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Tim Betz

Making History

2023

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Chapter 2 History and the Maker Movement S. 21-34

„… SITESThe Maker Movement is a powerful ethos that historic sites can foster and adapt to engage with making …” „… interpreting historic sites.These traditional making programs can be broken into two camps: First, they can be …” „… . Much of this making at historic sites has been going on before the Maker Movement was realized as a …”

Chapter 4 Making a Makerspace in S. 47-62

„… makerspace might be a good addition to your museum or historic site. After discussing the Maker Movement and …” „… apply it to the tangible, messy reality of your historic site. This is a complicated process that is …” „… individual to any historic site. This chapter provides a helpful and practical framework of the things that …”

Preface

„… Historic SitesTim BetzROWMAN & LITTLEFIELDLanham • Boulder • New York • LondonPublished by Rowman …” „… ) Subjects: LCSH: Makerspaces in museums. | Museums—Educational aspects. | Historic sites—Educational …” „… : makerspaces for museums and historic sites / Tim Betz. Other titles: Makerspaces for museums and historic …”

Chapter 6 Re-creating the Past S. 75-86

„… , learning a historic trade that is connected to your site, area, or interests when there might not be …” „… has long been connected to your historic site or region, or maybe it’s just something that has always …” „… use this book and the processes in it outside of a historic site or a mak-erspace at a historic site …”

Introduction S. 1-4

„… should be experienced. A visitor to a historic site should not just look at the past; they should get …” „… their hands dirty in it. This book, Making History: Makerspaces for Museums and Historic Sites, asserts …” „… historic sites as well; that visitors of any age at historic sites should be given a space to learn about …”

Chapter 7 Making as History S. 87-100

„… , historical making is far more than a gimmick for programming at a historic site. It is a dynamic way for …” „… historic sites to tell their story and to engage visitors, both new and old. However, historic making can …” „… visible and seeable. The way history is written (academically, for a wider audience, and at historic sites …”

Chapter 5 Putting the Makerspace to Work: Programming S. 63-74

„… offerings your mu-seum or historic site already has, including virtual events and on-site programs.Key to …” „… , much of the regular usage of your maker-space is dependent on the ways your historic site will …” „… book and should always be considered in maker program-ming at historic sites. Diverse audiences …”

Appendices S. 101-118

„… adults will enjoy at your museum or historic site. At these events, visitors can learn a craft and enjoy …” „… your site in a happy hour–style event. History happy hours are nothing new for historic sites, but this …” „… your historic site? Maybe you already partner with them: Perhaps they would be interested in sponsoring …”

Chapter 1 Makerspaces and the Maker Movement S. 5-20

„… historic sites’ engagement with the Maker Movement can be mutually beneficial for both the sites and the …” „… movement. History and historic sites are particularly well suited to answering the critiques and problems …” „… part, I will discuss the ways that historical making and historic sites can help answer some of these …”

Chapter 3 A Pedagogy of Museum Making S. 35-46

„… make a new thing. But, as we set out to make historic makerspaces at museums and historic sites, we …” „… actual life in the trenches in a historic site? While it could easily be dismissed as some scholarly …” „… scribblings, the concept of the post-museum has major implications for the ways in which historic sites, as …”

Index S. 119-122

„… ; finding a space for, 54–55; flexibility, 54–55; funding, 53–54; and a historic site, 48–52; inclusivity of …” „… ; historic sites and, 15–16, 21–22; intangibility, 11–12; manufacturing, 5; race and, 12; critiques of …” „… 119IndexAmerican exceptionalism, 16Anarchist Guide to Historic House Museums, The, 28Anderson …”

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Leah S. Glaser - Interpreting Energy at Museums and Historic Sites

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Interpreting Energy at Museums and Historic Sites

2022

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Preface

„… Interpreting Energy at Museums and Historic SitesINTERPRETING HISTORYSERIES EDITORRebekah Beaulieu …” „… Museums and Historic SitesLeah S. GlaserR O W M A N & L I T T L E F I E L DLanham • Boulder • New York …” „… museums and historic sites. The books are intended to help practitioners expand their interpretation to be …”

