Oct
22

Revisiting the Radical Energy of 1968 Currently on view at the Oakland Museum of California is The 1968 Exhibit, which focuses on the culture of that unforgettable year. Organized by the Minnesota History Center, the Atlanta History Center, the Chicago History Museum, and the Oakland Museum, this expansive show explores the tumultuous year whose highlights include human space travel, the assassinations of both Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy, the rise of the Black Panthers, the Beatles, and hippie culture, the first wide use of plastics, and many other things. All too often museums offer a narrow lens through which to look back on history, maybe in an attempt to simplify the overly complicated narratives. Thankfully the Oakland Museum of California ignored that method, willingly confusing our sense of history by collapsing many disparate subjects into one exhibition.

Revisiting the Radical Energy of 1968

Currently on view at the Oakland Museum of California is The 1968 Exhibit, which focuses on the culture of that unforgettable year. Organized by the Minnesota History Center, the Atlanta History Center, the Chicago History Museum, and the Oakland Museum, this expansive show explores the tumultuous year whose highlights include human space travel, the assassinations of both Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy, the rise of the Black Panthers, the Beatles, and hippie culture, the first wide use of plastics, and many other things. All too often museums offer a narrow lens through which to look back on history, maybe in an attempt to simplify the overly complicated narratives. Thankfully the Oakland Museum of California ignored that method, willingly confusing our sense of history by collapsing many disparate subjects into one exhibition.

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