Carriages - not cars - once ruled the road. These forerunners of automobiles and trucks were absolutely essential to American life in the 1800s. Carriages came in an amazing assortment of sizes, shapes, and finishes, from the buckboard phaeton to the sidebar buggy to the booby hut. "Going Places" explores the culture, evolution, and eventual demise of horse-drawn transportation from the early nineteenth century, through the Industrail Revolution, and into the 1900s and the dawn of the automobile age. This ehibit holds 41 diverse artifacts - including a full-sized pony surrey, harness and tack, and assorted carriage accessories - that speak volumes about our insatiable desire for travel, speed, and new technology. "Going Places" also covers a broad range of questions: How were carriages sold and who could afford them? How did they function within America's larger transportation network? What factors led to their eventual demise? The answers are surprising, and frequent parallels to today's car culture make this a fascinating journey.