Program

Public Programs: Humanities Projects in Museums and Historical Organizations

Period of Performance

12/1/1976 - 5/31/1978

Funding Totals

$63,227.00 (approved)
$63,227.00 (awarded)


The Faces of Birmingham: Past, Present, and Future

FAIN: GM-11307-76

University of Alabama, Birmingham (Birmingham, AL 35294-0002)
Edward S. LaMonte (Project Director: December 1976 to present)

To develop a historically oriented exhibit dealing with the Birmingham metropolitan area which focuses on architecture and artifacts as statements of cultural and socioeconomic conditions, and to interpret this exhibit to a broad segment of the public by means of captions, lecture- discussions and an illustrated brochure in such a way that it increases public awareness of the history of the community and stimulates discussion of significant policy questions.