1: Introduction S. 1-10

„… time is something historians—and historic sites—can and should emphasize when interpreting energy and …” „… Sustainability at Historic Sites and Museums, Sarah Sutton discusses how historic sites and museums can make …” „… , Williamsburg in Virginia, and other colonial homes as historic sites against the rapid changes of industrialism …”

2: The Energy of the Forest S. 11-32

„… recent years in publications that museum and historic site interpreters can consult. Joaquim Radkau’s …” „… , or antebellum historic site (particularly a house museum or home site) is heating. Firewood was and …” „… urban industrial one than rural and agricultural. The old iron furnace sites are tied to the historic …”

6: National Security and Alternative Energy S. 103-128

„… museums or historic sites associated with danger, tragedy, and violence. Thus, in addition to celebrating …” „… accident’s aftermath or the site’s significance in the context of historic energy use and development, nor …” „… nuclear energy. The B Reactor serves as both a historic site and a museum, and the DOE opened it for tours …”

Index S. 191-204

„… Big Woods, 21Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site, Ellsworth, Pennsylvania, 19;charcoal-making …” „… Indian Reservation, 33Stanton, Cathy: ethnographic study at Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site, 22 …” „… Historic SiteWoodlot. See firewoodWorster, Donald, 34Wray, Matt, 123Wuebben, David, 133, 153yellowcake, 105 …”

7: Emphasizing Energy Diversity S. 129-148

„… ever- distant future.As cultural institutions, historic sites and museums are logical places to tackle …” „… museums and historic sites bestow on fossil fuels. With all- time- high levels of carbon emissions from …” „… sailboats in maritime museums and through the windmills at historic agricultural sites.3 Wind is plentiful …”

3: Water Is Life, Water Is Power S. 33-50

„… development.Interpreting WaterpowerSeveral types of historic sites offer venues for emphasizing mechanical or electrical …” „… on the Mill River, which flows into the Long Island Sound at New Haven. The historic site is situated …” „… historic site’s main function is K–12 education, but it did not begin that way. Historical markers embedded …”

9: Conclusion S. 171-174

„… , ideally universal, concepts.1 The material culture, historic resources, and sites of energy production …” „… trajectory.3Museums and historic sites can, and really must, participate in the fraught national conversation …” „… also educate and expand visitorship. When museums and historic sites focus only on energy stories of …”

4: The Cultural Power of Steam Energy S. 51-78

„… popular, site- based historic vehicles at two well- known historic sites: Mystic Seaport and the Durango …” „… Massachusetts, Mystic Sea-port gathered historic buildings and watercraft at the site to mimic a nineteenth …” „… that historic energy resources or sites of energy development will lose their historic significance if …”

5: The Power of Fossil Fuels S. 79-102

„… cultural sites even allowed Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act to temporarily halt its …” „… Open Hearth to the Microwave.15Most historic sites, especially historic houses, keep objects related to …” „… and historic sites devoted to oil and gas development are unsurprisingly the epicenter of development …”

8: Energy, Access, and Equity S. 149-170

„… and historic sites not explicitly related to the history of electricity can engage audiences in the …” „… discussed here about energy at sites of industry can also be part of historic house interpretation.44 …” „… fuels have noted that those living at sites of energy extraction and production disproportionately feel …”

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Kristin L. Gallas, James DeWolf Perry - Interpreting Slavery at Museums and Historic Sites

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Kristin L. Gallas (ed.), James DeWolf Perry (ed.)

Interpreting Slavery at Museums and Historic Sites

2014

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Preface

„… Interpreting Slavery at Museums and Historic SitesINTERPRETING HISTORYSERIES EDITORRussell Lewis …” „… . Gallas and James DeWolf PerryInterpreting Slavery at Museums and Historic SitesEdited by Kristin L …” „… , in-depth guidance in interpretation for history profession-als at museums and historic sites. Th e books …”

Chapter 3 S. 31-46

„… State—to illuminate ways in which historic site professionals are building institutional support for …” „… slavery interpretation.My interviews with staff members at historic sites that have successfully …” „… support for this endeavor. In particular, historic sites and museums should consider doing the following …”

