Travels Into Our Past America S Living History Museums Historical Sites

Author : Wayne P. Anderson,Carla Anderson
Publisher : AKA-Publishing
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2015-11-10
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781942168379

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Travels Into Our Past: America's Living History Museums & Historical Sites by Wayne P. Anderson,Carla Anderson Pdf

ANOTHER VENTURE BOUND BOOK! Whether you are seeking a new travel adventure, enjoy immersing yourself in history with a light touch, or are just looking for a good tale, the Andersons' first volume of Travels Into Our Past: America's Living History Museums & Historical Sites will be a satisfying reading experience. When you delve into the pages of this book, you'll find yourself on an investigation of your ancestors' legacy on the different farms at Old World Wisconsin, each originally settled by a Norwegian, Dane, German, Pole, Finn, and a rich Yankee. Discover the Arabia Steamboat Museum near Kansas City and learn the unusual story of the ship which sank in the Missouri River in 1856. Because of one of the many course changes of the "Big Muddy," the Arabia was later found buried deep in a farmer's field and was excavated with its cargo, a virtual "floating Wal-Mart." In Fort Smith, Arkansas, you'll read of a fire that became known as "the night of the lingerie parade." Living history museums are an engaging and interactive way to learn about various facets of our vast country's relatively short history through demonstrations, preserved structures and re-enacted events. The Andersons share over fifty of their memorable experiences at these story-telling historical sites.

Author : Wayne P Anderson,Carla Lee Anderson
Publisher : Aka: Yola
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2014-11-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1942168071

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Travels Into Our Past by Wayne P Anderson,Carla Lee Anderson Pdf

Whether you are seeking a new travel adventure, enjoy immersing yourself in history with a light touch, or are just looking for a good tale, the Andersons' fi rst volume of Travels Into Our Past: America's Living History Museums & Historical Sites will be a satisfying reading experience. When you delve into the pages of this book, you'll fi nd yourself on an investigation of your ancestors' legacy on the different farms at Old World Wisconsin, each originally settled by a Norwegian, Dane, German, Pole, Finn, and a rich Yankee. Discover the Arabia Steamboat Museum near Kansas City and learn the unusual story of the ship which sank in the Missouri River in 1856. ANOTHER VENTURE BOUND BOOK! Because of one of the many course changes of the "Big Muddy," the Arabia was later found buried deep in a farmer's fi eld and was excavated with its cargo, a virtual "fl oating Wal-Mart." In Fort Smith, Arkansas, you'll read of a fi re that became known as "the night of the lingerie parade." Living history museums are an engaging and interactive way to learn about various facets of our vast country's relatively short history through demonstrations, preserved structures and re-enacted events. The Andersons share over fi fty of their memorable experiences at these story-telling historical sites.

Author : Alan Gordon
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2016-07-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9780774831567

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Time Travel by Alan Gordon Pdf

In the 1960s, Canadians could step through time to eighteenth-century trading posts or nineteenth-century pioneer towns. These living history museums promised authentic reconstructions of the past but, as Time Travel shows, they revealed more about mid-twentieth-century interests and perceptions of history than they reflected historical fact. These museums became important components of post-war government economic growth and employment policies. Shaped by political pressures and the need to balance education and entertainment, they reflected Canadians’ struggle to establish a pan-Canadian identity in the context of multiculturalism, competing nationalisms, First Nations resistance, and the growth of the state.

Author : Warren Leon,Roy Rosenzweig
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Art
ISBN : 0252060644

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History Museums in the United States by Warren Leon,Roy Rosenzweig Pdf

Every year 100 million visitor's tour historic houses and re-created villages, examine museum artifacts, and walk through battlefields. But what do they learn? What version of the past are history museums offering to the public? And how well do these institutions reflect the latest historical scholarship? Fifteen scholars and museum staff members here provide the first critical assessment of American history museums, a vital arena for shaping popular historical consciousness. They consider the form and content of exhibits, ranging from Gettysburg to Disney World. They also examine the social and political contexts on which museums operate.

