More on Rotating Exhibits

There are two African American Museums that are less than 100 miles from the Jim-Ree African American Museum in Elbert County: the Lucy Craft Laney Museum of Black History in Augusta, Georgia and the Morgan County African American Museum in Madison, Georgia.

The Lucy Craft Laney Museum of Black History celebrates the life of Lucy Craft Laney, a renowned educator, through art and history. The museum is located in the former home of Ms. Laney and is across the street from the Lucy Craft Laney High School. The museum houses both permanent and rotating galleries. The permanent exhibits are the Lucy Craft Laney Collection, the Pilgrim Health and Life Collection, and art works of Dr. Charles Smith and Alice Davis. The rotating exhibit is the Ebony Legacy Collection that highlights African Americans from Augusta, Georgia.

The Morgan County African American Museum is a house museum as well. It has four permanent exhibits:  African and African American artifacts and works of art of African Americans from Morgan County and from other locations. Like the Lucy Craft Laney Museum, the Morgan County African American Museum is housed in an historic structure that is linked to local African American history. John Wesley Moore (1862-1908) was an African American farmer. The Morgan County African American Museum is housed in Moore's former home.

Should Jim-Ree Museum be like the Lucy Craft Laney Museum of Black History and have both permanent and rotating galleries or should all the galleries at the Jim-Ree Museum be permanent like they are at the Morgan County African American Museum? Of course, there is another choice: all the exhibits could rotate.