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PAST EXHIBITS (2019 - Present)

The History Center in Tompkins County changes our full Exhibit Hall displays 1-2 times each year. This allows us to highlight different items and areas of current research from our collections, as well as provide opportunities for collaboration with local history partners and organizations.

In addition to our Exhibit Hall transitions each year, we create smaller exhibits on display for 1-3 months in different spaces across Tompkins County each year.

Scroll down, and click on the title for connected web pages with additional information on each exhibit.

For information about digital exhibits explore our Virtual Exhibits page and the History Center Blog.

CURRENT EXHIBIT

A Sporting Chance: On and Off the Field - On display February-December 2024 @ The History Center Exhibit Hall

This exhibit is possible with thanks to many of our collaborators who shared their personal sports histories, including: Adrian Cooper, Amy Somchanhmavong, Mary Grainger, Charles DeMotte, Ithaca League of Women Rollers, Iroquois Museum, the Ithaca Farmers Market, and Special Olympics New York.

Also our deep thanks to our many community members who lent their personal sports memorabilia for the artifact wall. Thank you for helping share the story of local sports!.

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Women Swimmin' for Hospicare 20th - See How Far We've Swum! - On display July 2023 - March 2024 in the atrium tower at the Tompkins Center for History & Culture.

In collaboration with the Hospicare & Women Swimmin'.

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Knot Sew Fast: Patchwork of Tompkins County - On display February 2023 - December 2023 @ History Center Exhibit Hall

DIGITAL EXHIBIT GUIDE

Collaborative exhibits included: Women of Influence: Each Block a Story (Seneca Iroquois National Museum) on display February-August 2023. and 'Here Comes the Sun' quilt from the 40 Beds 40 Quilts Project of the Community Quilting Center on display September-December 2023 .

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reCOUNT: Facing our Census - On display April 2022 - December 2022 @ History Center Exhibit Hall

In collaboration with HistoryForge.

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Unfolding: A Timeline of Sexual Assault Activism in Tompkins County - On display May & June 2022 in the CAP ArtSpace

In collaboration with the Advocacy Center of Tompkins County.

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Breaking Barriers: Women's Lives & Livelihoods - On display July 2021 - March 2022 @ History Center Exhibit Hall

Collaborative exhibits included: The Haudenosaunee Influence on Women's Rights (Matilda Joslyn Gage Foundation), Serial Style: Irene Castle, Patria, and Corticelli Silk (Wharton Studio Museum & Cornell Fashion + Textile Collection).

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Asai Family Exhibit - On display 2021 - 2022 at the Ithaca Town Hall

In collaboration with the Ithaca Asian American Association.

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Art of Wampum - On display November 2021 in the CAP ArtSpace

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Sisters of Change: Unsung Sheroes for Racial Justice Whose Names Everyone Should Know - Physical display January 2020 - 2021 in the atrium tower at the Tompkins Center for History & Culture. The physical exhibit was later turned into the virtual exhibit 'Sisters of Change' Designed by Cindy Kjellander-Cantu. © 2021 The History Center in Tompkins County

In collaboration with the Dorothy Cotton Institute and 'Move When the Spirit Says Move - The Life & Legacy of Dorothy F. Cotton' documentary.

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Patterns: Quilting in Tompkins County - Digital Exhibit

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Overcoming Barriers to Vote: Woman Suffrage Movement in Tompkins County - One-Hundred +1 Years in the Making - Digital Exhibit

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P.L.A.C.E. People Land Architecture Culture Enterprise - On display May 2019 - June 2021 in The History Center Exhibit Hall

Rectangular area with back background featuring local businesses. Text is centered and reads “ P.L.A.C.E People. Land. Architecture. Culture, Enterprise. Tuesday March 1, 2016 12:00PM.”

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Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫ' - 13,000 Years and Counting - On display May 2019 - Fall 2019 in the atrium tower at the Tompkins Center for History & Culture.

In collaboration with the traditional leadership of the Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫˀ (Cayuga) Nation.

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The History Center moved to the Tompkins Center for History & Culture in 2019. For information on exhibits pre-dating our location at 110 N. Tioga St, please reach out to our archivist - archives@thehistorycenter.net.