical Society and Museum in Oxford, Museum of the Albemarle in Elizabeth City, and Mountain Heritage Center at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee. The tour concludes at Onslow County Museum in Richlands June 2023.
NC Humanities’ Selected Venue |
City |
General Tour Schedule. Specific dates announced per venue. |
Iredell Museums |
Statesville |
September 1, 2022 – October 13, 2022 |
Joyner Library at East Carolina University |
Greenville |
October 20, 2022 – November 30, 2022 |
Granville County Historical Society and Museum |
Oxford |
December 6, 2022 – January 19, 2023 |
Museum of the Albemarle |
Elizabeth City |
January 25, 2023 – March 8, 2023 |
Mountain Heritage Center at Western Carolina University |
Cullowhee |
March 15, 2023 – April 25, 2023 |
Onslow County Museum |
Richlands |
May 6, 2023 – June 10, 2023 |
About the Exhibit:
Crossroads: Change in Rural America is a Smithsonian Institution exhibit that offers small towns and rural communities a chance to look at their own paths to highlight the changes that affected their fortunes over the past century. The exhibit explores how rural America embraces the notion that their citizens and their cultural uniqueness are important assets. All Americans benefit from rural America’s successes, and we can learn great things from listening to those stories.
With program support and grant funding from NC Humanities, our six selected venues develop complementary exhibits that showcase their local history, people, and stories and offer programs and events that prompt discussion about the innovations, challenges, persistence, and cultural heritage that make their community unique and an essential part of the fabric of North Carolina.
Thank you to our Crossroads exhibit sponsors!
Exhibit Themes:
- Identity
- Land
- Community
- Persistence
- Managing Change
About Museum on Main Street:
Crossroads: Change in Rural America has been made possible in North Carolina by NC Humanities. Crossroads: Change in Rural America is part of Museum on Main Street, a collaboration program between the Smithsonian Institution and state humanities councils nationwide that brings exhibitions and programs to small-town communities and residents of rural America. Support for Museum on Main Street has been provided by the United States Congress. Learn more at www.museumonmainstreet.org.
Looking to support this program? Email our Development and Communications Manager at mmoore@nchumanities.org for more information.