Many Lenses is a joint initiative from three Smithsonian museums: The National Museum of African American History and Culture, the National Museum of the American Indian, and the National Museum of American History. To create this installment, curators from each museum selected objects from their collections. Each curator then asked experts from the other two institutions to provide additional interpretations about each object. Through this process, the team created four stories that focus on different aspects of American History. For instance, one story, Buffalo Soldiers, tells about the all-black U.S. army regiments who served during the late nineteenth century and their relationships with Native Americans and the U.S. government. Another story investigates the history and cultural significance of quilting in a number of American communities, including the Lakota community and the African American community. Collectively, Many Lenses raises important questions for any social studies or history classroom: What stories are revealed because of who is speaking? What meanings are ascribed because of who is writing?