Interpreting Religion at Museums and Historic Sitesencourages 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…mehr
Interpreting Religion at Museums and Historic Sitesencourages 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: 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.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Gretchen Buggeln holds the Phyllis and Richard Duesenberg Chair in Christianity and the Arts at Valparaiso University. She previously was associate professor and director of the residential research program at the Winterthur Museum. Buggeln is the author of Temples of Grace: The Material Transformation of Connecticut's Churches, 1970-1840 (2003) and The Suburban Church: Modernism and Community in Postwar America (2015), as well as numerous articles on religious architecture and artifacts, museums, and American religious history. She is co-editor, with Crispin Paine and S. Brent Plate, of Religion in Museums: Global and Multidisciplinary Perspectives (2017). Barbara Franco has had a long career in American history museums as a curator and administrator and most recently served as Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission and as Founding Director of the Gettysburg Seminary Ridge Museum. She served as a past chairman of the American Association for State and Local History and co-edited Ideas and Images: Developing Interpretive History Exhibits (1992). She has written numerous articles on museum practice and historical interpretation, and currently works as an independent scholar and museum consultant.
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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 Dialogues Amy 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 Case Study 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
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 Dialogues Amy 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 Case Study 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
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