Cultures & Communities - Overview Furniture, cooking wares,
clothing, works of art, and many other kinds of artifacts are
part of what knit people into communities and cultures. The
Museum’s collections feature artifacts from European Americans,
Latinos, Arab Americans, Asian Pacific Americans, African
Americans, Gypsies, Jews, and Christians, both Catholics and
Protestants. The objects range from ceramic face jugs made by
enslaved African Americans in South Carolina to graduation robes
and wedding gowns. The holdings also include artifacts
associated with education, such as teaching equipment,
textbooks, and two complete schoolrooms. Uniforms, insignia, and
other objects represent a wide variety of civic and voluntary
organizations, including youth and fraternal groups, scouting,
police forces, and firefighters.