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
Summary
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 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, p
Analysis
Living history Interpretive programs
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
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