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Class, Community, and Commute

September 5 – October 24, 2026
Representations of Private and Public Travel in the Late 19th and 20th Centuries

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  • A black and white photograph of cars in traffic along a curved roadway.

    Leonard Freed, The Spanish Communist Party [. . .], 1977, gelatin silver print. Gift of Scott Osman, Class of 1980; 2019.111.33 © Leonard Freed / Magnum Photos

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A Space for Dialogue 132

About

How do you get to work? Travel is a ubiquitous human experience, with the modern age broadening the scope of available transportation to a range and efficiency inconceivable less than a century ago. American travel culture has likewise evolved to serve the needs of its modern population, supporting a vast nest of public roads and highways at odds with a sparse passenger railway and underdeveloped public transportation networks. In what ways does the modern system of travel reflect American class differences, administrative interests, and the pursuit of status and freedom? How did we arrive at this modern culture of travel? The exhibition Class, Community, and Commute explores depictions of travel in the late 19th and 20th centuries through the lens of American culture and class.

A Space for Dialogue is a student-curated exhibition program that began in 2001. Hood Museum of Art interns create an installation drawn from the museum's permanent collection by engaging with every aspect of curation, from doing research and selecting objects, to choosing frames and a wall color, to planning a layout and writing labels and a brochure, to giving a public talk. There have been over 100 A Space for Dialogue exhibitions on a wide variety of themes.

A Space for Dialogue: Fresh Perspectives on the Permanent Collection from Dartmouth Students, founded with support from the Class of 1948, is made possible with generous endowments from the Class of 1967, Bonnie and Richard Reiss Jr. '66, and Pamela J. Joyner '79.

Exhibition Curator

Javier (Javy) I. Baluyut '26, Mellon Intern

Exhibition subject: A Space for Dialogue