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    How Can You Forget Me: Filipino American Stories Added

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    How Can You Forget Me: Filipino American Stories

    Explore the overlooked history of a trailblazing Filipino community in California from the 1910s to the 1970s.

    December 23, 2025 – November 28, 2027

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    Corazón y vida: Lowriding Culture Added

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    Corazón y vida: Lowriding Culture

    This vibrant, bilingual exhibition showcases the unique car-making tradition of lowriding culture with photos, graphics, and two classic cars.

    September 26, 2025 – TBD

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    The Gunboat Philadelphia Preservation Project Added

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    The Gunboat Philadelphia Preservation Project

    Follow the preservation of the gunboat USS Philadelphia, an iconic reminder of the spirit of the American Revolution.

    August 22, 2025 – Ongoing

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    Road Warriors/Guerreros de la carretera Added

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    Road Warriors/Guerreros de la carretera

    This robotic vehicle demonstrates promising research advances in artificial intelligence and driverless vehicles. 

    July 23, 2024 – Fall/Winter 2026

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    Zen And the Open Road Added

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    Zen And the Open Road

    In celebration of the 50th anniversary of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, the author's 1966 Honda Super Hawk motorcycle is on display.

    April 15, 2024 – Ongoing

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    Change YOUR Game Added

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    Change YOUR Game

    A family-friendly, interactive exhibition on the intersection of invention, sports, and technology.

    March 15, 2024 – Ongoing

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    Treasures and Trouble: Looking Inside a Legendary Blues Archive Added

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    Treasures and Trouble: Looking Inside a Legendary Blues Archive

    Highlights from a one-of-a-kind archive documenting the blues as compiled by Robert “Mack” McCormick are featured in the museum’s Archives Center cases. 

    June 23, 2023 – Ongoing

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    Entertainment Nation

    Entertainment Nation examines how entertainment brings Americans together, shapes us, and provides a forum for important national conversations.

    December 9, 2022 – Indefinitely

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    Rallying against Racism Added

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    Rallying against Racism

    This display features the “Fight the Virus, NOT the People” COVID-19 Banner, donated by the San Francisco Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association (CCBA). 

    October 1, 2022 – November 2025

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    We Belong Here: Marking the 50th Anniversary of Title IX Added

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    We Belong Here: Marking the 50th Anniversary of Title IX

    Coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the federal legislation that unintentionally helped bring equality to sports.

    June 23, 2022 – November 2025

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    Really BIG Money Added

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    Really BIG Money

    Artifacts and activities help young visitors understand that money can be a powerful and memorable way to learn about the world.

    April 8, 2022 – Indefinitely

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    The Only One in the Room: Women Achievers in Business and the Cost of Success Added

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    The Only One in the Room: Women Achievers in Business and the Cost of Success

    This display features the stories of eight strong women who made it to the top.

    November 20, 2020 – TBA

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    America's Listening

    America's Listening tells the story of recorded sound and innovations that contributed to how we consume music and movies today.

    October 19, 2018 – Indefinitely

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    Art in Industry Added

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    Art in Industry

    Art in Industry looks back at a time when Americans embraced artistic skills as a way to build a consumer-oriented industrial economy.

    March 22, 2018 – TBA

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    Waterloo Boy Added

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    Waterloo Boy

    The development and use of gasoline-powered tractors in the early 1900s helped change the business of American farming.

    February 22, 2018 – Indefinitely

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    Wallace H. Coulter Unity Square Added

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    Wallace H. Coulter Unity Square

    Wallace H. Coulter Unity Square is where history will inspire you to participate—in the museum and in civic life.

    June 28, 2017 – Permanent

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    Many Voices, One Nation Added

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    Many Voices, One Nation

    Explore the 500-year journey of how many distinct peoples and cultures shaped and negotiated the culture of the U.S.

    June 28, 2017 – Permanent

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    American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith Added

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    American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith

    Presents national treasures that represent American democracy—based on the bold American experiment to create a government “of the people, by the people and for the people.”

    June 28, 2017 – Permanent

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    Greensboro Lunch Counter Added

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    Greensboro Lunch Counter

    The sit-in of four African American college students at this Woolworth counter helped ignite a youth-led movement to challenge inequality throughout the South.

    June 28, 2017 – Indefinitely

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    Giving in America Added

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    Giving in America

    Giving in America looks at the history of philanthropy in United States, commemorating the movements and people who made and continue to make a difference.

    November 29, 2016 – Permanent

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    Always Ready: Firefighting in the 19th Century Added

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    Always Ready: Firefighting in the 19th Century

    Explores how the role of citizens in fighting fire changed dramatically over the 19th century along with the technology.

    September 16, 2016 – November 2025

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    Wegmans Wonderplace Added

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    Wegmans Wonderplace

    Wegmans Wonderplace welcomes curious kids ages 0–6 and their grownups. Please also note that children may not visit Wegmans Wonderplace without an adult. Please check our events calendar for the latest hours.

    December 9, 2015 – Indefinitely

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    Inventing in America

    This exhibition focuses on inventions and innovators of the past and present, including Samuel Morse, Alexander Graham Bell, and Thomas Edison. 

    July 1, 2015 – Indefinitely

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    Patrick F. Taylor Foundation Object Project Added

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    Patrick F. Taylor Foundation Object Project

    In Object Project, visitors consider the impact of innovative things on everyday life in the past.

    July 1, 2015 – Permanent

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    Spark!Lab

    Open Wednesday–Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Spark!Lab reveals the real story behind inventors’ work through hands-on activities that help kids and families learn about the history and process of invention. Hours are subject to change.

    July 1, 2015 – Indefinitely

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