Exhibitions & Installations
at the Lorton Prison Museum where our history & art collide.
PERMANENT EXHIBITIONS
Lucy Burns Gallery
Counting the Days
91 Years of Prison History
Preserved Cell Block
Currently in the Justice Gallery
G. GORDON LIDDY Consequence, Scandal, and the Carceral Landscape of D.C. & Northern Virginia
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G. GORDON LIDDY Consequence, Scandal, and the Carceral Landscape of D.C. & Northern Virginia ~
On view now through Spring 2026.
Past Exhibitions
During the run of this exhibition, we conducted a poll to gather our visitor’s thoughts on contemporary voting rights. The poll is still active, and we welcome your opinions on the matter.
VOTING MATTERS
In the founding era the matter of conducting elections was left to the states, allowing them to determine who exactly got the right to vote. As time progressed there were significant evolutions to the ways elections were conducted and who could participate in them. This exhibition explores how representation, participation, and disenfranchisement have evolved with political developments throughout United States history.
Images from the exhibition installation are included. Click the link to access a PDF of the panels and maps.
In particular, voting rights following a felony conviction in the US is quite complicated. Rights are revoked and restored on a state-by-state basis. The US Department of Justice put together the Guide to State Voting Rules That Apply After a Criminal Conviction to provide instruction.