GWM to host Smithsonian ‘Voices and Votes’ exhibit

PUTNAM COUNTY
  • Former Smithsonian employee Melissa Swindell is now the director of the Georgia Writers Museum. IAN TOCHER/Staff
    Former Smithsonian employee Melissa Swindell is now the director of the Georgia Writers Museum. IAN TOCHER/Staff

    The Georgia Writers Museum (GWM), in partnership with the Old School History Museum and The Artisans Village, will host a nationally touring Smithsonian Institution exhibit next spring exploring American democracy.

    The exhibit, “Voices and Votes: Democracy in America,” will arrive April 20 and remain through May 31, making Eatonton the first stop in a statewide celebration tied to America 250, the …