On April 25, 2025, American Ancestors welcomes the public to an exciting new interactive exhibition focused on family history and heritage in Boston’s Back Bay.
The Family Heritage Experience features creative, colorful displays, exhibits, and digital installations that will inspire you to think about the people in your family tree and their origins.
Please download the Press Kit items, using the links below.
About the Family Heritage Experience
Press Release: Announcing the Family Heritage Experience
Origins of the Family Heritage Experience
Key Points and Messages
Family Heritage Experience Boilerplate
Family Heritage Experience Wordmark & Use Guide:
Use Guidelines TBA
Social Media Platforms:
Family Heritage Experience Exhibit Graphics & Images
Family Heritage Experience Floor Plan
Exhibit Graphics TBA
FHE - Fact or Lore Graphic - Shattuck - answer drop open
FHE - Fact or Lore Graphic - Shattuck - answer drop closed
FHE - The Dame Family Register - Lithograph label - Currier and Ives
FHE - William F Dame Family Register, Mss 487, American Ancestors Special Collections
FHE - Where in the World Information panel
FHE - Who in the World - phrase mark
FHE - Lobby Exhibit Digital Interactive Map
FHE - Listening Lounge graphic
Spokespeople Available for Interview
Skip Gates TBA
David Lambert, Chief Genealogist, American Ancestors
Renise Wheaton, Director of Member Services, American Ancestors
About American Ancestors
About American Ancestors
Skip Gates interviews Ryan Woods
In the News
ABC News Linsey Davis uncovers family story of enslavement to empowerment May 2024
AP Genealogies of Mayflower passengers helps find descendants June 2018
Atlanta Journal Keep the memory of an ancestor alive July 2018
GBH Boston Tea Party December 2023
iHeart Radio Lineage Legacy - American Ancestors Seeks 10 Million Names Lost to History March 2024
Maine Dept of Education Unraveling Roots
NBC Boston Celebrating the 250th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party November 2023
Samantha Brown Visits American Ancestors
USA Today Was one of our ancestors on the Mayflower June 2018