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- Title
Modern American History and the Smithsonian.
- Authors
Hartig, Anthea; Meghelli, Samir; Neufeld, Michael; Nunn, Tey Marianna; Thomas, Damion L.
- Abstract
Keywords: Material Culture; Memory and Forgetting; Public Opinion and Popular Culture; Theory and Historiography EN Material Culture Memory and Forgetting Public Opinion and Popular Culture Theory and Historiography 244 258 15 09/19/23 20230701 NES 230701 This is the first in a series of Q&A installments intended to bring public history more deliberately into I Modern American History. i To evaluate the opportunities and challenges the national museums of the Smithsonian face, Teasel Muir-Harmony and Sarah B. Snyder posed a set of questions to historians at several of these institutions: Anthea Hartig (National Museum of American History), Samir Meghelli (Anacostia Community Museum), Michael Neufeld (Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum), Tey Marianna Nunn (Smithsonian American Women's History Museum), and Damion L. Thomas (National Museum of African American History and Culture). The National Museum of the American Latino and the Smithsonian American Women's History Museum will extend that trend. B Anthea Hartig: b The National Air and Space Museum and the Smithsonian's I Enola Gay i exhibition controversy taught us much as future generations of public historians working in national museums. Here they share their reflections on the Smithsonian's role in shaping historical narratives, how Smithsonian curators preserve the history of the present, the proliferation of new museums, and other issues.
- Subjects
SMITHSONIAN Institution (Washington, D.C.); GENTRIFICATION; UNITED States history; GENOCIDE; MODERN history; BLACK power movement; LOCAL elections
- Publication
Modern American History, 2023, Vol 6, Issue 2, p244
- ISSN
2515-0456
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/mah.2023.30