Bringing history to life / Martha B. Katz-Hyman, Cliff Jones, Susan J. McCabe, and Mary Seelhorst -- Revisiting living history : a business, an art, a pleasure, an education / Kathryn Boardman -- Living historical farms / Virginia Wolf Briscoe -- Visitor comfort, safety, and access at a living history site / Nan Rickey and Jerry Shapins -- How to hire the best person for your living history site / Derrick Birdsall -- Friends indeed : creating a successful museum volunteer program / David W. Floyd -- Planning living history programs and facilities : seven areas of concern / Edward L. Hawes -- Choosing your method : strengths and weaknesses of interpretive techniques / Prudence Haines, Ron Kley, Bill Reid -- Reconnecting with agriculture : practical approaches / Barbara Corson -- First person interpretation : perspectives on interpreter-visitor communication / Lynne D. Dierking -- Historically correct trade craft presentations : are they possible? A question to provoke more questions / Tom Kelleher -- Special events and their impact on museums : the eleven commandments of public programs / Ken Yellis -- Utilizing living history hobby resources / Tom Shaw -- Using their voices : engaging cultural communities in living history / Ellen Gasser -- Breeds and seeds / Andrew Baker -- Management policies for living collections / Andrew Baker -- Living with livestock : a primer on livestock program planning and implementation / Wendy Engler -- Sketch of a theory for outdoor history museums / Mark P. Leone -- Tier levels and collections management : adapting traditional museum approaches for historic site use / Deborah Scott -- The right stuff : how to get it / Martha Katz-Hyman and Mick Woodcock -- Attitudes toward machinery / Peter Ledwith -- Acquisition and restoration of appropriate machinery for living historical sites / Tom Brown and George Nicholson -- Serving two masters : accurate costuming for small historic sites / Carrie Fellows and Heidi Campbell-Shoaf -- Connections : forethought in interpretation / J. Marc Meltonville, Richard Fitch, Robert Hoare and Robin Mitchener -- The basics of writing furnishings plans / Martha Katz-Hyman and Mick Woodcock -- Living things grow and evolve : the evolution and expansion of living history / Tom Kelleher -- Sowbelly and seedbanks : the living history museum as a process repository / Roger L. Welch -- Living history highpoints : a bibliographic essay / Deborah A. Reid.
Summary:
"The Living History Anthology brings together twenty-six practical essays on the craft of establishing and running Living History museums"-- Provided by publisher.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.