Katie Garland, a history major at Messiah College, is spending her summer in Historic Deerfield as one of seven college students chosen to participate in the prestigious Deerfield Summer Fellowship Program. Katie will be immersed in an “all-expenses-paid intensive nine-week living-learning program that offers a rare behind the scenes view of the workings of a [...]
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Deerfield Dispatch: Volume 1
Posted in Deerfield Dispatch, Internships, Public History, Student Activities on June 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Preserving the Stouffer Cemetery (Service Day 2011)
Posted in Archaeology & Material Culture, Local History, Public History, Service Projects, Student Activities on May 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Last month, Messiah College’s History Department, History Club, and the Oakes Museum of Natural History combined forces for the 2011 annual Service Day. In the past, the history club and department have participated in service activities like painting houses and construction projects, and last year the service project was discipline-based: cleaning artifacts from the excavation [...]
The Big Dig at the Stauffer Farm
Posted in Archaeology & Material Culture, Public History, Student Activities on October 31, 2010 | 5 Comments »
On Saturday morning, the Oakes Museum at Messiah College ran its semi-annual Curator Club Archaeology event. As the official curator of archaeology for the Oakes Museum, I look forward to this day in the fall and spring. The basic idea of the event is pretty simple: introduce children grades 3-5 to the systematic methods of archaeology [...]
Visit Your Favorite Museum for FREE!
Posted in Public History on September 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Saturday, September 25, is Smithsonian Magazine’s Museum Day. Go to this site and download a free ticket to a museum near you. What a great weekend outing!
Guide to Public History Programs
Posted in Public History, What you can do with a history major on August 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
If you are interested in pursuing a career in public history you may want to think about graduate school at one of many fine colleges and universities with graduate programs in public history. The National Council of Public History has just released its new Guide to Public History Programs. If you look closely enough at [...]
