Kate masur is an associate professor of history at northwestern. They have been looking at ways to incorporate the history of reconstruction into the National Park Service Sites and they will report what the National Park service is doing. Will do, etc. And then, Jennifer Taylor is a phd candidate in history right here at the university of South Carolina who helped to develop very impressive exhibitions and tours at the Woodrow Wilson family home here in columbia which focuses heavily on the , reconstruction era when he lived in columbia. Let me just begin just by saying my involvement in this little part of reconstruction history goes back to the year 2000 when totally out of the blue i received a phone call from the secretary of the interior, Bruce Babbitt, who said, professor, i have just read your book on reconstruction. I said, that surprises me. I hope he was not insulted. I did not really think that cabinet members had a lot of time to spend reading long history books. Now heari
We have raised and the money to complete the building and of fact by september we will be over 40,000 artifacts. 4000 of which will be in the museum. There are two people 200 people working to get the season. Let me ask my staff introduce themselves. Good afternoon everyone. My name is mary alea. Im a museum specialist. Curator, iseum curated the cultural commission. On the senior history curator and i was the cocurator of the exhibition changing america 1968 and beyond. Im a curator your as well. I will be taking you through the journey together is. On the curated curator of an exhibition of a power of place. I am this new project manager on the project. Im derek. On chief of smithsonian construction. Ill take root. Want to give you brief rundown of the status of the job. We have a lot of more protection down. Please be careful when they walk in a much for you are going to follow our lead and we will get out of your safety. Here safely. Let me start with talking about the building. Le
What we want to do today is give you an opportunity to see the museum as a work in progress. About 40 of all the exhibitions are now complete and we are working to make sure we will be very ready on september 24. The reality of this is simple. 11 years ago we began with a staff of two. We had no idea where the building would be, no sense at all of any of the collections. Not a single object in the collection. We knew we had to raise a lot of money. We had no money in the bank. Now, as a result of some the gifted staff you will meet and thousands of people, we have raised enough money to complete the building and by september, we will be over our target number. We have collected nearly 40,000 artifacts of which 4000 will be in this museum. Instead of two people, there are 200 people working to build this museum. Let me ask my staff to introduce themselves. I am the associate director. Can afternoon. My name is mary elliott and i am a museum specialist. Had the pleasure of cochairing the
Washington monument and within the site of the white house. Director leads a hardhat tour opens the doors soon. It will feature president obama on opening ceremony. What were going to do today is give you an opportunity to see the museum as a work in progress. About 40 of all the exhibitions are now complete and we are working to make sure that he will be very ready on september 24. The reality of this is simple. 1 years ago we began we had no idea where the building would be, no sense at all of any of the collections. Not a single object in the collection. We knew we had to raise a lot of money. We had no money. Now, as a result of some the gifted stab you will meet and the thousands of people, we have raised enough money to complete the building and by september, we will be over our target number. We have collected over 40,000 artifacts of which 4000 will be in this museum. Instead of two people, there are 200 people working to the museum. Let me ask my staff take it is my cells them
He has several books including the long reconstruction of popular politics in the south and after appomattox military occupation and the end of war. For those of you who were not with us last year, after the lens of the military to examine the time after the confederate surrender as an expansion of wartime. The last several years, dr. Inns has been very active broadening public understanding of the reconstruction era. Coedited a new essay collection the world the civil which seeks to redefine the United States. Are also look at sites that appropriate for memorializing reconstruction. , dr. Lowe,eaker earned ma and phd degrees from the university of washington seattle. She served as the Program Manager for the underground Railroad Freedom program, which places Minority College students from across the country and paid summer internships with parks and program offices, state Historic Preservation offices, local and state governments, and private organizations. Her academic fields of inte