A traveling exhibition called “Between the Fences” will be on display at the Roy Acuff Museum in Maynardville, December 27, 2006-February 7, 2007. The exhibit is part of the Smithsonian Institutes’s “Museum on Main street” program that aims to bring Smithsonian exhibitions to rural areas. The exhibit, “Between the Fences” is designed to examine such aspects of American life and history as:
“…the defining of home, farm, and factory; the settling of the United States; the closing of the range in the South and its meaning to former slaves; and the making of fences, including a look at why Abe Lincoln became known as a rail splitter. It examines human relationships on an expending scale: neighbor versus neighbor; gated communities; and the Mexican and Canadian borders of the U.S. The exhibition tells American stories through diverse fence types. “
Through looking at the use and evolution of such a mundane and everyday object as a fence, the exhibition hopes to inform viewers on some of the history, culture, and politics of America and American life.
More information on the exhibit, including background and teaching guides, can be found at the Smithsonian’s “Museum on Main Street” website.
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