A Living Exhibition: The Smithsonian and the Transformation of the Universal Museum, William S. Walker

Автор: Deborah C Slaney
Название: Albuquerque Museum History Collection: Only in Albuquerque
ISBN: 0890136327 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780890136324
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Описание: Albuquerque Museum History Collection: Only in Albuquerque highlights the museum`s rich history collection, drawing examples from thirty-five thousand artifacts, works of art, maps, and photographs.

Автор: Alan Gordon
Название: Time Travel: Tourism and the Rise of the Living History Museum in Mid-Twentieth-Century Canada
ISBN: 0774831545 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780774831543
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Описание: 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.

Автор: Andrea Terry
Название: Family Ties: Living History in Canadian House Museums
ISBN: 0773545611 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780773545618
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Описание: House museums act as both sources and suppliers of history. Functioning first as private residences, they are then preserved as commemorative monuments and become living history museums offering theme-based tours led by period-costumed interpreters so that visitors might experience "what it felt like to live back then." In Family Ties, Andrea Terry considers the appeal and relevance of domesticated representations of Victorian material culture in a contemporary multicultural context. Through three case studies, Terry examines Victorian homes that have been repurposed as living history museums that host speculative performances of the past. The credibility of Dundurn Castle in Hamilton, William Lyon Mackenzie House in Toronto, and the Sir George-?tienne Cartier National Historic Site of Canada in Montreal, Terry argues, relies on the belief that architectural monuments and the objects they contain are evidence of the time, culture, nation, or people that produced them. Family Ties connects residential artifacts to performance by examining the Victorian Christmas programs offered annually at each site to demonstrate the complex nuances of living history. Through a detailed exploration of the relationship between heritage, living history, and memory, Family Ties illuminates the effects of institutional interpretations of the past that privilege nationalist myths.