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Published July 15, 2012, 12:00 AM

Photo gallery: Race exhibit at the Depot


Amber Blankenship studies a display with her son Tiegan Burch, 5, and her daughter Brooklyn Burch, 7, Thursday at the “Race: Are we so Different?” exhibit on the first floor of the Depot in downtown Duluth. The family is from Proctor. The exhibit is in Duluth through Sept. 29. (Clint Austin / caustin@duluthnews.com)

  • Amber Blankenship studies a display with her son Tiegan Burch, 5, and her daughter Brooklyn Burch, 7, Thursday at the “Race: Are we so Different?” exhibit on the first floor of the Depot in downtown Duluth. The family is from Proctor. The exhibit is in Duluth through Sept. 29. (Clint Austin / caustin@duluthnews.com)
  • “Race: Are we so Different?” is a traveling exhibit set up through Sept. 29 in the former Children’s Museum space on the first floor of the St. Louis County Heritage and Arts Center, the Depot. (Clint Austin / caustin@duluthnews.com)
  • Displays as part of the “Race: Are we so Different?” are meant to intrigue as well as educate. That includes this interesting intersection. (Clint Austin / caustin@duluthnews.com)
  • Sports logos and mascots can be offensive, teaches a traveling exhibit in Duluth called “Race: Are we so Different?” (Clint Austin / caustin@duluthnews.com)
  • Tiegan Burch, 5, of Proctor, uses a microscope to inspect the color of his skin at the “Race: Are we so Different?” exhibit at the Depot. (Clint Austin / caustin@duluthnews.com)
  • Brooklyn Burch, 7, of Proctor, looks at a map showing the geographical distribution of sickle cell disease at the “Race: Are we so Different?” exhibit in Duluth. (Clint Austin / caustin@duluthnews.com)
  • This large photo, illustrating the changing ways the U.S. Census has classified people by race, is part of the “Race: Are we so Different?” exhibit in the old Children’s Museum space on the first floor of the Depot in downtown Duluth. (Clint Austin / caustin@duluthnews.com)