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 The exhibition George Washington Carver is organized by The Field Museum in collaboration with Tuskegee University and the National Park Service.
Tuskegee University
An independent and state-related institution of higher education, Tuskegee University is located in Tuskegee, Alabama. Originally named the “Negro Normal School in Tuskegee,” the school’s first class was taught by Booker T. Washington and consisted of only thirty students. Today, the institution employs about 900 faculty members and nearly 3,000 students are enrolled each year.
Tuskegee has inherited the legacy of George Washington Carver with his many contributions to teaching, research, and outreach in agriculture and new product development—aimed at serving the unreached of his time. And today, the institution still keeps that focus on the current needs of society, including those left behind.
To learn more about Tuskegee, check out The History of Tuskegee University.
Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site
Nestled on the campus of historic Tuskegee University, Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site became a part of the National Park System in 1974. The site includes the George W. Carver Museum and The Oaks, home of Booker T. Washington.
Today, the legacy of Carver, Washington, and many others has been preserved in the Historic Campus District of Tuskegee University where original buildings constructed by the students, from bricks made in the Institute brickyard, still stand.
 The National Park Service
Established by Congress in 1943 as a unit of the National Park System, the George Washington Carver National Monument exists for the benefit of the people of the United States as a suitable and enduring public memorial to George Washington Carver.
Located in Diamond, Missouri, the Carver National Monument was the first National Monument dedicated to an American for services to Agriculture; the first established for an African American; the first for an American Educator; the first National Park Service Memorial recognizing world peace through interracial understanding; and the first National Birthplace Monument honoring anyone other than a U.S. President.
The Field Museum is honored to be collaborating with Dr. Luther Williams, Provost, and Walter A. Hill, Dean, College of Agricultural, Environmental and Natural Sciences.
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