Interpreting Agriculture at Museums and Historic Sites

Debra A. Reid

doi:10.5771/9781442230125

Summary

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.

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Bibliographic data

Edition: 1/2017
Copyright Year: 2017
ISBN-Print: 978-1-4422-3010-1
ISBN-Online: 978-1-4422-3012-5
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 266
Product Type: Monograph

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