Program

Public Programs: Humanities Projects in Museums and Historical Organizations

Period of Performance

7/1/1980 - 10/31/1981

Funding Totals

$141,014.00 (approved)
$141,014.00 (awarded)


On Common Ground: The Boston Jewish Experience, 1649-1980

FAIN: GM-*1358-80

American Jewish Historical Society (Waltham, MA 02453)
Ellen J. Smith (Project Director: February 1980 to October 1990)

To support production of a traveling exhibit on the history of the Boston Jewish community, 1649-1980, to be held in Boston, Lexington, Mass. and N.Y.C. The interaction between a minority and a majority culture will be interpreted in an exhibit of 250 artifacts, audio-visual aids, and printed materials.