The selection will be made from: Autry Museum for the American West, Japanese-American National Museum, Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust, Museum of Tolerance, Museum of Jurassic Technology. There will be one Saturday field trip to several historical museums in Los Angeles.The post-seminar contributions can be thought of as follow-up on discussion, open questions or reading suggestions the pre-seminar postings should contain preliminary thoughts about the core reading, perhaps additional references with brief annotations (why it might be relevant, how found, notes on content), or interesting results about the individually researched museum for that week. I would like to use the Gauchospace website forum to extend discussion beyond the classroom, with post-seminar postings each Tuesday, and pre-seminar postings by Sunday evening, 8pm.This should be posted on Gauchospace by Wednesday 8pm. For each seminar meeting one student will take minutes summarizing the main results of the discussion.5, below), each of us will be expected to contribute about that museum as well. It should contain core information such as dates, descriptions, varying interpretations, and annotated resources.Īdditionally, as the seminar progresses and participants choose "their" museum (see no. A 1-2 page handout on each museum should be distributed to each participant each week. The research is not to be exhaustive, but what one can find out in a few hours of focused searching and reading. The format of the weekly sessions is that everyone read the core reading, and select one museum or site that they will research and present under that week's aspect.Although there are some common core readings, the topics are to be developed by examining specific museums. This seminar is more research- than reading-based. Since my own expertise is in contemporary and European history, many of the examples are drawn from that area, but participants are encouraged to establish foci in the areas they know best as well. However, since most historical topics have some type of museum associated with them, any advanced student should be able to participate with profit in their area of specialization. The course is designed for students with an emphasis in public history or reception history (how historical events have been portrayed and perceived over time). First of all, what makes a museum a museum? Then: What is a history museum-what features distinguish one from other types of museums? What range of institutions or exhibitions might be considered history museums? Where, when and why did they originate? How have they changed over time-can we make out phases in their development, or key events/exemplars that changed the nature or purpose of (history) museums? What functions have they had and do they perform, and how have those changed over time? Finally, what effects do they have? How well have they fulfilled their functions? How can we assess that? This graduate seminar addresses aspects of the development and functioning of history museums and exhibitions (conceived of as temporary museums). See also Dan Cohen's blog on web search optimizationĬourse Description & Requirements ( back to top).Daniel Cohen and Roy Rosenzweig, Digital History: A Guide to Gathering, Preserving and Presenting the Past on the Web (Upenn, 2005), 314 pages.1, 2007: good links on History and the Internet: Another digital museum site of interest is the CHNM's " Making the History of 1989" site, which was profiled in German in the 6/2009 issue of Zeithistorische Forschungen.2009 Forward article: " A Virtual Home for Poland’s Vanished Jews." That article mentions the Virtual Shtetl Project, which was featured in this 19, 2010 New York Times: " Online, It’s the Mouse That Runs the Museum," about museums that take online user input, especially for virtual items. What you find here is a somewhat random repository of what I could reconstruct after more than a year. We used UCSB's "CMS" (Course Management System) Gauchospace as the primary forum for the course, so everything was posted there, and I did not have time to maintain this site at the time. To start with, an apology for the chaotic nature of this course website. ( old announcements move to bottom) ( visitor