Living history museums : undoing history through performance / by Magelssen, Scott, 1974-

Table of Contents: “…The dilemmas of contemporary living museum historiography in theory and practice -- The progressive development narrative of living museum history -- Progressive histories : major works -- The progressive development narrative in practice -- (In)authentic revolutions : time, space, and living history museums -- Plimoth Plantation -- Colonial Williamsburg -- Old Sturbridge Village -- Storytelling vs. scientific discourse --Toward a new genealogy of living museum performance -- A historiography of immanence -- Defining an episteme -- An emergence within a shifting field -- Capitalizing on the past- capitalizing on loss -- Social history and the trajectory of living museum performance -- The naturalistic ideal -- Living history as pleasure -- Performance as historiography at living history museums -- The historiography of performance -- The field -- Missed opportunities -- Alternatives to the naturalistic mode -- Post-tourists and living museum performance.…”

Living history museums and historic sites in the United States / by Danilov, Victor J.

Enacting history /

Table of Contents: “…Men with their muskets and me in my bare feet : performing history and policing gender at historic Fort Snelling Living History Museum /…”

Exhibiting slavery : the Caribbean postmodern novel as museum / by Halloran, Vivian Nun, 1971-

Table of Contents: “…Between Plantation and Living History Museum -- 5. World Heritage Sites: The Fortress -- 6. …”
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Teaching history with museums : strategies for K-12 social studies / by Marcus, Alan S.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Teaching history with museums -- Artifact and display based museums : the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum -- State history museums : the Minnesota History Center -- Historic forts : the Fort at No. 4 and Fort Ticonderoga -- Historic house museums : the Johnson County Historical Society and the Mark Twain House -- Living history museums : Colonial Williamsburg, Jamestown Settlement, Yorktown -- Memorials and monuments : the memorials and monuments of 9/11 -- Bringing the museum to the classroom : outreach programs, museum kits, and virtual resources -- Appendix A: Ten strategies for effective museum visits -- Appendix B: Complete list of museums discussed in the book -- Appendix C: Resources.…”

Exploring our past.

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Seeing the USA.

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Enacting history /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction / Scott Magelssen -- Present enacting past : the functions of battle reenacting in historical representation / Leigh Clemons -- "This is the place" : performance and the production of space in Mormon cultural memory / Lindsay Adamson Livingston -- Men with their muskets and me in my bare feet : performing history and policing gender at historic Fort Snelling Living History Museum / Amy M. Tyson -- History, archive, memory, and performance : the Lewis and Clark bicentennial play as cultural commemoration / Richard L. …”
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The spirit of Colonial Williamsburg : ghosts and interpreting the recreated past / by Pirok, Alena, 1988-

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Learning conversations in museums /

Table of Contents: “…Madeleine Gregg -- Looking through the glass : reflections of identity in conversations at a history museum / Joyce Fienberg and Gaea Leinhardt -- Voices and images : making connections between identity and art / Catherine Stainton -- Looking for learning in visitor talk : a methodological exploration / Sue Allen -- Conversations across time : family learning in a living history museum / Ellen Rosenthal and Jane Blankman-Hetrick -- Building islands of expertise in everyday family activity / Kevin Crowley and Melanie Jacobs -- Negotiations of thematic conversations about biology / Doris Ash -- Finding self in objects : identity exploration in museums / Soctt G. …”
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Culture front : representing Jews in Eastern Europe /

Table of Contents: “…Moss -- Beyond the Purim-shpil : reinventing the Scroll of Esther in modern Yiddish poems / Kathryn Hellerstein -- Revealing and concealing the Soviet Jewish self : the desk-drawer memoirs of Meir Viner / Marcus Mosefly -- The shtetl subjunctive : Yaffa Eliach's living history museum / Jeffrey Shandler.…”
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Tokyo Museum Guide : a Complete Guide. by Flannigan, Thomas

Table of Contents: “…National Museum of Modern Art Crafts GalleryPaper Museum; Sasaki Crystal Gallery; Silk Museum; Sword Museum; Tombstone Museum; Woodcrafts Museum; Wood Sculpture Museum; HISTORY; General; Currency Museum; Daimyo Clock Museum; Edo-Tokyo Museum; Fisherman's Culture Museum; Fukagawa Edo Museum; Igusa Hachimangu Folklore Collection; Japanese War-Dead Memorial Museum; Kagawa Archivesand Resource Center; Kanto Earthquake Memorial Museum; Kasei University Living History Museum; Kokugakuin University Shinto Museum; Lucky Dragon Memorial; Map Museum; Meiji Shrine Memorial Picture Gallery.…”
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The value of an archaeological open-air museum is in its use : understanding archaeological open-air museums and their visitors / by Paardekooper, Roeland

Table of Contents: “…2.5.3 Traditional (Ethnographic) Open-Air Museum / Historic House2.5.4 Natural Park or Cultural Landscape; 2.5.5 (Re)constructed Boat / Ship; 2.5.6 Living History Museum; 2.5.7 Animal Farm; 2.5.8 Theme Park; 2.6 Conclusions; Methods and Sources; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Deriving Precise Questions; 3.3 Critical Incident Analysis; 3.4 Setting Research Parameters; 3.5 Data Collection; 3.5.1 Parameters and Practicalities; 3.5.2 Language and Definitions; 3.5.3 Publications; 3.5.4 The Internet; 3.5.5 Grey Literature; 3.6 Broad Scale Observations; 3.7 Focussing to a Smaller Scale: Case Studies…”
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The Value of an Archaeological Open-Air Museum is in its Use : Understanding Archaeological Open-Air Museums and their Visitors. by Paardekooper, Roeland

Table of Contents: “…2.5.3 Traditional (Ethnographic) Open-Air Museum / Historic House2.5.4 Natural Park or Cultural Landscape; 2.5.5 (Re)constructed Boat / Ship; 2.5.6 Living History Museum; 2.5.7 Animal Farm; 2.5.8 Theme Park; 2.6 Conclusions; Methods and Sources; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Deriving Precise Questions; 3.3 Critical Incident Analysis; 3.4 Setting Research Parameters; 3.5 Data Collection; 3.5.1 Parameters and Practicalities; 3.5.2 Language and Definitions; 3.5.3 Publications; 3.5.4 The Internet; 3.5.5 Grey Literature; 3.6 Broad Scale Observations; 3.7 Focussing to a Smaller Scale: Case Studies.…”
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Living history : effective costumed interpretation and enactment at museums and historic sites / by Allison, David B.

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Family ties : living history in Canadian house museums / by Terry, Andrea, 1978-

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Barns of New York : rural architecture of the Empire State / by Falk, Cynthia G.

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