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Artikel-Nr:
9781442269477
Veröffentl:
2018
Seiten:
240
Autor:
Gretchen Buggeln
Serie:
16, Interpreting History
eBook Typ:
EPUB
Kopierschutz:
Adobe DRM [Hard-DRM]
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Interpreting Religion at Museums and Historic Sites encourages readers to consider the history of religion as integral to American culture and provides a practical guide for any museum to include interpretation of religious traditions in its programs and exhibits.
Interpreting Religion at Museums and Historic Sites encourages readers to consider the history of religion as integral to American culture and provides a practical guide for any museum to include interpretation of religious traditions in its programs and exhibits. Combining both theoretical essays and practical case studies from a wide cross section of the field, the book explores how museums are finding new ways to connect with audiences about this important aspect of American history.
This book explores the practical and interpretive problems that museums encounter when they include religion in their interpretation:
These and other questions are addressed in a series of interpretive essays and case studies that capture the experimental and innovative religion programming that is beginning to find a place in American history museums.
An introduction by Gretchen Buggeln places the subject of religion and museums in the intellectual context of national and international scholarship. Case studies cover a range of topics and venues that include outdoor museums, historic houses and exhibits; interpretive issues of secular and sacred contexts; and interpretive techniques like dialogue, music and first person accounts. A concluding essay suggests a publicly oriented historiography of religion for American museums and historic sites.
This book explores the practical and interpretive problems that museums encounter when they include religion in their interpretation:
- How do we make sure visitors don't think the museum is taking the side of any particular religious group, or proselytizing, or crossing church-state boundaries?
- How do we spin out a rich story with the available artifact base?
- What are the opportunities and perils of telling particular religious stories in a multicultural context?
These and other questions are addressed in a series of interpretive essays and case studies that capture the experimental and innovative religion programming that is beginning to find a place in American history museums.
An introduction by Gretchen Buggeln places the subject of religion and museums in the intellectual context of national and international scholarship. Case studies cover a range of topics and venues that include outdoor museums, historic houses and exhibits; interpretive issues of secular and sacred contexts; and interpretive techniques like dialogue, music and first person accounts. A concluding essay suggests a publicly oriented historiography of religion for American museums and historic sites.
Introduction
Acknowledgments
Part I Case Studies
Chapter 1. Religious Sites
Arch Street Meeting House,
Reinterpretation of the Arch Street Meeting House,
Lynne Calamia
California Missions Trail
California Missions,
Elizabeth Kryder-Reid
Ephrata Cloister
Interpreting Religion at Ephrata Cloister
Michael S. Showalter and Nick Siegert
Hancock Shaker Village
Hancock Shaker Village - Training for Staff & Docents Who Interpret Religion,
Todd Burdick
Joseph Smith Farm,
Facilitating a Reverential Experience.
Gary L. Boatright, Jr.
Kirtland Temple
Kirtland Temple: Creating Sacred Space for Pilgrimage
Barbara B. Walden
Mary Baker Eddy Library
Fervent Hearts, Willing Hands: Christian Science in Nineteenth-Century Context
Katherine Connell
Museum at Eldridge Street
Interpreting the Eldridge Street Synagogue: Two DialoguesAmy Stein Milford and Richard Rabinowitz
United States Capitol Visitor Center
“In God We Trust” – Interpreting Religion in the US Capitol
Fred W. Beuttler
Chapter 2. Historic Sites
Andrew Jackson’s Hermitage
Reform and Religion at Andrew Jackson’s Hermitage
Marsha Mullin
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Satisfaction Through Honesty
Stephen Seals
Conner Prairie
Religion at Conner Prairie
Catherine Hughes
George Washington’s Mount Vernon
Interpreting Religion in the Life of a Founding Father
Mary V. Thompson
Hawaii Mission Houses Historic Site and Archives
Revisiting the Historical Role of the ABCFM Missionaries in Hawaii
Thomas A. Woods
Gettysburg Seminary Ridge Museum
Talk-Back Boards And Religion,
Josh Howard
Lower East Side Tenement Museum
Interpreting Religion at the Tenement Museum
Annie Polland
Newport World Heritage Commission
Interpreting Tolerance to a Skeptical World: The Case of Colonial Newport and Providence
Ken Yellis
Old Economy Village
Religious Interpretation at Old Economy Village
David Miller
Southeastern Pennsylvania Historic Sites and Houses
Interpreting the Diversity of Pennsylvania German Religion at Historic House Museums
Cynthia G. Falk
Chapter 3. Museum Exhibitions
Abbe Museum
Religious Appropriation Issues and the Abbe Museum
Cinnamon Catlin-Legutko and Geo Soctomah Neptune
American Revolution Museum at Yorktown
Interpreting Religion at The American Revolution Museum at Yorktown
K. Lara Templin
Arab American National Museum
Interpreting Religion at the Arab American National Museum
Petra Alsoofy
Delaware Historical Society
Forging Faith, Building Freedom: African American Faith Experiences in Delaware, 1800-1980
