A national traveling exhibition, “Farm Life: A Century of Change for Farm Families and Their Neighbors,” will take root at Eastern Illinois University’s Booth Library this month. The exhibition, which is to be displayed in the Marvin Foyer and Atrium through March 9, will take a look at the profound changes experienced by farm families and their neighbors in the 20th century.
Several events are planned throughout the exhibit’s tenure at EIU, including an opening reception at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 7, in the library’s Marvin Foyer. The reception will include music by a local country string band. The Illinois Center for Soy Foods will provide soy-based refreshments. The reception will also include a presentation called “Farming in the 21st Century -- Cutting Edge Technology: Farmers are Savvy First Adopters” by Linda Kull, coordinator of soybean production research for the National Soybean Research Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It will be held in the adjacent West Reading Room.
This exhibition has been made possible through NEH on the Road, a special initiative of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Brought to Booth Library by Mid-America Arts Alliance, it was organized by The Chippewa Valley Museum, Eau Claire, Wis., and is based on a larger exhibition permanently installed in their galleries.
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