Hi
All,
Carol,
I read this e-mail to Jamil who loved the idea! He said this is an important
topic (of course being situated in the South, we have been 'wrangling'
different types of program ideas for the CW Sesquicentennial - both local and
statewide).
In
answer to your numbered questions:
1. Yes yes and yes
2. Jamil did not believe it necessary to limit the events to
2011. As you mention, the war did last four years. Some of
the
regional
committees that have formed in Georgia (for the Sesquicentennial) plan on
stretching their programs throughout the four years.
3. Take it from someone who lives in Hot-lanta, I
am here to tell you that the topic of the Civil War is its own -highly
successful-tourism
lure
always (I believe my
brethren southern states will agree). In this state alone you will see things
like the "Blue and the Gray Trail",
Civil War related cemetery tours, Civil
War gift shops, Civil War re-enactor events (on-going), Gone With the Wind
tours, etc. etc. People
come from around the world to
see these things too.
In my humble opinion ANYTIME you choose to introduce something
"new" on the topic of the Civil War there will be enthusiastic interest
(you do not even
have to build it and they will come!). So the state of Georgia
votes YES to an exhibit on this topic!
Cheers,
Arden
Ms. Arden Williams
Program Officer
Coordinator,
"Key Ingredients" in
Georgia
Georgia Humanities
Council
50 Hurt Plaza, Ste. 595
Atlanta, GA 30303
Phone: 404-523-6220 ext. 17
Fax: 404-523-5702
The
Smithsonian exhibit, "Key Ingredients: America By
Food"-
the Georgia tour- has
ended.
Check out the GHC/Georgia "Key Ingredients"
"Key Ingredients - the Georgia Tour"
has won a Georgia Association of Museums and Galleries Award
in the "Best Special Project"
category.
The exhibit catalog won a GHRAB Award
for "excellence in archival program development".
If you
missed receiving a Key Ingredients catalog - we will be happy to send you one.
Contact the GHC offices.
Due to
statewide budget cuts, the GHC "partnership grant" category will be
eliminated for 2010.
Please check
the GHC web site for more details.
Dear MoMS family and friends,
We are exploring some ideas for the next MoMS exhibition
and want to get some quick feedback in preparation for a meeting on March 17
with some curators at the National Museum of American History and the National
Portrait Gallery.
There was a lot of talk at the Federation Conference about
the upcoming 150th anniversary of the Civil War. We are
exploring the possibility of developing an exhibition on the Civil War
Homefront. This is something that we discussed with quite a few folks at
the conference and heard resounding support. Since you have hosted
MoMS exhibitions in the past you have a good feel for potential interest among
the host communities, so we are interested in knowing your reaction to this
idea, too.
So, I have three questions:
(1)
Are you interested in a MoMS exhibition centered on the
homefront during the Civil War?
(2)
If we were to do such an exhibition is it crucial that
it open in the anniversary year—2011; or could it open later, maybe Fall
2012 or Spring 2013?
(3)
Do you think programs about the Civil War would only be
popular in the anniversary years from 2011 to 2015, or is there generally an
interest in the topic?
We have been hearing about a lot of programming planned
around the anniversary year. Please let us know at your earliest
convenience if you think your council would be interested in hosting a MoMS
exhibition on the subject.
All the best,
Carol
Carol G.
Harsh
Director, Museum on
Main Street
Smithsonian
Institution Traveling Exhibition Service
P.O. Box 37012, MRC
941
Washington, DC
20013-7012
202-633-5333
202-465-5267
(cell)