Smithsonian exhibit comes to SLV museum

The San Lorenzo Valley Museum, in cooperation Exhibit Envoy, will examine water as an environmental necessity and an important cultural element as it hosts “Water|Ways,” a traveling exhibition from the Smithsonian’s Museum on Main Street program. The exhibition will be on view from Friday through Nov. 29 at the museum, 6299 Gushee St., Felton.

The San Lorenzo Valley Museum and the surrounding community has been chosen by Exhibit Envoy to host “Water|Ways” as part of the Museum on Main Street program — a national/state/local partnership to bring exhibitions and programs to rural cultural organizations. The exhibition will tour just communities In California.

“Water|Ways” explores the endless motion of the water cycle, water’s effect on landscape, settlement and migration, and its impact on culture and spirituality. It looks at how political and economic planning have long been affected by access to water and control of water resources, according to a release from San Lorenzo Valley Museum.

The exhibition is part of Museum on Main Street, a collaboration between the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, state humanities councils across the nation and local host institutions. To learn about “Water/ Ways” and other Museum on Main Street exhibitions, visit www.museumonmainstreet.org.

The museum’s hours are 4-7 p.m. Fridays and 1- 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Hours and occupancy limited due to the COVID-19 pandemic. For information, visit slvmuseum.com.