The North Dakota Humanities Council

The North Dakota Humanities Council is currently accepting applications to host the next Smithsonian Exhibit in North Dakota.

Key Ingredients: America by Food is a traveling exhibition from the Smithsonian Institution developed as part of the Museum on Main Street (MOMS) program. This exhibit combines cultural resources at federal, state, and local levels to provide high-quality educational events to underserved rural citizens and to spark lasting professional improvement for small town museums.

The NDHC invites museums, public libraries, and cultural institutions to apply to host the exhibition in 2011-2012. We encourage community organizations to work together as partners.

To apply, please complete application and submit to North Dakota Humanities Council, postmarked by November 15, 2009.

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Key Ingredients Exhibition Description
Key Ingredients: America by Food explores the connections between Americans and the foods they produce, prepare, preserve, and present at table – a provocative and thoughtful look at the historical,regional, and social traditions that merge in everyday meals and celebrations. Through a selection of artifacts, photographs, and illustrations, vKey Ingredients examines the evolution of the American kitchen and how food industries have responded to the technological innovations that have enabled Americans to choose an ever-wider variety of frozen, prepared, and fresh foods. Key Ingredients also looks beyond the home to restaurants, diners, and celebrations that help build a sense of community through food. The exhibition offers a multitude of opportunities for hosting organizations to link their own collections and local food specialties to the panoramic story told in the exhibition. Key Ingredients addresses farming, table manners, history, markets, and kitchen gadgets in a lively presentation that stimulates comparisons of back then and right now, over there and right here. The exhibition will engage audiences everywhere, creating conversations and inspiring community recollection and celebration.