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Contact: Logan McSwain For Immediate Release
News
Release
Explore
Charlotte
Neighborhoods CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Charlotte Museum of History presents Charlotte Neighborhoods, a community-based, design education and advocacy project, centered on an exhibit series that explores Charlotte’s neighborhoods, past and present. This exhibit series gives Museum visitors and Charlotte-Mecklenburg residents the chance to explore and analyze a deeper recognition of “community” and promote positive social change.
There are two components to the Charlotte Neighborhoods exhibit. One component is ongoing. It includes a Community Connections center with resources for neighborhood services. It also includes interactives such as Visual Vocabulary, in which visitors are asked to match architectural terms and definitions with drawings and images. In the Blackboard Discussions section visitors are asked questions such as “What makes a good neighbor?" and they can respond on three chalkboards in the exhibit. The second component of the exhibit will rotate to a different neighborhood every sixth months. This component of the exhibit explores the neighborhoods through their history, architecture and culture. Plaza-Midwood is the first featured neighborhood, and it will be on display from August 25, 2006 to February 11, 2007. The exhibit includes a comment book for visitors to suggest neighborhoods they would like to see featured.
Working towards a primary goal of civic engagement and community empowerment, the exhibit series challenges visitors to evaluate issues at stake in their neighborhoods and participate in the process of its evolution. “Understanding how the past influences the present is essential to shaping the future,” said Lee Goodan, Project Manager for the Charlotte Neighborhoods exhibit series. Charlotte Neighborhoods will be featured at Museum By Moonlight, an after hours program, on Thursday, September 28, 5-9 p.m. No reservations required. Free for Museum members. Regular admission is $6 for adults, $5 for students and senior citizens, $3 for children ages 6-12 and children under 6 are free. ### General Information The Charlotte Museum of History is Where History Has A Home. The museum, with its core and visiting exhibitions, explores Charlotte-Mecklenburg’s rich history during the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. The museum is home to the oldest surviving structure in Charlotte-Mecklenburg, the Hezekiah Alexander House (circa 1774). Set on eight acres of park like grounds, the museum is also home to the American Freedom Bell, the Backcountry Patriot Statue and historic gardens. In addition, the museum offers: rental space for events and weddings, education programs for adults, schools and families, and membership benefits and opportunities The Charlotte Museum of History is supported, in part, with a Basic Operating Grant form the Arts & Science Council. The Charlotte Museum of History is located at 3500 Shamrock Drive (between Eastway and Sharon Amity). Open Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Free every Sunday, 1 to 5 p.m. Open Mondays from Memorial Day to Labor Day. Guided tours of the Hezekiah Alexander Homesite given daily at 1:15 and 3:15 p.m. For more information call 704 568-1774, email info@charlottemuseum.org or visit www.charlottemusuem.org. |
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The Charlotte
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