Introduction: Using living history to connect with visitors -- Putting living history in context -- Making meaning and creating authenticity at museums -- Examining successful first-person interpretation -- Opening doors at Conner Prairie -- "They're trying to learn for free!" : playing with living history in pop culture -- Conclusion: Using living history for stronger programing and education -- Appendix: Poems on memory and the past.
Series:
American Association for State and Local History Book Series
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