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'The Way We Worked' Exhibition - Savanna

Event Details

When
02/29/2012
2:00pm - 6:00pm
Where
Savanna Historical Society
406 Main St
Savanna, IL, 61074-1536
United States
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County: 
Carroll
Fee: 
Free. Open to the public
Sponsor Organization: 
Savanna Historical Society
Where
Savanna Historical Society
406 Main St
Savanna, IL, 61074-1536
See map: Google Maps
County: 
Carroll
Fee: 
Free. Open to the public
Sponsor Organization: 
Savanna Historical Society

spacer The Way We Worked, the Smithsonian's newest Museum on Main Street exhibition, is curated by Bruce Bustard, from the National Archives. 

American work takes place everywhere - on the land, on the streets of our communities, in offices and factories, in homes, in schools, in water, and in outer space.  Through an exploration of the tools and technologies that enabled and assisted workers, from early American history through to the present day, this exhibit will explore how technology, society, and culture have shaped a more complex, and oftentimes more stressful, work environment.  

spacer The Way We Worked will also explore the diversity of the American workforce - one of its greatest strengths and biggest challenges - and will showcase how people from different racial and cultural backgrounds both came to identify and segregate from one another. 

Finally, this exhibition will explore how Americans identify with work, how they come to know work as meaningful, and how, whether one lives in Steel Town USA, dons a uniform every day, or never leaves their home, work assigns cultural meanings and allows us to view our communities in a larger, social context.

spacer The Way We Worked will be on display at this location February 25 - April 7, 2012 before it travels to Ottawa, IL.

spacer This exhibition is free and open to the public.

Exhibition Hours:

  • 2 PM - 6 PM: Wednesdays - Fridays
  • 1 PM - 5 PM: Saturdays & Sundays

For more information, contact the Savanna Historical Society at (815) 273-7262.

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