Search Results for: The New History In An Old Museum

An ethnographic exploration of the presentation of history at Colonial Williamsburg. It examines the packaging of American history, and the consumerism and the

Defining Memory uses case studies of exhibits from around the country to examine how local museums, defined as museums whose collections are local in scope or w

In small community museums, truck stops, restaurants, bars, barbershops, schools, and churches, people create displays to tell the histories that matter to them

SALTZMAN/OLD MASTERS; NEW WORLD

Living History Museums: Undoing History Through Performance examines the performance techniques of Living History Museums, cultural institutions that merge hist