Future of History Museums
This session was part of the 2014 annual meeting of the American Historical Association, and was hosted by the Smithsonian National Museum of American History.
Directors of some the United States' most prominent history museums talked about the experiences and challenges of running their respective… read more
Directors of some the United States' most prominent history museums talked about the experiences and challenges of running their respective institutions. They spoke about the changes they’ve overseen, and improvements they’ve made to best present the stories and objects from their collections to researchers and the general public.
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