Exhibits at Center for Diversity Education are largely based on the research of students at UNC Asheville using the methodology of “Facing History and Ourselves”. Through the use of primary and secondary source materials along with the first person stories of local citizens, these exhibits make real how world events, past and present, impact each of us. The exhibits are a great way to “Start a Conversation” in a school, community organization or business.

Each exhibit is created to compliment some part of the North Carolina Standard Course of Study while being of benefit to citizens of all ages.

Exhibits

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Western North Carolina Goes Global
Recommended for grades 5 and up
Diverse local business people share their perspectives on our changing economy, our relationships with countries around the world, and our ways of educating for success.

With All Deliberate Speed: School Desegregation in Buncombe County
Recommended for grades 6 and up
Created in 2005, this exhibit offers an overview of segregation in the US and highlights the accomplishments of brave students who worked to integrate schools and businesses in Western North Carolina in the 1950s and 1960s.

WWII Mountain Memories: From the Home Front to the Frontline
Recommended for grades 6 and up
Using over 200 local interviews, the exhibit looks at World War II from its many complex angles and addresses the war’s impact on Western North Carolina and its citizens.

In the Footsteps of Pilgrims: Historic Travels of Faith
Recommended for grades 7 and up
Learn about the tradition of pilgrimage in five of the world’s major religions through contemporary stories and photographs from citizens of Western North Carolina.

Coming to the Mountains: Immigration and WNC
Recommended for grades 6 and up
This exhibit tells the stories of diverse immigrants to WNC from the point of view of the local businesses they created.

Choosing to Remember: From the Shoah to the Mountains
Recommended for grades 6 and up
This redesigned traveling exhibit documents the poignant, tragic, heroic, and fateful stories of local individuals and families who lived through the horrors of World War II and the Holocaust.

An Unmarked Trail: Stories of African Americans in Buncombe County from 1850-1950
Recommended for grades 6 and up
Exhibit documents the vital contributions of African American people to Western North Carolina despite great hardships and injustice.

Loving Families: Conversations with the GLBT Community in WNC
Recommended for PTA functions, teachers’ work rooms, and grades 9 and up
This exhibit takes an intimate look at the joys and challenges of families in Asheville’s growing and vibrant GLBT community and encourages citizens to explore the common ground shared by all families.

Rental Information

Most exhibits are available for rent in two formats:

• 24"x 18"- Laminated poster – fits on an easel or may be hung on a bulletin board
• 44"x 34"Canvas banner – hangs from hooks on drop in ceiling or attaches to a wall, panels, or glass

Click here to see how our exhibits can be displayed on a variety of surfaces

K-12 Schools:

The exhibits are available at no-charge for up to a one month loan with pickup at UNC Asheville Highsmith Student Union front desk. Includes easels,  teacher materials, and student guides.

Houses of Worship, Community Organizations, Non- Profits, Post Secondary Schooling: 

$300 rental*

A staff member will drop the exhibit off and return for pick up one month later.  The borrowing agency is responsible for exhibit installation.

Businesses and Corporations:

$500 rental*

A staff member will drop the exhibit off and return for pick up one month later. The renting agency is responsible for exhibit installation.  Day rates are available at $50.00.

*Additional services such as exhibit installation and special guided tours may be arranged for an additional fee.
 

Call or email the Center to reserve an exhibit.