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The Ultimate Vacation: Watching Other People Work
When
- Wednesday
- Dec. 5, 2012
- 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Description
Have you have ever wondered how the car you drive, the flowers you grow, or the chocolate you eat are made? The upcoming exhibit The Ultimate Vacation: Watching Other People Work is just the place for you. McKissick Museum is hosting the exhibition co-curated by University of South Carolina Public History Graduate students and faculty.
Based loosely on the dissertation research of Dr. Allison Marsh, The Ultimate Vacation explores the history of factory tours in America. It focuses on the food, mail order, and automotive industries. The exhibit shows the widespread popularity of industrial tourism from the 1890s to the present and challenges visitors to think about how consumer goods are manufactured, how business practices change over time, and why tourists enjoy watching other people work. The BMW plant in Spartanburg, South Carolina is one of the companies featured in the exhibit along with the Columbia based Park Seed. National companies such as Hershey’s, Sears & Roebuck, and Heinz make up a portion of the exhibit as well.
Based loosely on the dissertation research of Dr. Allison Marsh, The Ultimate Vacation explores the history of factory tours in America. It focuses on the food, mail order, and automotive industries. The exhibit shows the widespread popularity of industrial tourism from the 1890s to the present and challenges visitors to think about how consumer goods are manufactured, how business practices change over time, and why tourists enjoy watching other people work. The BMW plant in Spartanburg, South Carolina is one of the companies featured in the exhibit along with the Columbia based Park Seed. National companies such as Hershey’s, Sears & Roebuck, and Heinz make up a portion of the exhibit as well.
Website
Phone
803-777-7251
mckscal@mailbox.sc.edu
Where
Ends
- Tuesday
- Dec. 18, 2012
- 5:00 PM
