Living History: Effective Costumed Interpretation and Enactment at Museums and Historic Sites by Allison, David B.

Living History: Effective Costumed Interpretation and Enactment at Museums and Historic Sites (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781442263819)

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Living History: Effective Costumed Interpretation and Enactment at Museums and Historic Sites by Allison, David B.

Living History: Effective Costumed Interpretation and Enactment at Museums and Historic Sites

$38.00
Living History: Effective Costumed Interpretation and Enactment at Museums and Historic Sites by Allison, David B.

Living History: Effective Costumed Interpretation and Enactment at Museums and Historic Sites

$38.00
Format: Paperback
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Engaging audiences through costumed staff at museums and historic sites is one of the most effective ways to interpret the past for a public used to multimedia presentations on their TVs and computers.

Here, David Allison, who has worked at several museums known for effective enactments, provides:

  • the fascinating stories of three large living history museums as they adapt to changing audience expectations.
  • a solid overview of the types of interpretation that living history museums use.
  • best practices (and practices for you to avoid) from the reams of data and studies compiled by evaluators over the past 10 years.
  • an exploration of the the intersection of public history, individual agency, and business imperatives at museums and historic sites.

Connecting with Guests in Museums: Living History Techniques Then and Now looks at the history of these compelling techniques, provides best practices and strategies for implementing them today, and provides a roadmap for the future of costumed interpretation.

Author: David B. Allison
ISBN-10: 1442263814
ISBN-13: 9781442263819
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Language: English
Published: 05/13/2016
Pages: 122
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 9.00h x 5.90w x 0.30d
By David B. Allison
By David B. Allison
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David Allison is Manager of Onsite Programs at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. He helps to create and sustain high-quality shows and facilitated experiences for visitors of all ages. His most recent projects at the museum include writing and developing a new multimodal show on the science of flight. In addition, he works with a team of enactors who portray composite historical characters in the gallery halls and for temporary exhibits at the museum.

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