Race

Temporary exhibition, Sept. 22, 2007–Jan. 1, 2008. 5,000 sq. ft. Opened at the Science Museum of Minnesota, Jan. 2007; traveling exhibition through 2011. Mary Margaret Overbey, principal investigator and project director; Yolanda Moses, advisory board chair; Robert Garfinkle, project leader. “RACE: Are We So Different?” is an ambitious project, involving both a traveling exhibition and an accompanying Web site, that wrestles with what remains one of modern society's thorniest subjects. Sponsored by the American Anthropological Association in collaboration with the Science Museum of Minnesota, with funding from the National Science Foundation and the Ford Foundation, the program has three interlocking segments. One explores how the biological foundations that supposedly define racial categories are much less precise than many believe. The second examines race as an issue in American history. The third features discussions of contemporary issues, with individuals talking about how perceptions of race have impacted their own stories. The

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