Museum Footnotes: Making History Museums Transparent for Visiting Students

• In Event: Poster Session 3
  In Poster Session: Humanities, Social Science, and Fine Arts Education

Abstract

Teaching K-12 history with museums is hampered by a lack of transparency or “footnotes.” This paper discusses a rationale for opening up the process in which museums construct the past, advocates for a new conceptual model akin to exhibit footnotes, and presents findings from a case of footnotes imbedded in a history museum exhibit.

Authors

• Alan Marcus, University of Connecticut

• Jennifer S. Kowitt, University of Connecticut