Author : Elizabeth Jane Goodacre,Gavin Baldwin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105113040377

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Living the Past by Elizabeth Jane Goodacre,Gavin Baldwin Pdf

This text examines the intriguing and popular phenomenon of living history. Exploring the past through realistic recreation has become more and more familiar to visitors of museums and historical sites. It is also used as an educational approach.

Author : Viviane Gosselin,Phaedra Livingstone
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2016-03-07
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780774830645

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Museums and the Past by Viviane Gosselin,Phaedra Livingstone Pdf

Museums and the Past explores the central role of museums as memory keepers and makers. Using case studies from a Canadian context, the contributors to this collection reflect on the challenges in maintaining and developing museums as meaningful places of memory and learning. Discussions of museum practice and historical consciousness – how our understanding of the past shapes our sense of the future – consider the modern museum’s narratives and pedagogical responsibilities and how museums continue to inform our sense of history.

Author : Scott Magelssen
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Historic sites
ISBN : 9780810858657

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Living History Museums by Scott Magelssen Pdf

Living History Museums: Undoing History Through Performance examines the performance techniques of Living History Museums, cultural institutions that merge historical exhibits with costumed live performance. Institutions such as Plimoth Plantation and Colonial Williamsburg are analyzed from a theatrical perspective, offering a new genealogy of living museum performance.

Author : Michelle Moon
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2015-11-19
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781442257221

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Interpreting Food at Museums and Historic Sites by Michelle Moon Pdf

Food is such a friendly topic that it’s often thought of as a “hook” for engaging visitors – a familiar way into other topics, or a sensory element to round out a living history interpretation. But it’s more than just a hook – it’s a topic all its own, with its own history and its own uncertain future, deserving of a central place in historic interpretation. With audiences more interested in food than ever before, and new research in food studies bringing interdisciplinary approaches to this complicated but compelling subject, museums and historic sites have an opportunity to draw new audiences and infuse new meaning into their food presentations. You’ll find: A comprehensive, thematic framework of key concepts that will help you contextualize food history interpretations; A concise, evaluative review of the historiography of food interpretation; Case studies featuring the expression of these themes in the real world of museum interpretation; and Best practices for interpreting food. Interpreting Food offers a framework for understanding the big ideas in food history, suggesting best practices for linking objects, exhibits and demonstrations with the larger story of change in food production and consumption over the past two centuries – a story in which your visitors can see themselves, and explore their own relationships to food. This book can help you develop food interpretation with depth and significance, making relevant connections to contemporary issues and visitor interests.

Author : David M. Dean
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2018-07-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781118508916

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A Companion to Public History by David M. Dean Pdf

An authoritative overview of the developing field of public history reflecting theory and practice around the globe This unique reference guides readers through this relatively new field of historical inquiry, exploring the varieties and forms of public history, its relationship with popular history, and the ways in which the field has evolved internationally over the past thirty years. Comprised of thirty-four essays written by a group of leading international scholars and public history practitioners, the work not only introduces readers to the latest scholarly academic research, but also to the practice and pedagogy of public history. It pays equal attention to the emergence of public history as a distinct field of historical inquiry in North America, the importance of popular history and ‘history from below’ in Europe and European colonial-settler states, and forms of historical consciousness in non-Western countries and peoples. It also provides a timely guide to the state of the discipline, and offers an innovative and unprecedented engagement with methodological and theoretical problems associated with public history. Generously illustrated throughout, The Companion to Public History’s chapters are written from a variety of perspectives by contributors from all continents and from a wide variety of backgrounds, disciplines, and experiences. It is an excellent source for getting readers to think about history in the public realm, and how present day concerns shape the ways in which we engage with and represent the past. Cutting-edge companion volume for a developing area of study Comprises 36 essays by leading authorities on all aspects of public history around the world Reflects different national/regional interpretations of public history Offers some essays in teachable forms: an interview, a roundtable discussion, a document analysis, a photo essay. Covers a full range of public history practice, including museums, archives, memorial sites as well as historical fiction, theatre, re-enactment societies and digital gaming Discusses the continuing challenges presented by history within our broad, collective memory, including museum controversies, repatriation issues, ‘textbook’ wars, and commissions for Truth and Reconciliation The Companion is intended for senior undergraduate students and graduate students in the rapidly growing field of public history and will appeal to those teaching public history or who wish to introduce a public history dimension to their courses.

