I received this information from American Ancestors today:
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Family History Attraction to Open in Boston
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The Family Heritage Experience, a permanent exhibition that explores the connections between us and our ancestors, opens to the public on April 25 in Boston’s Back Bay | ||
BOSTON, MA, Issued March 26, 2025... The Family Heritage Experience, a state-of-the-art exhibition designed to inspire visitors to reflect on their family history and cultural heritage, opens to the public on April 25 in a newly renovated building at 97 Newbury Street in Boston, Massachusetts. A self-guided tour of interactive exhibits, unique family history artifacts, and original artworks, the Family Heritage Experience invites visitors to ponder questions about their own family’s origins, journeys, and cultural traditions, and to learn ways to discover more about their ancestry. | ||
The multi-structure building complex that houses the Family Heritage Experience will be named after American philanthropist and preservationist Thomas Bailey Hagen and Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Gates has made family history research familiar to millions of Americans through his popular PBS show “Finding Your Roots,” which features celebrities learning dramatic accounts of their ancestry. American Ancestors has worked with “Finding Your Roots” since it first aired in 2012. | ||
From the moment they walk in the door, visitors engage with exhibits that explore themes of personal identity, the creation of family lore, and the almost universal desire to leave a record of one’s existence. An early highlight of the self-guided tour is the “Wall of Questions,” which encourages visitors to ponder their ancestors’ life experiences by selecting cards printed with common family history-related queries such as “How did my grandparents meet?” “What kind of clothes did my ancestor wear?” and “I heard a family legend––is it true?” | ||
Exhibit Highlights
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Other Spaces at American Ancestors
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About the Family Heritage Experience The Family Heritage Experience—an interactive, state-of-the-art exhibition that introduces visitors to the joy of family history research—was launched in 2025 by American Ancestors®, a national center for family history, heritage & culture. The Family Heritage Experience is located on the first floor of American Ancestors’ headquarters at 97 Newbury Street, in Boston, Massachusetts. For more information, visit fhe.americanancestors.org.
American Ancestors® is a national nonprofit center for family history, heritage & culture based in Boston, Massachusetts that has been setting the gold standard for genealogical research since its founding in 1845. Today, American Ancestors serves 400K+ members and subscribers through AmericanAncestors.org, one of the world’s largest online collections of family history resources. In 2025, American Ancestors launched the Family Heritage Experience, an interactive, state-of-the-art exhibition that introduces visitors to the joy of family history research, located at 97 Newbury Street at our headquarters in Boston. American Ancestors is also home to the Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center, which preserves New England’s Jewish history, and 10 Million Names, a project dedicated to finding the names of the enslaved men, women, and children in pre- and post-colonial America before emancipation. For more information, visit americanancestors.org. | ||
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Top Center: Inside the exhibit entrance, visitors ponder the purpose of their visit, and drop pins in the interactive 15' wide world map, image by Claire Vail/American Ancestors Top Left: The entrance to the Family Heritage Experience is at American Ancestors' headquarters, on Back Bay's historic Newbury Street in Boston, image by Claire Vail/American Ancestors Middle Left: Guests explore the Family Treasures exhibit vault room, an eclectic collection of historic objects that document family history, image by Claire Vail/American Ancestors Middle Right: The Wall of Questions is the first phase of a two-part exhibit featuring 90 card disks posing curious questions about family history. Visitors scan cards at the answer station kiosk to continue their learning adventure, image by Claire Vail/American Ancestors Bottom Left: A visitor takes a closer look at a family tree artifact in the Family Heritage Experience's Family Treasures collection, image by Claire Vail/American Ancestors ========================================== Disclosure: I am a paying member of American Ancestors for over 30 years and have benefited from their record collections, periodicals and education. Copyright (c) 2025, Randall J. Seaver Please comment on this post on the website by clicking the URL above and then the "Comments" link at the bottom of each post. Share it on X, Facebook, or Pinterest using the icons below. Or contact me by email at randy.seaver@gmail.com. Note that all comments are moderated, so they may not appear immediately. Subscribe to receive a free daily email from Genea-Musings using www.Blogtrottr.com. |
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