Interpreting immigration at museums and historic sites / edited by Dina A. Bailey.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sabin W. Colton, Jr., Memorial Fund.

Bailey, Dina A., editor.

Series:

Interpreting history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Museums--Social aspects.

Museums.

Museums--Political aspects.

Cultural pluralism.

Intercultural communication.

Emigration and immigration.

Physical Description:

xi, 137 pages ; 27 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2018]

Summary:

"Interpreting Immigration at Museums and Historic Sites includes strategies for the design, implementation, marketing and sustaining of programs that help visitors use the lens of history to address contemporary immigration issues and provides case studies, immigration program designs, audience building strategies, among others. The title considers the questions: How can museums use their collections and key stories as starting points for audience engagement around immigration past and present? How can museums move beyond the "we are a nation of immigrants" narrative - a narrative that does not resonate for all audiences? How can museums make opportunities for safe, open dialogue on immigration accessible to all stakeholders including both new immigrants and receiving communities? Interpreting Immigration includes strategies for the design, implementation, marketing and sustaining of programs that help visitors use the lens of history to address contemporary immigration issues"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Using dialogue to interpret immigration: the National Dialogues on Immigration Project / Sarah Pharaon

The Arab American National Museum / Anan Ameri

Speaking of change in a new immigrant gateway / Janeen Bryant

Talking about immigration with children through a social justice lens / Linda Blanshay

Between two worlds: incubating a new approach to community engagement and civic responsibility in an art museum / Suzanne Seriff

Dialogue with audiences about migration in the Red Star Line Museum / Bram Beelaert

Who is an American?: moving conversations at Lowell National Historical Park / Emily Levine and Resi Polixa

Museo Urbano's border immigration dialogues / Yolanda Chavez Leyva.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Sabin W. Colton, Jr., Memorial Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Interpreting immigration at museums and historic sites

ISBN:

9781442263239

1442263237

9781442263246

1442263245

OCLC:

1014072868