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Click the images to learn more about each artifact!

Bus token- metal S
Medal of honor- metal star
Circular artifact detail featuring a colorful quilt pattern made of vertical fabric strips in red, gray, yellow, cream, and blue.
Circular artifact detail featuring a turquoise-colored illustration of the Statue of Liberty's head in profile, positioned next to a clear, faceted glass doorknob.
Circular artifact detail featuring a reddish-orange ceramic plate with dark brown and yellow slip-trailed decorations, including wavy lines and geometric patterns.
Circular artifact detail featuring a historical engraving of "Govr. Wallace's Shell Castle & Harbour, North Carolina," showing wooden buildings along a waterfront with a masted ship in the foreground.
This needlework sampler includes stitched alphabets, a religious verse, and decorative motifs.
Colored wax crayons and colored pencil drawing of a woman
Tsalagi and Creation Image
Circular artifact detail featuring a blue and white landscape pattern with a pagoda, bridge, and willow trees, characteristic of classic pottery design.
Circular artifact detail featuring a raised white floral and leaf pattern on a textured terracotta-colored background.
Circular artifact detail featuring vibrant Hmong embroidery and beadwork, including a pink fabric band with geometric stitching and colorful beaded fringe.
Museum of History flyer MOH logo (stacked white in footer)

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