Curator’s Cupboards
These special weekend events are your chance to meet members of our curatorial team, ask your own questions, and get a first-hand, up-close look at many amazing curiosities of our collections.
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Garland Hall of American History
The U.S. History Hall explores the drastic changes in American society between 1965 and 1914, when in a single lifetime an agrarian society changed into a modern urban culture. The advances in technology in the field of communication and transportation are demonstrated in the exhibits on inventions; the telegraph, telephone, automobile, electric trolley, airplane, and the improvements in railroads. The machinery that revolutionized farming, the lumbeer industry, and the rise of the conservation movement are also highlighted. A platform displays the labor saving devices for the home of the 1890's and early 20th century.