Program

Public Programs: Humanities Projects in Museums and Historical Organizations

Period of Performance

9/1/1978 - 9/30/1979

Funding Totals

$54,402.00 (approved)
$54,402.00 (awarded)


The History of Educational Toys in America

FAIN: GM-11627-78

Columbia Museums of Art and Science (Columbia, SC 29201-3703)
Nina G. Parris (Project Director: September 1978 to present)

To exhibit educational toys m America from colonial times to the present and examine their changing definition and attitudes toward children’s play and education. The exhibit will include a slide-tape show, touchable reproductions of some toys, a 120-page catalogue including 4 essays and 60 black and white photographs.