Showcase round-up: The past six months of public history projects
06 August 2013 – editors
Regular readers of this blog know that we occasionally feature a new (or sometimes not so new) public history venture in our “Project Showcase” section, as a way of keeping an eye on some of the work being done in the field. Below is a quick survey of what’s been included in the past six months, in addition to longer pieces that take more in-depth looks at particular projects.
In the next six months, watch for History@Work to begin more extended explorations of exhibits, in collaboration with The Public Historian. In the meantime, we hope this round-up will provide a quick snap-shot of what’s new and interesting, as well as an inspiration to send us information about your own work so we can highlight it here. Project Showcase posts should be no longer than 250 words and should include at least one illustration.
Art
South Asian art collection (Philadelphia Museum of Art)
Food
American Heritage Chocolate (Mars)
Vehicles
Museum on the Move (University of Louisiana at Lafayette)
Web projects
Frederick Douglass in Britain (Hannah Rose Murray)
Returning the Voices to Kouchibouguac (Ron Rudin/Concordia University)
40th anniversary retrospective on the Watergate hearings (U.S. Senate Historical Office)
Closed for Business (Historical Society of Pennsylvania)