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Rent or buy a traveling exhibition for your school, library, museum, or historic site. A limited number of rental slots are now available for the fall.
These informative, colorful pop-up displays provide a unique perspective on various topics in American history. They feature primary source documents, many from the Gilder Lehrman Collection, that reveal the public and private words of people living at the time.
The Institute provides set-up instructions and an exhibition guide featuring background information on each exhibition and its content.
About Becoming the United States: Colonial America to Reconstruction:
This exhibition is designed to introduce upper elementary-aged students to the beginnings of American history and the skills involved in primary source analysis. Using items from the Gilder Lehrman Collection, it explores individuals, groups, and documents that have contributed to who we are as a country and encourages students to think critically about the first-hand accounts of this era.
Logistics and Costs:
- Size: Seven freestanding retractable panels, each 33" x 81" (21 total running feet)
- Purchase: Institutions may buy a copy for permanent use for $1,950.
- Rental: Institutions may rent the exhibition for a four-week period for $495.
Rent or buy your copy of Becoming the United States
About Freedom: A History of US:
Since 1776, when the United States declared independence from Great Britain, the idea of freedom and our understanding of its implications have changed dramatically. Drawing on materials from the Gilder Lehrman Collection, this exhibition traces the evolving concept of freedom from the founding era to the election of Barack Obama.
Logistics and Costs:
- Size: Twelve freestanding retractable panels, each 33" x 81" (35 total running feet)
- Purchase: Institutions may buy a copy for permanent use for $2,950.
- Rental: Institutions may rent the exhibition for a four-week period for $995.
