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Growing Up Down the Bay

Growin Up Down the Bay April 26-May 31 Ben May Library

 

Children who grew up Down the Bay, the area south of Government Street, have fond memories of the neighborhood. Learn more about growing up in the community through oral history interviews from the Down the Bay Oral History Project and artifacts from the I-10 Mobile River Bridge Archaeology Project and consider how childhood has (and hasn't) changed through time.

Visit the Virtual Exhibit

Growing Up Down the Bay was curated by the Spring 2024 Museum Methods in Archaeology Class and was adapted to a virtual format by Anthropology undergraduate student John Lawrence in Spring 2025. The traveling exhibit was hosted by the Mobile Public Libraries during Summer 2024 and is available for display. If you'd like to host this traveling exhibit, please reach out to us at cas@southalabama.edu. It consists of six pop-up banners and fits easily in a hallway or lobby. 

 

group of students stands in front of banners

Growing Up Down the Bay was curated by:

  • Meadow Armstrong
  • Gabe Berault
  • Killian Day
  • Joseph Deustch
  • Hannah Durgin
  • Anne Goodman
  • Trinity Jenkins
  • Anna Jones
  • John Lawrence
  • Nicole Lemon
  • Eric Logan
  • Bex Shepan

Graphic Designer: Amy Vega 

Instructor: Rachel Hines

Special thanks to community advisor Valenia Green for sharing her memories of Down the Bay with our class!