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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.
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Genre |
: Historic sites |
Author |
: Scott Magelssen |
Publisher |
: Rowman & Littlefield |
Release |
: 2007 |
File |
: 253 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780810858657 |
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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.
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Genre |
: Art |
Author |
: Jay Anderson |
Publisher |
: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
Release |
: 1991 |
File |
: 256 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: WISC:89058308958 |
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Living history museums are cultural institutions that merge historical exhibits with live costumed performance. While unique and vitally important, they often compromise historical accuracy and authenticity for the sake of tourism and entertainment value. Many also pursue methods of performance and historiography that are becoming increasingly outdated. Living History Museums: Undoing History Through Performance examines the performance practices used by institutions such as Plimoth Plantation and Colonial Williamsburg, and offers a new genealogy of living history museum performance in the U.S. and Europe. Currently, existing scholarship on living history museums addresses the subject from a museum-studies or anthropology perspective. Author Scott Magelssen, however, approaches the material from a background in theatre history and theory, analyzing living history museums using postmodern methodology. Considering performance as a method for the study of history and exploring emergent non-traditional theatrical practices, the book offers suggestions for performance in an increasingly postmodern landscape. Concluding with an international listing of living history institutions and a complete list of sources, Living History Museums is a valuable resource for students and teachers of theatre and performance studies, cultural studies, folklore, popular culture, American studies, and museum studies.
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Genre |
: Historic sites |
Author |
: David B. Allison |
Publisher |
: American Association for State and Local History |
Release |
: 2016 |
File |
: 0 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: 1442263814 |
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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.
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Genre |
: Travel |
Author |
: Wayne P. Anderson |
Publisher |
: AKA-Publishing |
Release |
: 2015-11-10 |
File |
: 153 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781942168379 |
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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.
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Genre |
: Art |
Author |
: Warren Leon |
Publisher |
: University of Illinois Press |
Release |
: 1989 |
File |
: 364 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: 0252060644 |
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Engaging audiences through costumed staff at museums and historic sites is one of the most effective ways to interpret the past for a public used to multimedia presentations on their TVs and computers. Here, David Allison, who has worked at several museums known for effective enactments, provides: the fascinating stories of three large living history museums as they adapt to changing audience expectations. a solid overview of the types of interpretation that living history museums use. best practices (and practices for you to avoid) from the reams of data and studies compiled by evaluators over the past 10 years. an exploration of the the intersection of public history, individual agency, and business imperatives at museums and historic sites. Living History: Effective Costumed Interpretation and Enactment at Museums and Historic Sites looks at the history of these compelling techniques, provides best practices and strategies for implementing them today, and provides a roadmap for the future of costumed interpretation.
Product Details :
Genre |
: Business & Economics |
Author |
: David B. Allison |
Publisher |
: Rowman & Littlefield |
Release |
: 2016-05-13 |
File |
: 123 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781442263826 |
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First-person interpretation_the portrayal of historical characters through interactive dramatization or roleplaying_is an effective, albeit controversial, method used to bring history to life at museums, historic sites, and other public venues. Stacy Roth
Product Details :
Genre |
: History |
Author |
: Stacy Flora Roth |
Publisher |
: Univ of North Carolina Press |
Release |
: 1998 |
File |
: 276 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: 0807847100 |
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Teaching History with Museums, Second Edition provides an introduction and overview of the rich pedagogical power of museums and historic sites. With a collection of practical strategies and case studies, the authors provide educators with the tools needed to create successful learning experiences for students. The cases are designed to be adapted to any classroom, encouraging students to consider museums as historical accounts to be examined, questioned, and discussed. Key updates to this revised edition and chapter features include: New Chapter 9 captures the importance of art museums when teaching about the past. Updated Chapter 10 addresses issues of technology, focused on visitors’ experiences in both physical and virtual museums. New coverage of smaller, lesser known museums to allow readers to adapt cases to any of their own local sites. Specific pre-visit, during visit, and post-visit activities for students at each museum. Case reflections analyzing pitfalls and possibilities that can be applied more broadly to similar museums. A listing of resources unique to the museum and history content for each chapter. With this valuable textbook, educators will learn how to promote instruction in support of rigorous inquiry into the past and the goals of democratic values of tolerance and citizenship in the present.
Product Details :
Genre |
: Education |
Author |
: Alan S. Marcus |
Publisher |
: Taylor & Francis |
Release |
: 2017-04-07 |
File |
: 261 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781351762151 |
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Author |
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Release |
: 1998 |
File |
: 53 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: OCLC:801216679 |
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BOOK EXCERPT:
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.
Product Details :
Genre |
: History |
Author |
: Elizabeth Jane Goodacre |
Publisher |
: |
Release |
: 2002 |
File |
: 244 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: STANFORD:36105113040377 |