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America250 traveling Liberty Bell exhibit visits Glendale Main Library
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A mobile America250 Arizona exhibit featuring the state's replica Liberty Bell is on display at the Glendale Main Library today; the free, ADA-accessible exhibit is touring all 15 Arizona counties with more than 30 stops over two months and includes library programming and community sponsors.
The America250 Arizona traveling museum, featuring Arizona's replica Liberty Bell, is on display at the Glendale Main Library through 6 p.m. today, organizers said.
Laura Tarrick, executive director, said the exhibit includes the state's Liberty Bell replica. "We picked up Arizona's replica Liberty Bell," Tarrick said, adding that "there are 57 of these across the country." She said the rig was custom-designed and will visit all 15 Arizona counties with more than 30 stops over the next two months.
Tarrick described exhibit themes drawn from the Declaration of Independence'including life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness'and said the mobile museum includes interactive panels and a station where visitors can share pivotal moments from their own lives. "This is a totally free experience, totally ADA accessible, open to all," she said.
Organizers said this will be the bell's final mobile tour; when it returns to the state capitol, "our friends at Sun Construction are gonna be building a beautiful new permanent copper base for this bell," Tarrick said.
Tarrick also highlighted Arizona-specific material inside the trailer: displays on the state's military history, Indigenous Arizona, arts and culture, and a short film reel on astronomy that references Lowell Observatory. She said the traveling museum is supported by community sponsors rather than taxpayer dollars and named Banner Health, SRP and APS.
At the Glendale Main Library, staff arranged related activities while visitors wait to enter the trailer, which organizers said admits about 15 people at a time. Dawn Farrow, a library staff member, described an inside scavenger hunt (searching for national monuments and state parks), three crafts for all ages and two musical performances from the group Ice House featuring country, folk and bluegrass.
A number of veterans attended the event. Speaking with a reporter, one veteran said he came "to see a lot of history" and to celebrate the anniversary the exhibit marks.
The traveling museum's schedule and list of stops are available at www.america250az.org. The museum is on site at the Glendale Main Library until 6 p.m.; related events around the library are scheduled to run until 4 p.m.
