Post Conference Review #3: Horaceville: Pinhey’s Point Historic Site

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Editor’s note: This post continues the series of conference city reviews published byThe Public Historian in the Public History Commons

Horaceville: Pinhey’s Point Historic Site, April 20, 2013. NCPH Annual Meeting, Ottawa, Ontario. The Pinhey’s Point Foundation. Tour leader: Bruce Elliott. Read More

Conference City Reviews: editorial introduction

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Historic Ottawa: Inside and Out

For the first time, the Public Historian’s annual museum and exhibit reviews from the NCPH conference city are appearing here at the Public History Commons rather than in the print journal.  This follows on the heels of our inaugural online publication of several conference city exhibit reviews in advance of the conference.  Read More

Post Conference Review #1: Canadian Parliamentary Precinct

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Editor’s note: HIstory@Work is pleased to bring you a series of eight reviews written about sites explored during the 2013 NCPH Annual Meeting in Ottawa, Ontario, published in The Public Historian on the Public History Commons.

The Canadian Parliamentary Precinct as Public History: Telling the Outside Story Walking Tour, April 17, 2013. Read More

Post Conference Review #2: Ottawa Labor History Walking Tour

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Editor’s note: This post continues the series of conference city reviews published by The Public Historian in the Public History Commons

Ottawa Labor History Walking Tour, April 17, 2013. NCPH Annual Meeting, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Creators: Workers History Museum in partnership with Graduate Students from Carleton University. Read More

Project Showcase: Returning the Voices to Kouchibouguac

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kouchibouguac-imageIn 1969 the Canadian and New Brunswick governments agreed to create Kouchibouguac National Park along the east coast of this Atlantic province. At the time, establishment of a national park required removing the people who resided there, in the belief that nature should be exhibited to visitors without signs of any human presence. Read More

Project Showcase: Museum on the Move

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Building upon our innovative approaches to teaching and practicing Public History, the History Department at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette is proud to announce an exceptional project called Museum on the Move. Public History students will outfit a vintage Airstream trailer (left) with an interpretive exhibit that will then hit the road to take history directly out of the classroom and to the public. Read More