The Life Atomic!  Growing Up in the Shadow of the A-Bomb

We are pleased to announce that in 2009 we will be debuting a brand new traveling exhibition, "The Life Atomic:  Growing Up in the Shadow of the A-Bomb."  Funded by a Museums for America grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, this exciting new exhibit will consist of panels with images and text, plans for construction of a re-creation of a portion of a family fallout shelter, and props and teaching collection objects to be used in the shelter and/or in exhibit cases.

The Life Atomic is intended as a vehicle for intergenerational discussion about the threats faced by Americans in the early atomic age and the threats that face our nation today.  But the exhibit will include a more light-hearted aspect of the topic, the impact of the bomb on the popular culture of the 1950s and 1960s.  We plan to rent this exhibit for $800 for a six-week loan period, plus shipping to the next venue.  It will be some months before we establish the exhibit weight and begin to make formal bookings.  But we already have started a list of museums that have expressed interest in the exhibition.  Want to be added to that list?  Contact John Burroughs at 479-621-1154 or jburroughs@rogersark.org
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