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The Farmers' Museum (US)

Member of EXARC
No

As one of the oldest rural life museums in the country, The Farmers’ Museum in Cooperstown, New York, provides visitors with a unique opportunity to experience 19th-century rural and village life firsthand through demonstrations and interpretive exhibits.

As one of the oldest rural life museums in the country, The Farmers’ Museum in Cooperstown, New York, provides visitors with a unique opportunity to experience 19th-century rural and village life firsthand through demonstrations and interpretive exhibits...

Hampton (US)

Member of EXARC
No

Hampton National Historic Site, Maryland, United States, preserves a remnant of a vast 18th-century estate, including a Georgian manor house, gardens, grounds, and the original stone slave quarters. The estate was owned by the Ridgely family for seven generations, from 1745 to 1948.

Hampton National Historic Site, Maryland, United States, preserves a remnant of a vast 18th-century estate, including a Georgian manor house, gardens, grounds, and the original stone slave quarters...

LSU Rural Life Museum (US)

Member of EXARC
No

The Rural Life Museum is a museum of Louisiana history in Baton Rouge, USA. It commemorates the contributions made by its various cultural groups through interpretive programs and events throughout the year.

The Rural Life Museum is a museum of Louisiana history in Baton Rouge, USA. It commemorates the contributions made by its various cultural groups through interpretive programs and events throughout the year...

Conference Review: Reconstructive & Experimental Archaeology Conference REARC 2012

Author(s)
Darrell Markewitz 1 ✉
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2013/1
REARC Conferences
***The third annual Reconstructive & Experimental Archaeology (Re-Arc) Conference was hosted by the Schiele Museum of Natural History at Gastonia North Carolina, USA, 19-21 October 2012. Although the cost of the conference itself was minimal ($35 pre-registered, $20 for students) the large travel distances within North America always...

Authenticity is Fiction? Relicts, Narration and Hermeneutics

Author(s)
Jörg van Norden
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2012/3
In many ways, authenticity is everybody’s darling: the historian searches for authentic, historic texts in order to write down history objectively; the readers, naturally, appreciate an authentic description of the past; and museum visitors want to see authentic originals, not replicas...

To Be or Not to Be: Thoughts on Living History - Some Personal Remarks

Author(s)
Thit Birk Petersen 1 ✉
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2012/3
This article is based on personal experiences and observations conducted through many years as a volunteer at the Middle Age Centre in Denmark and later as a student at the Open Air Museum, Sorgenfri, Denmark. Observations and remarks made are solely personal and the article reflects thoughts I have had throughout the years...