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This is an abstract from the session entitled "Telling a Tale of One Ship with Two Names: Queen Anne’s Revenge and La Concorde" , at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Through the installation of a demonstration laboratory at the Beaufort North Carolina Maritime Museum, the North Carolina Maritime Museum System and the Queen Anne’s Revenge Project have worked together to increase the educational impact of the Queen Anne’s Revenge (QAR) exhibit. The introduction...
Connecting Past and Present Landscapes through Museum Education and Public Archaeology (2021)
This is an abstract from the "Broader Impacts and Teaching: Engaging with Diverse Audiences" session, at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Native American mound sites and their inhabitants are often misunderstood by local communities and are severely underrepresented in educational curricula despite being a primary research focus for North American archaeologists. These monuments stand as testament to the creativity and skill of their builders and provide...
Emancipating the Museum Visitor: Implicating the Gallery in Self-directed Learning (2015)
While museum education is often thought of as a guided tour or a pre-booked arrangement with museum staff, scholarship on the interpretation of visual culture delves into pedagogical possibilities that render museum displays and exhibits an important platform for learning. While the museum collection is an important element of the gallery experience, this project draws from theoretical perspectives that implicate the learner themselves as the key component for the learning experience. In...