LeGrand Lockwood, Early Adopter
Back in April I gave a talk at the Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum in Norwalk, Connecticut. They’ve done a very nice
Museums, presentation, Public humanities, Technology
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Teaching through projects
The public humanities program has two required courses, one theory and one method Projects count for about 50 percent of
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Edward Tufte’s course on Presenting Data and Information, Storified
You can see my notes from the course, storified, here.
Collections, Exhibits
Authenticity, and bears
The scene: Roger Williams Natural History Museum, Providence, Rhode Island. A group of twenty third-graders has just arrived. The docent
AMST1550, teaching
Tomorrow’s the first day of class
Tomorrow’s the first day of AMST1550, Methods in Public Humanities. I’ve finished the third version of the syllabus today –
Education, Public humanities
A really quick definition of public history
My reply to Mary Rizzo’s Jon Stewart, public historian?, and especially Erik Greenberg’s comment: Let’s think about a “big tent” definition
Museums, Public humanities, Technology
Creative Providence: Past, Present and Future. An NEH Grant Proposal.
We’re submitting a planning grant to the NEH for a new program that will link Providence’s creative past with its
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Should you get a Ph.D to work in a history museum? – Part 3: How might we make it useful?
Part 3: How might we make it useful? How might we fix the Ph.D. so that it is more useful
Education, Public humanities, teaching, Uncategorized
Should you get a Ph.D to work in a history museum? – Part 2: Is it useful for the job?
Most curatorial jobs do not require a Ph.D., but is it useful? Does it make one a better curator? The
Education, Museums, Public humanities
Should you get a Ph.D to work in a history museum? – Part 1
Should you get an MA or Ph.D to work in a history museum? I talk to many students interested in
