Artifacts from Germany and Thomas Jefferson letters from the Library of Congress are included in the new exhibit "Enlightened Travel: Price Maximilian in America, 1832-1834," opening Friday at the Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center in Washburn.

The exhibit complements "Karl Bodmer's America" also on display, which features all 81 of the Swiss artist's "aquatint" prints. The exhibits commemorate the 175th anniversary of the Maximilian-Bodmer expedition and their time spent at Fort Clark.

The Jefferson letters are correspondence between the third president and Germany's Alexander von Humboldt, who first visited the president in 1804, just as the Lewis & Clark Expedition was beginning. Humboldt, Germany's greatest explorer, was a mentor to Prince Maximilian.

Also included in the display is a journal entry from William Burwell, Jefferson's personal secretary, recording a visit from Humboldt.

Price Carl Zuewied, Neuwied, Germany has several personal effects of Maximilian loaned for the exhibit, including a gun, powder horn, hat and satchel that belonged to the prince. Other personal items including Indian artifacts he collected along the route of his travels are included, on loan from the Linden Museum of Stuttgart, Germany.

The Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $7.50 for adults, $5 for students, with Lewis & Clark Fort Mandan Foundation members free.

For more information, call 877-462-8535 or go to www.fortmandan.com.