Beyond the Picket Fence: The Places & Spaces We Call Home

Dates and Times for this Past Event

• Wed, Mar 29, 2023 - Sat, Apr 1, 2023  11am - 4pm Wed Hours 1 - 8pm
• Wed, Mar 22, 2023 - Sat, Mar 25, 2023  11am - 4pm Wed Hours 1 - 8pm
• Wed, Mar 15, 2023 - Sat, Mar 18, 2023  11am - 4pm Wed Hours 1 - 8pm
• Wed, Mar 8, 2023 - Sat, Mar 11, 2023  11am - 4pm Wed Hours 1 - 8pm
• Wed, Mar 1, 2023 - Sat, Mar 4, 2023  11am - 4pm Wed Hours 1 - 8pm

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Through April 27, 2024
National Museum of Psychology

“Home” is something we all know the meaning of – until we try to put it into words. Is home your house, your town, or your community? Is it defined by a physical location, by a feeling, or by the people around you? Can a person find a sense of home in the face of displacement, incarceration, institutionalization, or disaster? Can someone be unhoused, and still have a place they call home?

Beyond the Picket Fence: The Places & Spaces We Call Home explores the concept of home in all its definitions and asks us to consider the variety of elements that let us know when we have found home. From Lillian Gilbreth’s analysis of what makes a home efficient to David Boder’s interviews with people displaced from home, the exhibit brings together artifacts from the collections of the Archives of the History of American Psychology and the Institute for Human Science and Culture. Beyond the Picket Fence was researched and curated by volunteer intern, Kellyn Toombs.

Beyond the Picket Fence joins Home Is... as part of the Cummings Center's exploration of the many meanings of home.