1968 Exhibit at the Minnesota History Center

The year 1968 comes alive in an extraordinary new exhibit at the Minnesota History Center which opens Friday, October 14, 2011 and runs through February 20, 2012.

1968 was a turning point for a generation coming of age. The year saw the peak of the Vietnam War, the assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert Kennedy, riots at the Democratic National Convention, assertions of Black Power at the Olympic Games and feminist demonstrations at the Miss America pageant. Hair opened on Broadway, Laugh-In debuted and became the number-one show on TV, Bonnie and Clyde and The Graduate picked up Oscars and Johnny Cash gave a legendary performance at Folsom Prison. President Lyndon Johnson spoke of a country "challenged, at home and abroad" in his final State of the Union address; his successor, Richard Nixon, promised in his nomination acceptance speech that "the long, dark night for America is about to end." In the closing days of the year, we saw Earth in its entirety for the first time from the window of the Apollo 8 space capsule.

The Minnesota Historical Society, in partnership with the Atlanta History Center, the Chicago History Museum and the Oakland Museum of California, brings you a major exhibit documenting this pivotal year. The "1968 Exhibit" is a state-of-the-art, multi-media exhibit that looks at how the experiences of the year fueled a sense of identity for the people who were there. You don't want to miss it!

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