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TRAVELING EXHIBITION COMING TO SELECT MUSEUMS ACROSS LOUISIANA With busy hands and minds, American workers perform a diverse array of jobs to power our society. Work is part of nearly every American’s life, whether for professional satisfaction and personal growth or to ensure the well-being of their families. In offices, factories, on the road and at home, millions keep the nation going through contributions to industry and American culture. The Way We Worked, a traveling exhibition adapted from an original exhibition developed by the National Archives in Washington, D.C., explores how work became such a central element in American culture by tracing the many changes that affected the workforce and work environments over the past 150 years. With funding and support from the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities (LEH), six museums in small towns across Louisiana will host the exhibition from September 14, 2013, through June 29, 2014, allowing visitors to reflect upon Louisiana’s contributions to America’s labor history. In 2000, the LEH formed an exclusive partnership with the Smithsonian Institution to bring traveling exhibitions to rural SEPTEMBER 14 - OCTOBER 27, 2013 communities as part of the Museum on Main Street program. The Way ABITA SPRINGS • ABITA SPRINGS TRAILHEAD MUSEUM We Worked is the sixth such collaboration, following in the successful 22049 Main Street, Abita Springs, Louisiana 70420 • (985) 871-5327 path of such traveling exhibitions as Produce for Victory: Posters on the www.townofabitasprings.com/area-attractions/Museum American Home Front, 1941 - 1945; Key Ingredients: America by Food; and HOURS: Friday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.; Sunday, noon - 5 p.m. Journey Stories: Tales of How Our Ancestors Came to America. For these five traveling exhibitions, the LEH invested a total of NOVEMBER 2, 2013 - DECEMBER 15, 2013 $270,000, paying for exhibit rental and providing funding for local JONESBORO • JACKSON PARISH LIBRARY humanities programming at the host sites. The 30 museums that have 614 S. Polk Avenue, Jonesboro, Louisiana 71251 • (318) 259-5697 www.jacksonparish.tlcdelivers.com hosted Museum on Main Street exhibits reported a total attendance of Hours: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 8 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.; Tuesday, Thursday, 108,570, with an average 50 percent increase in yearly attendance after 8 a.m. - 7 p.m.; Saturday, 8 a.m. - noon the exhibit closed. This represents a total economic impact in excess of $150 million and a return of 550 percent on the LEH’s grant investment. DECEMBER 21, 2013 - FEBRUARY 2, 2014 The Way We Worked invites visitors to hear workers tell their own MINDEN • MINDEN CITY HALL 520 Broadway, Minden, Louisiana 71058 • (318) 377-2144 stories or view films of various industries. Interactive components will www.mindenusa.com convey the experiences of multiple generations of families involved in Hours: Monday - Friday, 7:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. the same industry. For more information, contact the host museums listed below, or FEBRUARY 8, 2014 - MARCH 23, 2014 BUNKIE • HAAS AUDITORIUM log on to www.leh.org/html/museum.html. 208 Pershing Avenue, Bunkie, Louisiana 71322 • (318) 346-2575 Hours: To be determined MARCH 29, 2014 - MAY 11, 2014 DERIDDER • BEAUREGARD PARISH MAIN LIBRARY 205 S. Washington Avenue, DeRidder, Louisiana 70634 • (337) 463-6217 www.library.beau.org Hours: Monday - Wednesday and Friday,9 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.; Thursday, 9 - 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. MAY 17, 2014 - JUNE 29, 2014 TUNICA • LOUISIANA STATE PENITENTIARY MUSEUM AT ANGOLA 17544 Tunica Trace, Angola, Louisiana 70712 • (225) 655-4411 www.angolamuseum.org Hours: Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.; Saturday, 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. 76 LOUISIANA ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES • Spring 2013 Top left: Submarine builder, CT, by Fenno Jacobs, 1943. National Archives, General Records of the U.S. Navy. Top right: Switchboard operators direct overseas calls, 1943. National Archives, Records of the Women’s Bureau. Bottom right: Pineapple Cannery Workers.  http://www.townofabitasprings.com/area-attractions/Museum http://www.jacksonparish.tlcdelivers.com http://www.mindenusa.com http://www.leh.org/html/museum.html http://www.library.beau.org http://www.angolamuseum.org http://www.leh.org/html/museum.html

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