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Exhibition Review
"North Carolina and the Civil War." North Carolina Museum of History, 3 E. Edenton St., Raleigh, NC 27601-1011.
Long-term exhibition, Sept. 1999–2003. Tu–Sa 9–5, Su 12–5; admission free. 3,500 sq. ft. Tom Belton, curator; Sandra Hasson-McEwan, designer; Jackson Marshall, historian.
Internet: press release describing exhibition and assorted illustrations
<http://nchistory.dcr.state.nc.us/museums/>.
"Duty Called Me Here: The Common Soldier's Experience in the American Civil War." National Museum of the Civil War Soldier, Pamplin Historical Park, 6125 Boydton Plank Rd., Petersburg, VA 23803.
Permanent exhibition, opened May 1999. M–Su 9–6 in summer, M–Su 9–5 the rest of the year, closed Jan. 1, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day; adults $10, seniors $9, children (6–11) $5, children 5 and under free; special group rates available. 9,000 sq. ft. E. Verner Johnson and Associates, Boston, architects.
Internet: general information on park and museum <http://www.pamplinpark.org/nmcws.html>.
"Turning Point: The American Civil War." Atlanta History Center, 130 West Paces Ferry Rd., NW, Atlanta, GA 30305-1366.
Permanent exhibition, opened 1996. M–Sa 10–5:30, Su 12–5:30; members free, adults $10, seniors and students $8, youths (6–17) $4, children under 6 free, special group rates available. 9,200 sq. ft. Gordon Jones, curator; PRD Group Limited, Fairfax, Va., designers.
Turning Point: The American Civil War. (Atlanta: Atlanta Historical Society, 1996. 16 pp. $4.50.)
Guided exhibition tours; costumed soldiers and civilian interpreters; "Plants That Went to War," guided tour through Mary Howard Gilbert Memorial Quarry Garden; "Plants of the Old South," guided tour through Tullie Smith Farm gardens.
Special events: annual Civil War encampment of living-history interpreters; biannual scholarly symposium on the Civil War.
Internet: information on programs and special collections; virtual tour
<http://www.atlantahistorycenter.com/Exhibitions/html/turningpoint.htm>.
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Museums in the American South face a distinctly difficult task when they design Civil War exhibitions. Such exhibitions must somehow address the emotionally intense issues that precipitated the war and continue to shape the region's historical memory—slavery, race, and states' rights. The three museum exhibitions examined in this review all confront the challenge of displaying the brutality and the consequences of this fratricidal war to an audience drawn from and to the old Confederacy. |
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Pvt. Morrie Gore and his wife, Mary Eliza Gore, of
Sampson County, North Carolina (shown c. 1861), both
died while serving the Confederacy. Private Gore was
killed at the battle of Gaines Mill in Virginia. Mary
Gore, a nurse in a Richmond hospital, died of disease.
Courtesy North Carolina Museum of History.
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