Doing Women''s History in Public - A Handbook for Interpretation At Museums and Historic Sites

This book is a complete guide to interpreting women's history. It connects scholarship with the tangible resources and the sensuality that form museums and historic sites-- the objects, architecture and landscapes-- in ways that encourage visitor fascination and understanding and center interpretation on the women active in them

List of contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Significance
Chapter 1: Why Women's History Matters
Knowledge Base
Chapter 2: Researching Women's History
Chapter 3: Written Sources: Read All About Her
Chapter 4: Oral Sources: Sermons & Parrots
Chapter 5: Visual Sources: Maps & Photographs
Tangible Resources
Chapter 6: Landscapes: Fields and Gardens
Chapter 7: Buildings & Structures: Cents Shops, Houses, and Canals
Chapter 8: Objects: Who Packed This Lunch Bucket?
Chapter 9: Preservation: From Great-Grandmothers to Great-Granddaughters
Interpretation
Chapter 10: Interpretation: Sharing Women's History with Visitors
Appendix: Organizations, Websites & Journals
Bibliography

About the author

By Heather Huyck

Summary

This book is a complete guide to interpreting women's history. It connects scholarship with the tangible resources and the sensuality that form museums and historic sites-- the objects, architecture and landscapes-- in ways that encourage visitor fascination and understanding and center interpretation on the women active in them

Product details

• Authors: Heather Huyck, Huyck Heather
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2020
• EAN: 9781442264168
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-6416-8
• No. of pages: 266
• Series: American Association for State; American Association for State and Local History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Miscellaneous; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Women, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Museum Administration & Museology, Historiography, Management & management techniques, Social and cultural history, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, Management and management techniques, Museology & heritage studies, Museology and heritage studies