About the Contributors S. 125-128

„… historic sites and developed strategies for the interpretation of African American history across the …” „… mounting exhibitions and educational programs at schools and historic sites for the Prince George’s County …” „… Historic Site. She credits early experiences on school fi eldtrips to places such as Plimoth Plantation …”

Chapter 5 S. 61-70

„… museums and historic sites was generally lacking and often hardly visible. Institutions kept tight control …” „… museums and historic sites that interpret slavery, community stakeholders may include descendants of the …” „… organizations, or even international partners. As professionals, we acknowledge that museums and historic sites …”

Chapter 8 S. 101-118

„… discussion of slavery forward, and some historic sites and museums have taken advantage of this period to …” „… justice.”3 Th at acknowledgment can start at historic sites that move past the narrative of white slave …” „… enslaved African Americans who lived and worked on the property.Visitors to historic sites and museums …”

Chapter 6 S. 71-84

„… learning about slavery and the lives of enslaved people at historic sites and museums? When exposed to the …” „… historic sites and museums think intentionally about how they can construct honest and informative …” „… interpretations about this complex and signifi cant part of our nation’s history.Finding historic sites and …”

Chapter 4 S. 47-60

„… 4 7C H A P T E R 4Institutional Change at Northern Historic Sites Telling Slavery’s Story in the …” „… slavery, at a historic site in the North or elsewhere, involves changing the institution’s culture and …” „… . Linden Place is a prime example of a northern historic site where the interpretation of slavery in …”

Chapter 1 S. 1-20

„… plantations. As a result, far more museums and historic sites have a history of slavery to interpret than is …” „… plantation outside of Boston, now a historic site known as Royall House and Slave Quarters.1• In 1803, two …” „… interpreted at a multitude of his-toric sites throughout the nation, including historic homes, small family …”

Index S. 123-124

„… , Connecticut, 49–50Gunston Hall, xvi, 31, 37, 38, 39, 41, 43Hampton Plantation State Historic Site, 75–77 …” „… , xiiiNational Underground Railroad Freedom Center, xvii, 68, 68–69northern historic sites, 47–49northern …” „… Lincoln Family Home, 86Historic Brattonsville, 105–9, 109, 112immigration and slavery, 7–8implicit …”

Chapter 7 S. 85-100

„… more historic sites and museums recognize their responsibility to interpret the history of slavery …” „… historic site or to programing that is specifi cally focused on slavery. On a visit to Oatlands Plantation …” „… approach for each situation.Managing Challenging Questions and CommentsEvery site has a narrative that can …”

Conclusion S. 119-120

„… surface at museums and historic sites. Prepare a process for managing the learning crisis that can arise …” „… at your site? How will you defi ne success through a comprehensive narrative, staff training, and …” „… comprehensive content. Th is content should include both your site’s specifi c connections to the history of …”

Chapter 2 S. 21-30

„… , express racism openly in front of strangers at an historic site or museum today are relatively few …” „… justice, healing, and repair. A site’s interpretive plan, and its training for staff and docents, must …” „… site’s inter-pretive plan must therefore take into account the cognitive and psychological challenges for …”

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Susan Ferentinos - Interpreting LGBT History at Museums and Historic Sites

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Interpreting LGBT History at Museums and Historic Sites

2014

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Preface

„… Interpreting LGBT History at Museums and Historic SitesINTERPRETING HISTORYSERIES EDITORRussell …” „… James DeWolf PerryInterpreting LGBT History at Museums and Historic SitesBy Susan FerentinosR O W M A N …” „… historic sites. Th e books are intended to help practioners expand their interpretation to be more …”

PART III S. 107-168

„… E R 10CASE STUDYThe Varied Telling of Queer History at Historic New England SitesK E N N E T H C …” „… museums and historic sites that have already ventured into interpreting the queer past. Written by museum …” „… historic sites. Exhibits of two-dimensional objects are generally less expensive to produce; exhibit spaces …”

PART I S. 1-18

„… rectifying the situation by provid-ing a starting point for museums and historic sites interested in …” „… other books in the series, Interpreting LGBT History at Museums and Historic Sites provides a basic …” „… history. Th e third part of this book considers some real-world examples of museums and historic sites …”

