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Film, Video Gateway to Knowledge Travelling Exhibition

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About this Item

Title

  • Gateway to Knowledge Travelling Exhibition

Summary

  • A specially-designed 18-wheel truck brought treasures and information from the Library of Congress into cities and towns across America. Beginning in September 2010, the "Gateway to Knowledge" rolling exhibition visited sites in states across the Midwest, South, and Northeast through September 2011, concluding its tour where it began, at the Library of Congress National Book Festival. The truck, staffed and driven by two docents well-versed in the Library and its collections, parked at various universities, libraries, community centers and other public venues.

Names

  • Library of Congress

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2011-11-29.

Headings

  • -  Advertising
  • -  Cities, Towns
  • -  Culture, Folklife
  • -  Government, Law
  • -  Literature
  • -  Maps
  • -  Presidents
  • -  Technology, Industry
  • -  War, Military
  • -  Women's History
  • -  exhibition, travel, Gateway to Knowledge
  • -  Government, World Affairs

Notes

  • -  Classification: History: America.
  • -  Various.
  • -  Recorded on 2011-11-29.
  • -  Kids, Families.
  • -  Teachers.
  • -  Visitors.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021688775

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

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Credit Line: Library of Congress

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Chicago citation style:

Library Of Congress. Gateway to Knowledge Travelling Exhibition. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -11-29, 2011. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021688775/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress. (2011) Gateway to Knowledge Travelling Exhibition. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -11-29. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021688775/.

MLA citation style:

Library Of Congress. Gateway to Knowledge Travelling Exhibition. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -11-29, 2011. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021688775/>.