Constance J. Cooper
Jewish Museum of Maryland
Chosen Food: Eggrolls, Oreos and Judaism in the Museum
Karen Falk
Minnesota History Center
Interpreting Religion in Peb Yog Hmoob—We Are Hmong Minnesota
Brian Horrigan
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Black Sacred Objects and the Matter of Religious Meanings: A CaseStudy from the National Museum of African American History & Culture
Eric Lewis Williams
National Museum of American History
Religion in Early America: An Exhibition at the National Museum of American History
David K. Allison
National Museum of the Civil War Soldier at Pamplin Historical Park
Interpreting the Religions Life of Civil War Soldiers at Pamplin Historical Park
A. Wilson Greene
The Rosenbach and the Rare Book Department, Free Library of Philadelphia
Religion on Display: Three Exhibitions at the Free Library of Philadelphia and the Rosenbach
Katherine Haas
Winterthur Museum
Open the Doors and See all the People: Interpreting Pennsylvania German Material Culture and Religion
Lisa Minardi
Part II Essays
Chapter 4. Scholarly Approaches For Religion in History Museums
Gretchen Buggeln
Chapter 5. Issues in Historical Interpretation: Why Interpreting Religion is So Difficult
Barbara Franco
Chapter 6. Religion in Museum Spaces and Places
Gretchen Buggeln
Chapter 7. Strategies and Techniques for Interpreting Religion
Barbara Franco
Chapter 8. Interpreting Religion at Museums and Historic Sites: The Work Ahead
Gretchen Buggeln and Barbara Franco
Bibliography
Contributors
Index
Acknowledgments
Part I Case Studies
Chapter 1. Religious Sites
Arch Street Meeting House,
Reinterpretation of the Arch Street Meeting House,
Lynne Calamia
California Missions Trail
California Missions,
Elizabeth Kryder-Reid
Ephrata Cloister
Interpreting Religion at Ephrata Cloister
Michael S. Showalter and Nick Siegert
Hancock Shaker Village
Hancock Shaker Village - Training for Staff & Docents Who Interpret Religion,
Todd Burdick
Joseph Smith Farm,
Facilitating a Reverential Experience.
Gary L. Boatright, Jr.
Kirtland Temple
Kirtland Temple: Creating Sacred Space for Pilgrimage
Barbara B. Walden
Mary Baker Eddy Library
Fervent Hearts, Willing Hands: Christian Science in Nineteenth-Century Context
Katherine Connell
Museum at Eldridge Street
Interpreting the Eldridge Street Synagogue: Two DialoguesAmy Stein Milford and Richard Rabinowitz
United States Capitol Visitor Center
“In God We Trust” – Interpreting Religion in the US Capitol
Fred W. Beuttler
Chapter 2. Historic Sites
Andrew Jackson’s Hermitage
Reform and Religion at Andrew Jackson’s Hermitage
Marsha Mullin
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Satisfaction Through Honesty
Stephen Seals
Conner Prairie
Religion at Conner Prairie
Catherine Hughes
George Washington’s Mount Vernon
Interpreting Religion in the Life of a Founding Father
Mary V. Thompson
Hawaii Mission Houses Historic Site and Archives
Revisiting the Historical Role of the ABCFM Missionaries in Hawaii
Thomas A. Woods
Gettysburg Seminary Ridge Museum
Talk-Back Boards And Religion,
Josh Howard
Lower East Side Tenement Museum
Interpreting Religion at the Tenement Museum
Annie Polland
Newport World Heritage Commission
Interpreting Tolerance to a Skeptical World: The Case of Colonial Newport and Providence
Ken Yellis
Old Economy Village
Religious Interpretation at Old Economy Village
David Miller
Southeastern Pennsylvania Historic Sites and Houses
Interpreting the Diversity of Pennsylvania German Religion at Historic House Museums
Cynthia G. Falk
Chapter 3. Museum Exhibitions
Abbe Museum
Religious Appropriation Issues and the Abbe Museum
Cinnamon Catlin-Legutko and Geo Soctomah Neptune
American Revolution Museum at Yorktown
Interpreting Religion at The American Revolution Museum at Yorktown
K. Lara Templin
Arab American National Museum
Interpreting Religion at the Arab American National Museum
Petra Alsoofy
Delaware Historical Society
Forging Faith, Building Freedom: African American Faith Experiences in Delaware, 1800-1980
Constance J. Cooper
Jewish Museum of Maryland
Chosen Food: Eggrolls, Oreos and Judaism in the Museum
Karen Falk
Minnesota History Center
Interpreting Religion in Peb Yog Hmoob—We Are Hmong Minnesota
Brian Horrigan
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Black Sacred Objects and the Matter of Religious Meanings: A CaseStudy from the National Museum of African American History & Culture
Eric Lewis Williams
National Museum of American History
Religion in Early America: An Exhibition at the National Museum of American History
David K. Allison
National Museum of the Civil War Soldier at Pamplin Historical Park
Interpreting the Religions Life of Civil War Soldiers at Pamplin Historical Park
A. Wilson Greene
The Rosenbach and the Rare Book Department, Free Library of Philadelphia
Religion on Display: Three Exhibitions at the Free Library of Philadelphia and the Rosenbach
Katherine Haas
Winterthur Museum
Open the Doors and See all the People: Interpreting Pennsylvania German Material Culture and Religion
Lisa Minardi
Part II Essays
Chapter 4. Scholarly Approaches For Religion in History Museums
Gretchen Buggeln
Chapter 5. Issues in Historical Interpretation: Why Interpreting Religion is So Difficult
Barbara Franco
Chapter 6. Religion in Museum Spaces and Places
Gretchen Buggeln
Chapter 7. Strategies and Techniques for Interpreting Religion
Barbara Franco
Chapter 8. Interpreting Religion at Museums and Historic Sites: The Work Ahead
Gretchen Buggeln and Barbara Franco
Bibliography
Contributors
Index