You're invited to the Opening Reception for the Smithsonian traveling exhibition, "Voices and Votes: Democracy in America!" at the Matheson Museum.

Join us for a ribbon cutting, refreshments, and tour the exhibition!
11am-4pm - Visitors are welcome to stop by to tour the exhibition any time during those hours
2pm - Grand ribbon cutting and remarks

LWV of Alachua County is proud to partner with the Matheson History Museum on their Voices and Votes exhibits.

“Voices and Votes: Alachua County” focuses on our local history of elections, civil rights, and more. Researched and curated by Willett Hancock, Kaitlyn Hof-Mahoney, and Liam Shanley, the local exhibit i

“Voices and Votes: Democracy in America” is part of Museum on Main Street, a unique collaboration between the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES), state humanities councils across the nation, and local host institutions.

Through a selection of photographs, objects, film, audio and interactives, “Voices and Votes” takes a broad look at the nearly 250-year-old American experiment of a government “of, by and for the people.” From the revolution and suffrage, to civil rights and casting ballots, everyone in every community is part of this ever-evolving story—the story of democracy in America. 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.