History Hits the Road!
Exhibit furniture, text, and graphic panels from "The West the Railroads Made" are available
at no charge to museums in Washington State.
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The Washington State Historical Society's Traveling Exhibit Service (TES) is dedicated to encouraging the
heritage activities of other historical organizations and community groups by lending low cost and high
quality exhibits. TES offers exhibits that reflect the history of the entire state and its diverse communities.
Rental fees cover transportation costs and insurance.
To see where a TES exhibit is coming near you, check out
the
Traveling Exhibit Services calendar.
FOR SCHEDULING INFORMATION
ON ANY TRAVELING EXHIBIT, CONTACT:
Maria Pascualy
Curator of Exhibits
253-798-5873
maria2@wshs.wa.gov
Request Use of a Traveling Exhibit
Equal Rights for Washington Women
Image: Cover of Women's Votes
Equal Rights for Washington Women is a new exhibit by historian Shanna Stevenson,
author of Women's Votes, Women’s Voices, the story of women's suffrage in Washington.
In 2010, the State of Washington celebrates the 100th anniversary of when most Washington
women permanently achieved the right to vote or “suffrage.” Washington women had voted from
1883 to 1888, but their voting rights were revoked by the Washington Territorial Supreme Court.
Washington’s victory in 1910 was a pivotal event in the campaign which culminated in the 19th
amendment to the U.S. Constitution in 1920 enacting women’s suffrage nationally.
The exhibit further describes how Washington women with the vote have continued the
struggle for equal rights.
Equal Rights for Washington Women is available through the Washington State Historical
Society Traveling Exhibit Service.
The exhibit has eight panels each measuring 36” x 48” inches. The exhibit comes with an
exhibit display system which can be configured to fit into different size rooms, but about 500
square feet are necessary.
The rental fee for the exhibit is $500 for 12 weeks, which includes transportation as well as
insurance.
Please use the Inquiry Form if you are interested in renting this exhibit. Completing the form will give us basic information about your needs.
Nurses at Your Service: A Century of Caring
Organized by the Washington State History Museum and the Washington State Nursing Centennial
Consortium, this exhibit explores one of the first professions open to women -- nursing.
Ten lightweight panels, each measuring 28 x 45 inches, tell the story of how economics,
war, epidemics – and the choices made by nurses themselves – have shaped professional
nursing in Washington State in the last century and a half.
The total cost of the
exhibit rental is $500 dollars for 12 weeks and includes transportation to and from
your site as well as insurance.
Please use the Inquiry Form if you are interested in renting this exhibit. Completing the form will give us basic information about your needs.
Catharine Paine Blaine: Seneca Falls and The Women’s Rights Movement in the State of Washington
The Catharine Blaine exhibit celebrates the 2010 Washington Women’s Suffrage Centennial
through an exploration of the effect of reform ideas of new settlers on the development
of women’s rights in Washington State.
Catharine Paine Blaine and her husband, David E. Blaine, were the first Methodist missionary
couple in Seattle in 1853. As one of the 100 signers of the Declaration of Sentiments at
the first Women’s Rights Convention held in Seneca Falls, New York in July 1848, Blaine held
strong views about women’s rights. Blaine voted in Washington long before the women of her
native New York State gained that right. The exhibit includes a timeline of the movement
to win women’s suffrage in the State of Washington.
The exhibit, a joint project of Women’s Rights National Historical Park in Seneca Falls,
N.Y. and the Washington State Historical Society, is available through the Washington State
Historical Society Traveling Exhibit Service. The exhibit has six panels each measuring 36” x 48”
inches and the exhibit comes with an exhibit display system which can be configured to fit
into different size rooms, but about 500 square feet are necessary.
Educational components for elementary and middle school students are available at the Women's Votes, Women's Voices educational website.
and Catherine Paine Blaine educational website
The rental fee for the exhibit is $250.00.
Please use the Inquiry Form if you are interested in renting this exhibit. Completing the form will give us basic information about your needs.
Sustaining Change: An Artist-Farmer Exchange
Image: Bequest, by Bonnie Meltzer
This exhibition was organized by the Maryhill Museum of Art. It features twelve contemporary visual essays about farms
and farming families in Washington, Oregon and Idaho. American farmers face a wide range of issues and concerns.
These twelve panels explore the evolving agricultural practices and the emergence of a new rural ecological aesthetic on
twelve different family farms. The exhibitions offers an insight to what is being done to preserve and conserve natural
resources and heritage while making allowances for the needs of a fast growing population is addressed through paintings,
photography, and sculpture as well as in written statements from each farmer.
Participation fee is $300.00 for 12 weeks.
Please use the Inquiry Form if you are interested in renting this exhibit. Completing the form will give us basic information about your needs.
The Mapmaker's Eye: David Thompson on the Columbia Plateau, 1807-1812
A traveling exhibit commemorating the bicentennial of David Thompson's explorations in the Northwest
A traveling exhibit commemorating the bicentennial of David Thompson's explorations in the Northwest.
The Mapmaker's Eye features excerpts from Thompson's field journals and reproductions of his maps and sketches as well
as historic paintings by Paul Kane, Henry J. Warre, and Gustavus Sohon, and photographs of period surveying instruments,
fur trade items, and tribal artifacts.
This eight-panel modular exhibit was designed for a 450-square foot room and is available for rent from the Washington
State Historical Society Traveling Exhibit Service.
