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Image 1: RACE Composite
All photos on this page must have the following photo credit:
"Photograph is courtesy of American Anthropological Association and Science Museum of Minnesota" |
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Image 2: All Over the Map
On a large map of the world, visitors trace their ancestors' journeys and discover that every human has a common origin. |
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Image 3: Census t-shirts
This photo from the RACE exhibit features college students demonstrating how racial categories have changed
throughout American history. Each student is wearing a t-shirt imprinted with racial categories they would have been assigned in three different censuses. |
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Image 4: Census
How would the U.S. Census classify you? The answer to this question has continually changed since the census began in 1790, reflecting changing ideas about race in American society. |
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Image 5: Child and Guardian
A resource center at the heart of the exhibit welcomes small children with books, games and other activities. |
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Image 6: Compelling Video
Videos throughout the exhibit present personal stories and challenge visitors to consider new perspectives on race. |
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Image 7: Family Participation
Together, a family discovers that assumptions can be misleading as they listen to voices and try to match them with pictures of the speakers. |
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Image 8: Hands-on Interactive
An interactive game about the traits people share yields surprising results that challenge visitors to reconsider the ways in which they categorize people. |
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Image 9: MLK Day
At the premier venue, Race drew record-breaking crowds for Martin Luther King Day, 2007 events. |
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Image 10: Piles of Cash
Stacks of money serve as powerful emblems of the economic inequity found in the United States. Throughout Race, components like this draw visitors into conversations that connect their personal experiences with ideas encountered in the exhibition. |
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Image 11: Self Identification
"What are you?" asks artist Kip in his photographic installation, The Hapa Project. As they encounter a multiplicity of answers, visitors reflect on the sharp contrast between common conceptions of race and the fluidity of personal identity. |
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Image 12: Skin Color
A young visitor adds her skin tone to an ever-changing palette assembled from visitors' contributions. |
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Image 13: Slave Shackles
Historical objects such as this--slave shackles from the early 1800s--provide a visceral reminder of the powerful and often devastating role that the idea of race has played throughout American history. |
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Image 14: Student Voices
In a student developed display, youth perspectives on race, identity and ethnicity are expressed through their own words, pictures, and objects. |
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Image 15: "Why do people come in so many colors?"
Many visitors come to the exhibit with common questions like these. Here they learn about recent scientific theory that may explain the variation in human skin color found around the globe. |