LILRC Member Institutions can borrow a traveling exhibit for a one month period. The exhibits available are listed below.

Contact Mona Boyd for questions about borrowing an exhibit at mboyd@lilrc.org or 631-675-1570.

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See the Traveling Exhibit Calendar.

Becoming the United States: Colonial America to Reconstruction

The Becoming the United States: Colonial America to Reconstruction exhibit was created by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History using items from their collection. It explores individuals, groups, and documents that have contributed to the history of the United States.

Immigration in New York State, 1650-1950

This exhibit focuses on historic immigration to New York State from 1650 to 1950. Our story begins with the arrival of Dutch settlers and continues through the end of the World Wars.

Recognizing Women's Right to Vote in New York

On November 6, 1917, women won the right to vote in New York State. This occured nearly seventy years after women organized to demand their right to vote at the first women's rights convention in Seneca Falls, N.Y. in 1848. Women organized into conventions, parades, and marches and drew attention to their cause with posters, pamphlets, buttons, signs, postcards, and songs. Many women throughout New York State sought their rights in a wide variety of ways, privately and publicly, by attempting to vote and staging protests over the decades.

Two Hundred Years on the Erie Canal

This 4-panel display is now available for travel to libraries in our region. Take advantage of the opportunity to host this exhibit in your library for four weeks. "Two Hundred Years on the Erie Canal" was curated by Heidi Ziemer and Dan Ward of the Western NY Library Resources Council (WNYLRC), a member of the Empire State Library Network (ESLN), and funded by a Humanities New York Action Grant.

Urban Renewal and its Impacts on New York State

An exhibit exploring the history and legacy of Urban Renewal in New York State. Ninety communities in the state had Urban areas and clear out slums, the program is often Renewal projects, and while those projects promised to revitalize downtown areas and clear out slums, the program is often remembered as a traumatic period where the most vulnerable residents were stripped of their housing and private developers were given publicly subsidized deals on land grabs.