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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Colonial Williamsburg"”.
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Exploring Teachers' Experiences with the Colonial Williamsburg Teacher Institute
… of ten teachers who participated in the Colonial Williamsburg Teacher Institute (CWTI) during an 11-year period. The researcher used in-depth interviewing to identify why these teachers participated in this institute, what they experienced and learned during the institute, and how the …
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Dead Men Tell No Tales: How Can Creative Approaches to Communication Keep Historic Sites From Going Silent
… ownership took place in December, 2006, when Colonial Williamsburg announced its intention to sell Carter's Grove plantation (built from 1750-1755), once considered a "must see" tourist destination. A spokesperson for Colonial Williamsburg said the site was closed due to declining attendance …
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A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF A POTENTIAL TAVERN SITE IN JACKSON, NORTH CAROLINA
… to the artifacts at Wetherburn’s Tavern in Colonial Williamsburg and the Palmer-Marsh cellar in Bath, North Carolina in addition to tavern criteria created by Kathleen Bragdon. The artifacts are dated using Mean Ceramic Date, Terminus Post Quem, and pipestems. These methods show that the …
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Accurate-ish
… that begin to leak into and overwhelm spaces of colonial history. The site, Colonial Williamsburg®, is a 301 acre open air “living-history” museum in Virginia. It is a destination for heritage tourism, located within a two-hour driving radius of Washington, D.C., Richmond and Charlottesville — …
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Museums and controversy : you can't have one without the other.
… from the National Air and Space Museum, Colonial Williamsburg, and the Brooklyn Museum of Art that received negative responses to reveal the wide range of subjects that could cause controversy in a museum. Furthermore, I suggest recommendations for best practices for the museum community …
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Real Estate: How House Museums in Los Angeles Strive-And Sometimes Struggle-To Achieve Authenticity
… have examined–with much skepticism–sites such as Colonial Williamsburg and other east coast institutions that tout the presence or recreation of authenticity. However, in Los Angeles, research into authenticity, while focusing on various forms of tourism, excludes heritage sites such as historic …
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The New Town of Williamsburg: A Study of the New Urbanism
… development of a TND plan for the New Town of Williamsburg is shown, which includes the context of the site, history of Colonial Williamsburg, site inventory, site analysis, design concept, and design development. The design concept was developed from the findings of the site analysis and the …
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MARKETS AND MERCHANTS: ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION IN COLONIAL VIRGINIA, 1700-1775
… the literature detailing the intricacies of the colonial tobacco trade is extensive, and often quite persuasive, its conclusion that Virginia's economy began and ended in the production of tobacco is misleading. Virginia's expansion into previously unsettled lands, and the tremendous increase in …
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Crafting Clementina: Using Material Culture to Interpret the Contributions of 18th-century American Craftswomen in Scholarship and at Public History Sites
This thesis suggests how studying material culture can yield important insight into the lives of 18th-century craftswomen in scholarship and at public history sites, where they have historically been minimally interpreted. Objects and their physical features reveal important insights that go beyond …