HERITAGE MUSEUM CALENDAR OF EVENTS

The Heritage Museum, seeking to make your exhibits, research, programs and projects as accessible to the greatest number of people, especially students, has prepared a series of BOX EXHIBITS to be loaned at no cost to groups, classrooms, libraries and individuals.

The exhibits are designed with great weight and consideration given to the State of Louisiana Curriculum Guidelines, Thematic Categories, Benchmarks and Key Concepts in the Social Studies and Art fields.

The Ballot Box	An exhibit of materials and objects relating to a fundamental right and responsibility of American citizens, their right and responsibilty to vote. Includes information relative to US colonization and to the creation of the democratic nation.
The Money Box	An exhibit of materials and objects relating to money, the history of money and banking, the powers of government relative to money. Includes examples of US and International currencies and coins.
The Sewing Box	An exhibit of objects and information relative to the creation and care of textiles and garments. Offers a comparison of life and folks ways in the past to modern day life ways.
The Music Box	An exhibit of objects and information relative to the creation, amplification and dissemination of music and audio recordings. Includes technical information relative to radio transmission.
The Letter Box	An exhibit of stamps, stationery, cards, calling cards, and some history of writing forms, languages, letter writing, postal services.
The Hat Box	An exhibit of hats. Compares styles and trends over several decades.
The Shoe Box	An exhibit of shoes through several decades. Includes information on the history and the manufacture of shoes.
The Memory Box	Similar to a scrapbook, this box contains familiar objects that people have cherished and saved. Letters, documents and toys, ribbons, cards, diaries, autograph books, small scrapbooks, personal items. Compares past and present ideas and life ways.
The Way We See It	An exhibit of devices that either produce, enhance, or magnify visual images. Includes early forms of cameras, stereopticans, eye galsses, mirrors, illustrations of optical illusions. Also includes some old texts, documents, letters.