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📢Something exciting is coming to the Bartow History Museum this summer!📢

Beginning July 24, the Bartow History Museum will host Voices and Votes: Democracy in America, a traveling exhibition from the Smithsonian Institution that explores nearly 250 years of American democracy, civic engagement, and the ongoing expansion of voting rights.

Part of the Smithsonian’s Museum on Main Street program, this nationally touring exhibition brings engaging stories, interactive experiences, and thought-provoking history to communities across the country - and we're thrilled to bring it to Bartow County!

🗳️Stay tuned for special events, programs, ticketing information, and more details in the coming weeks. You won't want to miss this unique opportunity to experience a Smithsonian exhibition right here in Downtown Cartersville.

Visit with us this week to experience the interactive Smithsonian exhibit, AMERICANS, now on display through July 3rd.

Developed by the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian, this thought-provoking traveling exhibition explores the many ways American Indian identities, histories, and cultures shape the United States.

AMERICANS is part of Museum on Main Street, a collaboration between the Smithsonian Institution and state humanities councils nationwide. We’re honored to bring this powerful exhibit to our community.

It’s Museum on Main Street Monday, a weekly spotlight on "Americans"—the traveling Smithsonian exhibit currently touring Kentucky.

Each Monday, we’ll share exhibit highlights, trivia, and upcoming events from Kentucky communities hosting this traveling exhibition.

In the "Americans" exhibit, Paul Chaat Smith (Comanche), associate curator at the National Museum of the American Indian, invites us to take a closer look at the origins of Thanksgiving. His introduction explores how the holiday reflects the ways Americans have grappled—and continue to grapple—with difficult and complex truths about our shared history.

🎥 Take a moment to watch and reflect: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPEuQNp0nII

"Americans" is now open at the Highlands DOzeum in Ashland. The exhibit closes on July 5th.

The new Smithsonian Museum on Main Street exhibit, "Americans," kicks off its Michigan tour this Friday, June 19, at the Dennos Museum Center in Traverse City! An opening reception for the exhibit will be hosted at the Dennos on July 2 at 7 p.m.

Over the next year, "Americans" will tour the state, also stopping in Iron Mountain, Fowlerville, Stevensville, Big Rapids, Port Sanilac, and Hamtramck. Learn more about the exhibit by visiting our website: https://tinyurl.com/americansmi