Exhibit Closing

The end of a year always comes with a sense of closure for people whether it be closure on a good year in hopes of an even better one next time, closure on using one calendar and moving on to the next, and so on.

The end of 2008 will bring with it the closing of Seeking Liberty: An Imagined Community at the Banneker-Douglass Museum. The exhihibition will continue on in new forms with satellite exhibit cases at each of the five sites featured in the exhibition going on display in the coming month and the website will remain live. There is even talk of at least part of the exhibit going on display in other areas in Maryland.

Jess and I have been in discussion over the past few weeks regarding the future of the Seeking Liberty blog trying to determine how we would like to proceed. This blog has been a quiet one in terms of comments, however we know that there are many people out there reading it. Just to give you a taste, since the blog was launched, over 1500 people have visited from over 25 countries around the world. It is really gratifying to know that this exhibition has interested people from 6 continents. With that being said, we pose the question to you: What do you think we should do? We have come up with a few different options and would like to hear what you have to say.

Option 1: Do nothing. Continue the blog as usual, although most likely with fewer posts.
Option 2: End the blog when the exhibition ends on 31 December 2008.
Option 3: Convert the blog into a Banneker-Douglass Museum blog with occasional postings on archaeology and Seeking Liberty-related information.

What do you think? Send us your answers by posting below. If you do not want to leave a post, feel free to email me at BDMPrograms(at)goci(dot)state(dot)md(dot)us with your answer.
Thank you!