Yesterday's Tomorrows: Past Visions of the American Future offers a unique history of popular expectations and beliefs about the shape of things to come. Manifestations of popular culture such as toys, books, movie stills, World's Fair memorabilia, car designs, advertisements, and architectural designs  examine ways that Americans of yesteryear have envisioned our collective future. This is an adaptation of an exhibition originally produced in cooperation with the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History.
The Leelanau Historical Museum will host Yesterday's Tomorrows from November 2001 until January 2002. Read more about the exhibit right here! The traveling exhibit Yesterday's Tomorrows: Past Visions of the American Future is sponsored in Michigan by the Michigan Humanities Council, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. It was developed by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES) with the National Museum of American History. This project was made possible through the support of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and the Hearst Foundation. Other contributors are listed on this page. The Transportation of Tomorrow Contest The Transportation of Tomorrow Contest is a  special program developed in conjunction with the Museum's showing of the Smithsonian SITES exhibit "Yesterday's Tomorrows; Past Visions of the American Future" in November and December of 2001. The exhibit looks at the way Americans have in the past imagined their future, delving themselves into themes that include Homes of Tomorrow, Communities of Tomorrow, Transportation of Tomorrow and Finding the Future. More importantly, it challenges us to look at Leelanau County's own future. Locally planned programs provide opportunities for community members of all ages to ask provocative questions and seek creative solutions to the challenges of the 21st century and beyond!Contest rules & entry form! Project Sponsors: 
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