No cost poster exhibitions featuring “Righting a Wrong: Japanese Americans And World War II” and more!
The Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES) consistently offers traveling exhibitions to organizations across the U.S. and around the globe. But did you know SITES also develops and offers FREE poster exhibitions on a variety of subjects? Below we’ve compiled a list of poster exhibitions you can bring to your community free of charge:
Mochida Family, Courtesy of National Archives
Featured Poster Exhibition
Righting a Wrong: Japanese Americans and World War II
This exhibition traces the story of Japanese national and Japanese American incarceration during World War II and the people who survived it. Young and old lived crowded together in hastily built camps, endured poor living conditions, and were under the constant watch of military guards for two and a half years. Meanwhile, brave Japanese American men risked their lives fighting for the United States. Some 40 years later, members of the Japanese American community led the nation to confront the wrong it had done—and urged Congress to make it right. Based on an original exhibition at the National Museum of American History, the Righting a Wrong poster exhibition centers around eight core questions that encourage viewers to engage in a dialogue about how this happened and if it could happen again. Embracing themes that are as relevant today as they were 75 years ago, the poster exhibition brings forth themes of identity, immigration, prejudice, civil rights, courage, and what it means to be an American. A limited quantity of printed posters are available on request at no cost. These posters are expected to be ready for shipping by Fall 2019. Request a copy here.
Additional available poster exhibitions:
- A Place for All People
- Bittersweet Harvest: The Bracero Program, 1942-1964
- Choosing to Participate
- City of Hope: Resurrection City and the 1968 Poor People’s Campaign
- Destination Moon: The Apollo 11 Mission
- Earth from Space
- From Sea to Shining Sea: 200 Years of Charting America’s Coasts
- I Want the Wide American Earth: An Asian Pacific American Story
- Journey Stories
- World War I: Lessons and Legacies
Click here to see more information about each poster exhibition.
Poster exhibitions are available for download at sites.si.edu. Each poster exhibition includes design files to print posters, as well as programming resources. Recipients are required to complete a short survey about how the poster exhibition was used. Some poster exhibitions are also available as free printed copies. For more information, visit the website or contact SITES’ Poster Coordinator Stephanie McCoy-Johnson at (202) 633-3105 or
