Spencer Crew, director of the National Museum of American
History at the Smithsonian Institution, will talk on “The New Challenges of
Presenting History in Museums” on Tuesday, Oct. 20, at 7:30 p.m. in the Nott
Memorial.
His talk, part of Union's Perspectives at the Nott
speaker series, is free and open to the public.
As director of the Smithsonian Institution's National
Museum of American History, Spencer Crew has helped change the portrayal of America's
past, shifting the emphasis from objects to people, highlighting America's diversity
and richness. The talk will address the challenges and rewards of participating in this
process of re-imagining America.