Download or read book Interpreting Agriculture at Museums and Historic Sites written by Debra A. Reid and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2017-01-23 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interpreting Agriculture in Museums and Historic Sites orients readers to major themes in agriculture and techniques in education and interpretation that can help you develop humanities-based public programming that enhance agricultural literacy. Case studies illustrate the ways that local research can help you link your history organization to compelling local, national (even international) stories focused on the multidisciplinary topic. That ordinary plow, pitch fork, and butter paddle can provide the tangible evidence of the story worth telling, even if the farm land has disappeared into subdivisions and agriculture seems as remote as the nineteenth century. Other topics include discussion of alliances between rural tourism and community-supported agriculture, farmland conservation and stewardship, heritage breed and seed preservation efforts, and antique tractor clubs. Any of these can become indispensable partners to history organizations searching for a new interpretive theme to explore and new partners to engage.

Download or read book The Agricultural Museum written by and published by . This book was released on 1811 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Feasibility of Establishing a Museum of Kentucky Agriculture written by Biff Baker and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This study was directed to a twelve-member 'Subcommittee to Study the Establishment of a Farm Museum' created by the LRC. The subcommittee met on October 9 and November 13 and heard testimony ..."--Page i

Download or read book Travel Historic Rural America written by Sam Rosenberg and published by St. Joseph, MI : American Society of Agricultural Engineers. This book was released on 1982 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Preserving Our Agricultural Heritage written by Northwest Historical Farm and Agricultural Museum Committee (N.C.) and published by . This book was released on 1985* with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Sources on Folk Museums and Living Historical Farms written by Ormond Loomis and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Study of Visitation at Living History Farms and Agricultural Museums written by Melissa Butler and published by ProQuest. This book was released on 2006 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of a living history institution and what sets it apart from other museums is the preservation of both tangible historical artifacts and intangible folkways---the practices, customs, or beliefs shared by members of a group as parts of their common culture. Less than 150 living history museums are recognized by the Association for Living History, Farms and Agricultural Museums (ALHFAM), although the historic house or site museum is the most common type of museum in America (Grogg 1994, 1). While these museums are popular, relatively little literature or research has been produced regarding visitors to this type of institution. The purpose of this study was to begin research that will reveal the characteristics of the typical living history museum visitor. Surveys were used to gather information regarding three areas of interest to museum administrators; visitor demographics, the visitors' perceptions of the importance of museum amenities, and the visitors' perceptions of the importance of various characteristics of living history museums. The data collected found that the typical visitor to living history museums is female, between the ages of thirty-six and fifty-five, and highly educated. They place the greatest amount of importance on having fun and learning. They also consider the presence of polite and knowledgeable museum staff to be very important. Finally, the presence of clean and ample restrooms was a vitally important aspect of a visit to a living history museum. (Abstract shortened by UMI.).

Download or read book Museum Rusticum Et Commerciale written by Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain) and published by . This book was released on 1766 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book See Them Live at the Agriculture Museum written by Canada. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Selected Living Historical Farms Villages and Agricultural Museums in the United States and Canada written by Association for Living Historical Farms and Agricultural Museums and published by . This book was released on 1976* with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Folklife and Museums written by C. Kurt Dewhurst and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-12-15 with total page 479 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This cutting-edge new book is the replacement for Folklife and Museums: Selected Readings which was published nearly thirty years ago in 1987. The editors of that volume, Patricia Hall and Charlie Seemann, are now joined by C. Kurt Dewhurst as a third editor, for this book which includes updates to the still-relevant and classic essays and articles from the earlier text and features new pioneering pieces by some of today’s most outstanding scholars and practitioners, to provide a more current overview of the field and addressing contemporary issues. Folklife and Museums: Twenty-First Century Perspectives is a brand new collection of cutting-edge essays that combine theoretical insights, practical applications, topical case studies (focusing on particular subject matter areas and specific cultural groups), accompanied by up-to-date “resources” and “suggested readings” sections. Each essay is preceded by an explanatory headnote contextualizing the essay and includes illustrative photographs.

Download or read book Selected Living Historical Farms Villages and Agricultural Museums in the United States and Canada written by Association for Living Historical Farms and Agricultural Museums (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Selected Living Historical Farms Villages and Agricultural Museums written by Association for Living Historical Farms and Agricultural Museums (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1976* with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Founding Gardeners written by Andrea Wulf and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2012-04-03 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the bestselling author of The Invention of Nature, a fascinating look at the Founding Fathers like none you've seen before. “Illuminating and engrossing.... The reader relives the first decades of the Republic ... through the words of the statesmen themselves.” —The New York Times Book Review For the Founding Fathers, gardening, agriculture, and botany were elemental passions: a conjoined interest as deeply ingrained in their characters as the battle for liberty and a belief in the greatness of their new nation. Founding Gardeners is an exploration of that obsession, telling the story of the revolutionary generation from the unique perspective of their lives as gardeners, plant hobbyists, and farmers. Acclaimed historian Andrea Wulf describes how George Washington wrote letters to his estate manager even as British warships gathered off Staten Island; how a tour of English gardens renewed Thomas Jefferson’s and John Adams’s faith in their fledgling nation; and why James Madison is the forgotten father of environmentalism. Through these and other stories, Wulf reveals a fresh, nuanced portrait of the men who created our nation.