"MOM, APPLE PIE, AND TECHNOLOGY:" CREATING A LOCAL CELEBRATORY EXHIBIT
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Authors
Riley, Margaret Ann
Issue Date
1991
Type
Capstone
Language
en
Keywords
1. Final Projects (Museum Studies) 2. Morn, Apple Pie and TechnoioDy--(199Z1 fl--Nevada Historical Society) 3. Ristorical museums-- Nevada--Exhibitions. 4. Museum techniques.
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Abstract
Small rural history museums in Nevada will for the most part remain small given their location in sparsely populated areas that can provide only a limited funding base. These museums will continue to be the only ones in their regions that are concerned with local history. They will continue to collect, conserve, and exhibit with small budgets, limited paid staff, and volunteers. Exhibits in these local museums have their primary impact on the people who live in the surrounding area. They attempt to personalize history for their visitors, to give it reality and immediacy. In spite of the museum industry's dismissal of their work as amateur, local, and unimportant, these museums function as the seedbed of historical interest nationwide. Rural museums can make much more frequent use of celebratory exhibits to enhance local or national events and holidays. Produced locally and inexpensively, using oral reminiscence, local artifacts, imagination, and labor, such exhibits can make a valuable contribution to their communities.