Publication supported by the American Alliance of Museums. Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-273) and index.
Contents:
Part one : Storytelling methods. The why, what, and how of the best storytelling in museum exhibitions / Benjamin Filene -- Storytelling by design : inclusive museum experiences / Corey Timpson -- Telling stories at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum / Amy Weinstein -- Building a new museum on the personal stories paradigm : how design, content, and technology came together to make a museum based on storytelling / Anna E. Tucker -- Unearthing buried histories : interpreting individuals and collective history in cemeteries / Marcy Breffle and Mary Margaret Fernandez -- Interconnection : how personal stories are expanding the public narrative / Miriam Bader -- Mobilizing personal narrative : storytelling at Holocaust museums / Adina Langer -- Reflections on practicing Sankofa in museums and theatres / Deitrah Taylor -- Storytelling in science museums / Rebecca Melsheimer and Jose Santamaria -- Museums in your pocket : digital storytelling strategies in cultural institutions / Lois Carlisle -- Part two : Storytelling in the community. Working on storytelling : a pioneering Initiative in a changing context for the Moroccan museum culture / Samir El Azhar -- Turn on, tune in : a community storytelling project with the New Mexico History Museum / Judy Goldberg and Meredith Schweitzer -- Queer museum narratives and the family audience / Margaret Middleton -- From a single family's story to diverse stories of immigration and work in the rondout / Sarah Litvin -- Threads in the fabric of legacy : the stories in the exhibit Chinese Medicine in America: Converging Ideas, People and Practices, Museum of the Chinese in America, New York City, April 2018 / Donna Mah -- Privileging community voices : the Indian Arts Research Center / Elysia Poon -- Transformative inclusion in exhibition planning / Michelle Grohe -- Honoring the ancestors : descendant voices at Montpelier / Iris Carter Ford, Patrice Preston-Grimes, and Christian J. Cotz.
Summary:
"This book demonstrates how museums can use personal stories to make visitors feel welcome while inspiring them to engage with new ideas. It also explores the responsibilities of museum practitioners toward the storytellers included in their narratives and how those responsibilities shift over time and manifest in different contexts"-- 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.