Cultural Spaces
Host a HAL exhibit
Bring social justice histories from around the country to your community
HAL exhibits bring compelling, multi-media stories of local communities’ distinct experiences with shared social justice issues. HAL exhibits have been shown in museums, public libraries, community and cultural centers, university galleries, and other venues for learning, healing, dialogue, and action.
These installations are professionally produced and co-created by students and community members to highlight the connections between local experiences and shared global histories. Exhibit visitors “visit” each local community, “meet” its residents, and learn from local histories through virtual reality, audio testimony, storymaps, and other media honoring the voices of directly impacted communities. Exhibits also include a variety of interactive ways for visitors to “vote” on local issues you define, as well as opportunities to share their own experiences.
As an exhibit host, use a HAL project as a catalyst for local programming and action, and/or as an anchor for smaller companion exhibits.
- Climates of Inequality: Stories of Environmental Justice: Check out the exhibit brochure for specifications. Climates of Inequality is currently available January 2026 and beyond.
- States of Incarceration: A National Dialogue of Local Histories: Check out the exhibit brochure for specifications. States of Incarceration is currently available.
- Guantánamo Public Memory Project: Check out the exhibit brochure for exhibit specifications. The Guantánamo Public Memory Project Exhibit is currently available.
- Full exhibit, including tech and installation materials, at no cost
- Shipping arrangements and insurance (please note that hosts cover the cost of shipping and any local labor costs of installing the exhibit in your space)
- A detailed installation guide and installation troubleshooting assistance
- A web platform for virtual versions of the exhibit
- A communications packet (including template press releases, logos, social media handles)
- Sample public program designs
- A speakers’ bureau with connections to issue leaders and scholars in other communities, for any translocal programming
Museums, public libraries, community and cultural centers, university galleries, or other venues that welcome people for learning and dialogue can host one of HAL’s exhibits.
Exhibits are not designed to be outside, and have media players that require electricity and security.
Exhibits are designed to be able to be installed by non-experts. However, they do require some people-hours from the host sites. Estimates of labor hours are provided in the installation guides for each exhibit, available upon request.
