At the Ohio Historical Society, we are starting an evalaution of the visitors interaction with the Ohio Village, which  is designed to recreate the appearance of a typical county-seat town in Ohio during the mid 19th century, about the time of the Civil War. I would like to read similar studies. Any help to locate them?
 
Thanks
 

Giuseppe Monaco
    Pino
Evaluation Manager
Ohio Historical Society
1982 Velma Avenue,
Columbus, OH, 43211
(614) 297-2609
http://www.ohiohistory.org

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From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Julie Kendig
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You may want to look at Vicki Ann Green's dissertation entitled An Oral History Field Trip

Green, V.A.  1992.  An Oral History Field Trip: A Study of Participants’ Historical

Imagination in “Action” and “Artifact Within Action.”  Ph.D. diss.,  Victoria:

University of Victoria. 

and Stocy Roth's book, Past Into Present

Roth, S.  1998.  Past Into Present: Effective Techniques for First-Person Historical

            Interpretation.  Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press.



 

From:  "Janne L." <[log in to unmask]>
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Subject:  authenticity in open air museums
Date:  Tue, 13 Jun 2006 16:25:03 -0400
>As I embark on a resaerch project involving a number of buildings in the
>collection of Greenfield Village in Michigan, I was beginning to wonder
>about the perception of authenticity in buildings?
>Do professionals generally feel buildings in open-air settings convey an
>accurate (authentic) message?
>Do visitors feel the buildings and/or message is authentic?
>
>And, anyone know of visitors studies around these kinds of topics?
>
>Thanks, Janne
>
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