Index S. 197-206

„… , 157, 161historic sites. See Alice Austen House; Beauport; Codman Estate, Historic New England; Jane …” „… History Museum; Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art; GLBT History Museum; historic sites …” „… ; marriage. See marriage: Boston See also Boston Public Library; Historic New England; Boston Public Library …”

About the Authors S. 207-208

„… Council of the American Association for State and Local History and sits on AASLH’s Historic House …” „… of the National Collaborative for Women’s History Sites and on the Leadership Development Committee …” „… H O R SKenneth C. Turino is manager of community engagement and exhibitions at Historic New England …”

Appendix 2 S. 175-180

„… and historic sites is surprisingly scarce. In light of this situation, I have taken a twofold approach …” „… interpretation that combines history with visual art.Oram, Alison. “Going on an Outing: Th e Historic House and …”

Appendix 3 S. 181-196

„… Patriotism: Creating and Contesting Interpretations of American Historic Sites. Walnut Creek, CA: Left Coast …” „… Women’s History through Historic Preservation, edited by Jennifer B. Goodman and Gail Dubrow, 281–300 …” „… Marriage on Staten Island.” Historic House Trust Newsletter, Fall 2010.Farrell, Kelly. “Exposing the Soul …”

PART II S. 19-106

„… activists still maintain a belief in the immutability of sexual expression.5 As such, museums and historic …” „… sites must interpret the queer past cautiously. On the one hand, high-quality interpretation will engage …” „… as sites to fi nd same-sex sexual partners and appear to have been frequented by members of various …”

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Marie-Therese Mäder, Alberto Saviello, Baldassare Scolari - Highgate Cemetery

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Highgate Cemetery

Series: Media and Religion | Medien und Religion

Volume 1 2020

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Marie-Therese Mäder Public Events at a Historic-Religious Site S. 175-196

„… Public Events at a Historic-Religious SiteHighgate Cemetery in London as a Cultural …” „… as a historic site and public space. This double pur-pose is embraced by the website of the cemetery …” „… for peo-ple with relatives buried in the cemetery. For Highgate Cemetery is notjust a historic site …”

Paola von Wyss-Giacosa Requiescant in Pace S. 307-328

„… control, endangering the surviving historic trees and theecological value of the site as a green space and …” „… in the future, both as a cemetery and asa historic site for visitors. The Friends also offer an …” „… a strong rhetoric involving ‹nature› is noticeable, employedto emphasize the quality of the sites as …”

Michael Leo Ulrich Highgate Cemetery at a Crossroads S. 197-214

„… beauty, and the historic importance of themonuments within it, mirrored by the Cemetery’s listing «at …” „… Grade I inHistoric England’s Register of Historic Parks and Gardens», led to a steadyincrease in the …” „… more complicated by the need to preserve thehigh significance of the site».19 Here, the authors address …”

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis S. 1-10

„… CultivationPublic Events at a Historic-Religious SiteHighgate Cemetery in London as a Cultural Practice 175 …” „… thinking.The theoretical and methodical discussions left the university building andtook place on site. The …”

Marie-Therese Mäder, Alberto Saviello, Baldassare Scolari Image Practices at Highgate Past and Present S. 11-30

„… 170,000 deceasedpeople are resting at Highgate Cemetery, which continues today to be anactive burial site …” „… as kinds of secular pilgrimage sites wherelike-minded people gather to remember their ‹idols› and to …” „… a burial site but is also a place of pilgrimage, a museum, a naturereserve, a recreational area, a …”

Alberto Saviello Highgate Cemetery’s Landscape as a Matrix of Imagination S. 349-372

„… estab-lish burial sites in the outskirts of London at Kensal Green (opened 1833)and at West Norwood (opened …” „… first project a showpiece. The site itself, of approximately 17 acresat Highgate Village, a …” „… , too: Glasgow Necropolisand Kensal Green Cemetery were flourishing interment sites.4 What madePère …”

Niels Penke Tales of the Dead S. 217-234

„… high,And grave-side roses smell of Spring.10The voice is located within the cemetery, among the grave sites …” „… of them vanish, Highgate Cemetery remains forever as a playground,a garden and the memorial site for …” „… site:The hearse glided up the Cuttings Path and disappeared from sight.The Noblin mausoleum was just past …”

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