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

Contributor(s): Allison, David B (Author)

ISBN: 9781442263819

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

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Pub Date: May 13, 2016

Dewey: 069.07

LCCN: 2016005949

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.30" H x 9.00" L x 5.90" W ( 0.40 lbs) 122 pages

Series: American Association for State and Local History

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Description: 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 mu...

Review Quotes: "Whatever you think of living history, this book offers a much-needed fresh look at the interpretive method and cautions that it must adapt to remain effective. Allison's voice of experience guides the reader through recent changes and his mixture of interviews, scholarship and personal anecdotes makes it an easy read." --Tim Grove, author of "A Grizzly in the Mail and Other Adventures in American History" and co-editor of "The Museum Educator's Manual"

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