"Voices and Votes: Democracy" in America, the traveling version of a major exhibition at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, will be on display at our Carriage House for a limited engagement.

The exhibition examines the nearly 250-year-old American experiment of government “of, by and for the people,” and how each generation since continues to question how to best form “a more perfect union.”

Exhibition sections explore the origins of American democracy, the struggles to obtain and keep the vote, the machinery of democracy, the right to petition and protest beyond the ballot and the rights and responsibilities of citizens. "Voices and Votes" features historical and contemporary photos; educational and archival video; engaging multimedia interactives with short games; and historical objects like campaign souvenirs, voter memorabilia, and protest material.

The exhibit is free, but we are asking that patrons pre-register for specific times to visit and mask when in the Carriage House in consideration for others.

Times to visit will be available Monday – Friday: 10am - 4:30pm; Saturday 10am – 1pm. The exhibit will be closed on Sunday.

Voices and Votes has been made available to The War Memorial by The Smithsonian’s Museum on Main Street, in cooperation with Michigan Humanities, an affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

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