Many Voices, One Nation takes visitors on a chronological and thematic journey that maps the cultural geography of the unique and complex stories that animate the Latin emblem on the country’s Great Seal and the national ideal: E pluribus unum, Out of many, one.
Through almost 200 museum artifacts and about 100 loan objects, this exhibition shows how the many voices of the American people have contributed to and continue to shape the nation and its communities, from its earliest beginnings to the present. Through objects such as a painted elk hide from the Southwest, circa 1693, a Norwegian bowl brought by 19th-century immigrants, a gold miner’s trunk, symbols of union and liberty such as Uncle Sam and Columbia, and a baseball helmet used by Boston Red Sox player Carl Yastrzemski in the 1970s, the exhibition explores the never-ending process of becoming one nation.
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![Eagle, around 1850 Eagle, around 1850](/sites/default/files/exhibitions/JN2015-7696%20wood%20eagle.jpg)
Eagle, around 1850
![Painted Elk Hide, 1693–1710 Painted Elk Hide, 1693–1710](/sites/default/files/exhibitions/JN2015-7691%20%28hide%20painting%29.jpg)
Painted Elk Hide, 1693–1710
![Drinking Bowl, Norwegian, 1800s Drinking Bowl, Norwegian, 1800s](/sites/default/files/exhibitions/JN2017-00309.jpg)
Drinking Bowl, Norwegian, 1800s
![Uncle Sam Figure, Early 1900s Uncle Sam Figure, Early 1900s](/sites/default/files/exhibitions/JN2015-8151-2.jpg)
Uncle Sam Figure, Early 1900s
![Helmet used by Carl Yastrzemski, around 1970s Helmet used by Carl Yastrzemski, around 1970s](/sites/default/files/exhibitions/JN2016-03375.jpg)
Helmet used by Carl Yastrzemski, around 1970s
![Retablo Devotional Image of the Virgin Mary as Our Lady of Guadalupe, New Mexico, around 1820 Retablo Devotional Image of the Virgin Mary as Our Lady of Guadalupe, New Mexico, around 1820](/sites/default/files/exhibitions/JN2015-7701%20%28retablo%29.jpg)
Retablo Devotional Image of the Virgin Mary as Our Lady of Guadalupe, New Mexico, around 1820
![Firemark, 1753 Firemark, 1753](/sites/default/files/exhibitions/JN2016-03245.jpg)
Firemark, 1753
![Face Vessel, African American, 1850s Face Vessel, African American, 1850s](/sites/default/files/exhibitions/JN2016-02738.jpg)
Face Vessel, African American, 1850s
![African Cowrie Shell Necklace African Cowrie Shell Necklace](/sites/default/files/exhibitions/JN2015-7735%20cowrie.jpg)
African Cowrie Shell Necklace
![Inlaid wood table with patriotic themes, made by Peter Glass, 1868 Inlaid wood table with patriotic themes, made by Peter Glass, 1868](/sites/default/files/exhibitions/JN2015-7702%20glass%20table.jpg)
Inlaid wood table with patriotic themes, made by Peter Glass, 1868
![Car hood made by Victor’s Paint and Body Shop, Chimayó, New Mexico, 1991 Car hood made by Victor’s Paint and Body Shop, Chimayó, New Mexico, 1991](/sites/default/files/exhibitions/JN2016-03356.jpg)
Car hood made by Victor’s Paint and Body Shop, Chimayó, New Mexico, 1991
![Da Vinci robotic arm, developed around 2000 Da Vinci robotic arm, developed around 2000](/sites/default/files/exhibitions/JN2017-00592.jpg)
Da Vinci robotic arm, developed around 2000
![Immokalee Statue of Liberty, by Kat Rodriguez, 2000 Immokalee Statue of Liberty, by Kat Rodriguez, 2000](/sites/default/files/exhibitions/JN2015-8136-2.jpg)
Immokalee Statue of Liberty, by Kat Rodriguez, 2000
![Fugees soccer jersey, around 2013 Fugees soccer jersey, around 2013](/sites/default/files/exhibitions/JN2015-7700-2.jpg)
Fugees soccer jersey, around 2013
![Architectural fragment from Julian Theater, opened in 1909 Architectural fragment from Julian Theater, opened in 1909](/sites/default/files/exhibitions/JN2016-00935.jpg)