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Museums are a valuable field site for sociological investigation. This is because exhibits can prove important to learning about visual culture, inequality, tourism, popular culture and more. Some sociologists, therefore, apply their lens and perspective to how culture is displayed (via exhibits), what is displayed, who displays, and who visits and take in the meanings museums offer.

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Museum Exhibition
Introduction
Museums are remarkable since they play a salient role in enabling people to perceive the
social culture, popular culture, inequality and visual culture. One of the significant museum that
explores on the social culture and the History of the American society is the Reginald F. Lewis
Museum of Maryland African-American History&Culture (Corrigan, Rice, Filene and 2006). It
is known to be the largest museum and Maryland that provides special exhibitions and program.
The establishment of the museum can be traced to the year 1990 when the individuals felt
that there was need for the museum to carry out an interpretation of the American society by
exploring on its culture and historyCorrigan, M. B., Rice, K. S., & Filene, B. (2006). The
museum consists of various exhibitions that explore on the political, economic, history and
cultural aspects of the American society. The Sons, the Question Bridge and the Ruth Starr Rose
are among the exhibits that explore on the social culture and the History of the American
society.
The Sons; Seeing the Modern African American Male
The exhibition seeks to explore on the perception of the African American male
individuals. The exhibition also seeks to explore on how the modern African American males are
perceived in the society. The exhibition consists of images depicting the faces of the African
American male individuals. The exhibition is shown in two sets of images. The first set of
photographs consists of the faces of both the white and black individuals. The information
available in the first set of the photographs is the names of the individuals whose faces are
shown.

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However, in the second set of the photographs the color images are presented alongside
with significant information exploring on the perception of the subjects. The exhibition tends to
demonstrate on how the black American male individuals perceive themselves and how they are
perceived by other people. The exhibit also seeks to expound on the earlier marginalization of
the black individuals by the White people. According to various research studies, the American
society used to enslave the African American people subjecting them to hard labor and unfair
treatment (Danois, 2004).The African Americans were considered inferior to the White People.
The exhibition also consists of a video that explores on how the African American Males were
confronted with various issued during slavery. The articulations from the sentiments made by the
individuals reveals that their perceptions are inconsistent with the reality of their lives.
Ruth Starr Rose Exhibition
The exhibition by Ruth Starr Rose seeks to expound on the lives of the American
individuals and the African Americans both in Maryland and the rest of the world. From the
depictions, it is imperative to ascertain that the African Americans were contented with their
positions in life during the earlier periods of slavery.
The exhibit portrays the African Americans as the individuals who had dignity and
compassion. As such, the exhibi...


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