Looking for a Progressive Museum

[thomas aagaard]

Hi

I recently started studying a master in History with a focus on Cultural Heritage dissemination.
(got a B.A. in medieval archaeology / History)

In September to mid December 2015 we have to go work at a museum as interns. (unpaid)

Now I can easily find a danish museum covering this period. (Dybbøl, covering the Danish - "German" war of 1864) But I would like to go to a battlefield museum in the US.

So what Iam looking for is a progressive museum. I havn't been to the US since 1998 and back then everyone could manage having items in glass cabinets, giving the guest a tour of the fields and have a reenactor showing drill and gear.

But how is it today? Use of interactive media? allowing the guest to be active? (could be drill, trying on uniforms, computer games or similar) Activities for children?

A good museum is more important than it being one about the civil war. So as long as we are talking 18-19th century warfare, I am open for suggestions about the revolution or similar.

 

[brass napoleon]

Sounds interesting, Thomas. Don't know of any offhand that you might be interested in (Ohio was a bit removed from the military action), but I'll keep my eyes open. Good luck with it and your studies!

 

[dlofting]

I've never visited the American Civil War Museum (Museum of the Confederacy) at Appomattox but from what I've read (as a member of the museum) it looks to be quite up-to-date in terms of its use of displays and educational material. Unfortunately it looks like most of the opportunities there are for volunteers and the internship positions are in Richmond. Of course in Richmond you would get to work with the largest collection of Confederate artifacts in a single location, but you would definitely not be in a museum that employs cutting edge techniques in its displays. I'd jump at the chance to work at either museum, but I'm not a historian working on a specific Master's Degree.

 

[BillO]

Hi

I recently started studying a master in History with a focus on Cultural Heritage dissemination.
(got a B.A. in medieval archaeology / History)

In September to mid December 2015 we have to go work at a museum as interns. (unpaid)

Now I can easily find a danish museum covering this period. (Dybbøl, covering the Danish - "German" war of 1864) But I would like to go to a battlefield museum in the US.

So what Iam looking for is a progressive museum. I havn't been to the US since 1998 and back then everyone could manage having items in glass cabinets, giving the guest a tour of the fields and have a reenactor showing drill and gear.

But how is it today? Use of interactive media? allowing the guest to be active? (could be drill, trying on uniforms, computer games or similar) Activities for children?

A good museum is more important than it being one about the civil war. So as long as we are talking 18-19th century warfare, I am open for suggestions about the revolution or similar.

Pamplin Park just below Petersburg in Virginia.

 

[Drew]

I recently started studying a master in History with a focus on Cultural Heritage dissemination.

Museum of the City of New York

 

[ole]

One of the finest museums in terms of design and display is the Lincoln Museum in Springfield, Illinois. It is in no way a giant in the collection of relics like the Smithsonian, but it is the leading edge in delightful design.