Living history : effective costumed interpretation and enactment at museums and historic sites

Living history : effective costumed interpretation and enactment at museums and historic sites / David B. Allison.

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 practic...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Allison, David B. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, 2016.
Series:American Association for State and Local History book series.
Subjects:
Museums > Educational aspects.
Museum theater > Educational aspects.
Historical reenactments > United States > Case studies.
Historic sites > Interpretive programs > United States > Case studies.
History > Study and teaching > United States > Case studies.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Museum Administration & Museology.
REFERENCE > General.
TRAVEL > Museums, Tours, Points of Interest.
Historic sites > Interpretive programs
Historical reenactments
History > Study and teaching
Museums > Educational aspects
United States
Case studies
Online Access:Click for online access
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Using living history to connect with visitors
  • Putting living history in context
  • Making meaning and creating authenticity at museums
  • Examining successful first-person interpretation
  • The power of children at the Children's Museum of Indianapolis
  • "History Players" at the Minnesota History Center
  • Enactment at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science
  • Theater and exhibit actors at the Science Museum of Minnesota
  • Opening doors at Conner Prairie
  • "They're trying to learn for free!"
  • Playing with living history in pop culture
  • Conclusion
  • Using living history for stronger programing and education
  • Appendix.

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