Participation fee is $500.00 for 12 weeks.
Please use the Inquiry Form if you are interested in renting this exhibit. Completing the form will give us basic information about your needs.
Washington Schoolhouses
Schoolhouses are landmarks in the ongoing journey of education in Washington.
It is often said that the schoolhouse followed the flag, but in Washington schools preceded American settlement.
Spokane Garry established a school for Indians about 1830 near Spokane, built of poles covered with reed mats.
At first, schools were held in a settler's home, later, in barns, one-room log cabins, or small frame buildings.
This exceptional panel exhibit was designed by Cliff Vancura. Good or bad, everyone remembers their school experience.
Schoolhouses are icons of education and education builds a solid foundation for all people.
The exhibit is designed for a 450-sq. ft. room. Participation fee is $500.00 for 12 weeks.
Please use the Inquiry Form if you are interested in renting this exhibit. Completing the form will give us basic information about your needs.
Northwest Treaty Trail: 1854-1856
Isaac Stevens at the Council
with the Blackfeet
The Washington State Historical Society's Traveling Exhibit Service commemorates the 150th anniversary of the journey of
negotiations that led to the Northwest Treaty Trail: 1854-1856.
In just thirteen months, 1854-1856, Washington Territorial Governor Isaac Stevens held 11 treaty councils with Northwest
Indians. Native people ceded portions of their traditional homelands, from Puget Sound to the Canadian border and from
northeastern Oregon to the Bitterroot Mountains of Montana.
The main theme of this thought provoking-traveling exhibit is the extraordinary journey made by Isaac Stevens and
the honorable Indian leaders who changed the lives of thousands of people. This commemorative exhibit also explores
the history of government Indian policies and the legacy of the early treaties on the people of the Northwest.
The Treaties negotiated 150 years ago are still at work today, protecting the rights of all people in the Northwest.
The exhibit is designed for a 450-sq. ft. room, in several different configurations. Participation fee is $500.00
for 12 weeks.
Please use the Inquiry Form if you are interested in renting this exhibit. Completing the form will give us basic information about your needs.
End of Our Voyage: Lewis and Clark in Washington
End of Our Voyage commemorates the bicentennial of Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery.
Most of their journey in the Pacific Northwest was in what is now Washington State. Explore the state through the
eyes of the Corps of Discovery. End of Our Voyage features excerpts from the diaries of Lewis and Clark,
text written by expert historians, rare historic photographs, and maps are presented in this informative exhibition.
It was designed by OTAK and fabricated by Turner Exhibits Inc; the National Park Service provided substantial
financial support.
The exhibit is designed for a 450-sq. ft. room, in several different configurations. Participation fee is $500.00
for 12 weeks.
Please use the Inquiry Form if you are interested in renting this exhibit. Completing the form will give us basic information about your needs.
Captured Time: Photographic Moments of Discovery in the Northwest
Captured Time is an intriguing selection of images drawn from the Society's collection of over
500,000 pictures. It's hard to imagine a world without photographs. Like magic, they capture the past and allow us
to journey back in time. Photographers include Edward and Asahel Curtis, Darius Kinsey, Marvin Boland, Virna Haffer,
and others, known or anonymous. The selected images and text panels examine themes such as A Sense of Place, Logging,
Railroading, The Worker, On the Road, and the People's Gallery. Rare moments from the late 1800s to the 1950s are
captured showing scenes familiar, yet far removed from our lives today.
These large-format images fit into a 450 sq. ft. gallery. Participation fee is $500.00 for 12 weeks.
Please use the Inquiry Form if you are interested in renting this exhibit. Completing the form will give us basic information about your needs.
When Washington was Oregon: Empire and Colony in the Northwest, 1843-1853
Before the United States Congress created the Washington Territory in 1853, the newly formed Oregon Provisional
Government established eight pioneering counties north of the Columbia River. As Americans rushed into Oregon Country,
Great Britain's influence gradually diminished. This exhibit tells the story of clashing empires struggling to dominate
a rich and fertile region. It looks at the lasting effects on the Native people and the settlers that made Washington
a territory.
Reproductions of fascinating maps and images of rare documents and artifacts illustrate this explosive period of
Washington history. This exhibit is presented by WSHS as part of the Washington State commemoration of the
Territorial Sesquicentennial in 2003.
The exhibit is designed for a 450 sq. ft. gallery. Participation fee is $500.00 for 12 weeks.
Please use the Inquiry Form if you are interested in renting this exhibit. Completing the form will give us basic information about your needs.
Putting People to Work: The WPA in Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt helped create a Democratic tidal wave that swept across Washington and the nation in 1932.
He promised Americans a "New Deal." After Roosevelt took office in March, 1933, each day brought dramatic
new developments and agencies, such as the CCC, PWA, WPA, and the AAA, The New Deal in Washington took many forms,
some as awesome as the Grand Coulee Dam, frequently described as "the biggest thing on earth." The common
thread running through many New Deal programs was jobs for the unemployed.
This exhibit contains thirty photographs, which are visual records of those employed by the Work Progress Administration.
Historian Carlos Schwantes wrote the text, which is attached to the photographic panels.
The exhibit is designed for a 500-sq. ft. space. Participation fee is $500.00 for 12 weeks.
Please use the Inquiry Form if you are interested in renting this exhibit. Completing the form will give us basic information about your needs.