The U.S. Marshals Museum has the 2015 spring lecture series titled The Gallery Lecture Series.
Boston-based Brent Johnson Design is in the process of designing exhibits for the future museum. The Gallery Lecture Series will highlight these designs. Each lecture will include an introduction to the featured gallery, and a speaker on a topic to be covered in that gallery. See below for individual session information. Light refreshments will be served, and a cash bar will be available. Admission is $25 for the series, or $10 each for individual lecture.
A special wrap-up session will feature Dr. Brent Glass, director emeritus of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. Glass will present on the importance of preserving history and making it accessible to the public, and the critical role of history museums in our society. For reservations, please visit: http://usmm.eventbrite.com or call the USMM Office at 709-3766.
Session One
Marshals Today
April 6, 6:30p, The Blue Lion
The Marshals Today Gallery will highlight the modern day U.S. Marshals Service. Retired Deputy Marshal and Witness Security Chief Eugene Coon will share the story of, and his experiences with, WITSEC– the Witness Security Program. His wife, Lynn, will discuss family life in the U.S. Marshals Service.
Session Two
Frontier Marshals
May 4, @ 6:30p, The Blue Lion
The Frontier Marshals Gallery will explore the most famous period in marshal history– the Old West. Dr. Daniel Littlefield, of the Sequoyah Center in Little Rock, will present on the Trail of Tears, and how this series of forced relocations led to the increase of federal law enforcement in the Western District of Arkansas, and federal jurisdiction in Indian Territory.
Session Three
A Changing Nation
June 1, @ 6:30p, The Blue Lion
The gallery A Changing Nation will focus on the marshals’ involvement in some of the most pivotal moments in American history. William Doyle, author of An American Insurrection: The Battle of Oxford, MS, 1962, will discuss the marshals’ role in the desegregation of the University of Mississippi, and his research for the book.
Session Four
Public Memory in America: Why History Matters
June 29, @ 6:30p, The Blue Lion
Why build the U.S. Marshals Museum? Dr. Brent Glass, Director Emeritus of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, will wrap up the series with a look at why history museums are important, and the critical role they play in our communities.