Exhibits

Journey Stories

A traveling exhibit sponsored by the Smithsonian Institute and brought to the Orcas Island Historical Museum by Humanities Washington

EACH OF US has a powerful journey story deep in our personal heritage. It may be a story of a family uprooting itself in order to stay together, or of sons and daughters moving to another land, or of a distant ancestor coming to America.

JOURNEY STORIES examines how transportation and migration helped build our nation, how it has changed us, and how our mobile world looked to travelers along the way.
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""When I found I had crossed that line . . . I looked at my hands to see if I was the same person. There was such a glory over everything, the sun came like gold through the trees, and over the fields, and I felt like I was in heaven.” ~~~ Harriet Tubman, 1869

"The camping vacation was anything but uneventful, often combining the relentless onward march of a military campaign with picturesque social studies lessons. Each member of the clan would pitch in at every stop, setting up camp in the evening and taking it down when it was time to move out." ~ Bob and Jeff Rosen, recalling childhood road trips. 2008