Museum on Main Street to Tour North Carolina

The North Carolina Humanities Council is bringing this exciting traveling Smithsonian exhibit to six North Carolina museums in 2010. The Museum on Main Street exhibit that will be coming to North Carolina is New Harmonies: American Roots Music and offers opportunities for communities to collect and celebrate their music traditions.

Apply Now to Host the New Harmonies Exhibit - by June 30, 2008

The North Carolina Humanities Council invites proposals from museum and historic sites across the state to host the New Harmonies exhibit. Sites will be selected for the 2010 tour in North Carolina. Each community will develop local programming and activities to complement the exhibit. Training, publicity, and program resources will be offered to host sites. Grants are also available to support complementary programs such as lectures, films, and performances.

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For more information, contact:

Darrell Stover
(336) 334-5723

dstover@nchumanities.org

About the Exhibit
New Harmonies

The New Harmonies: American Roots Music exhibit invites museum visitors to listen to America's music and hear the story of freedom. It's the story of people in a New World, the places they have left behind, and the ideas they have brought with them. It is the story of people who were already here, but whose world is remade. The distinct cultural identities of all of these people are carried in song -- both sacred and secular. Their music tracks the unique history of many peoples reshaping each other into one incredibly diverse and complex people –Americans. Their music is the roots of American music. 

Additional details about hosting a New Harmonies exhibit can be found at www.museumonmainstreet.org/newharmonies/index .

About the Program
Museum on Main Street

Museum on Main Street is designed to give rural Americans one-of-a-kind access to prestigious Smithsonian exhibitions and first-rate educational programs. It gives rural museums a chance to demonstrate their enormous talents and their meaningful contributions to small town life. Museum on Main Street combines the prestige and exhibition expertise of the Smithsonian, the programming know-how of state humanities councils, and the remarkable volunteerism and unique histories of small rural communities. Support for the national program was provided by the United States Congress.

See more information about Museum on Main Street at www.museumonmainstreet.org/index.htm.