Author : American Revolution Bicentennial Administration
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 678 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : American Revolution Bicentennial, 1776-1976
ISBN : UOM:39015027007486

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Official Master Register of Bicentennial Activities by American Revolution Bicentennial Administration Pdf

Author : Thomas Cauvin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2016-05-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317512448

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Public History by Thomas Cauvin Pdf

Public History: A Textbook of Practice is a guide to the many challenges historians face while teaching, learning, and practicing public history. Historians can play a dynamic and essential role in contributing to public understanding of the past, and those who work in historic preservation, in museums and archives, in government agencies, as consultants, as oral historians, or who manage crowdsourcing projects need very specific skills. This book links theory and practice and provides students and practitioners with the tools to do public history in a wide range of settings. The text engages throughout with key issues such as public participation, digital tools and media, and the internationalization of public history. Part One focuses on public history sources, and offers an overview of the creation, collection, management, and preservation of public history materials (archives, material culture, oral materials, or digital sources). Chapters cover sites and institutions such as archival repositories and museums, historic buildings and structures, and different practices such as collection management, preservation (archives, objects, sounds, moving images, buildings, sites, and landscape), oral history, and genealogy. Part Two deals with the different ways in which public historians can produce historical narratives through different media (including exhibitions, film, writing, and digital tools). The last part explores the challenges and ethical issues that public historians will encounter when working with different communities and institutions. Either in public history methods courses or as a resource for practicing public historians, this book lays the groundwork for making meaningful connections between historical sources and popular audiences.

Author : Jay Anderson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015058872253

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A Living History Reader: Museums by Jay Anderson Pdf

Living History Reader is the first collection of seminal articles about conducting living history. Written by museum interpreters and enthusiasts, the articles are thought-provoking, readable, and collectively present a cross-section of the best writing about historical simulation.

Author : Julia Rose
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2016-05-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780759124387

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Interpreting Difficult History at Museums and Historic Sites by Julia Rose Pdf

Interpreting Difficult History at Museums and Historic Sites is framed by educational psychoanalytic theory and positions museum workers, public historians, and museum visitors as learners. Through this lens, museum workers and public historians can develop compelling and ethical representations of historical individuals, communities, and populations who have suffered. It includes various examples of difficult knowledge, detailed examples of specific interpretation methods, and will give readers an in-depth explanation of the psychoanalytic educational theories behind the methodologies. Audiences can more responsibly and productively engage in learning histories of oppression and trauma when they are in measured and sensitive museum learning environments and public history venues. To learn more, check out the website here: http://interpretingdifficulthistory.com/

Author : Anca I. Lasc,Andrew McClellan,Änne Söll
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2021-11-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781000466560

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Revisiting the Past in Museums and at Historic Sites by Anca I. Lasc,Andrew McClellan,Änne Söll Pdf

Revisiting the Past in Museums and at Historic Sites demonstrates that museums and historic spaces are increasingly becoming "backdrops" for all sorts of appropriations and interventions that throw new light upon the objects they comprise and the pasts they reference. Rooted in new scholarship that expands established notions of art installations, museums, period rooms, and historic sites, the book brings together contributions from scholars from intersecting disciplines. Arguing that we are witnessing a paradigm shift concerning the place of historic spaces and museums in the contemporary imaginary, the volume shows that such institutions are merging traditional scholarly activities tied to historical representation and inquiry with novel modes of display and interpretation, drawing them closer to the world of entertainment and interactive consumption. Case studies analyze how a range of interventions impact historic spaces and conceptions of the past they generate. The book concludes that museums and historic sites are reinventing themselves in order to remain meaningful and to play a role in societies aspiring to be more inclusive and open to historical and cultural debate. Revisiting the Past in Museums and at Historic Sites will be of interest to students and faculty who are engaged in the study of museums, art history, architectural and design history, social and cultural history, interior design, visual culture, and material culture.

Author : Kira Gale
Publisher : River Junction Press LLC
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Travel guides
ISBN : 9780964931527

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Lewis and Clark Road Trips: Exploring the Trail Across America by Kira Gale Pdf