# Living History: Effective Costumed Interpretation and Enactment at Museums and Historic Sites - Hardcover

by **David B. Allison** (Author)

Engaging audiences through costumed staff at museums and historic sites is one of the most effective ways to interpret the past for a public used to multimedia presentations on their TVs and computers.

Here, David Allison, who has worked at several museums known for effective enactments, provides:

-   the fascinating stories of three large living history museums as they adapt to changing audience expectations.
-   a solid overview of the types of interpretation that living history museums use.
-   best practices (and practices for you to avoid) from the reams of data and studies compiled by evaluators over the past 10 years.
-   an exploration of the the intersection of public history, individual agency, and business imperatives at museums and historic sites.

  
Living History: Effective Costumed Interpretation and Enactment at Museums and Historic Sites looks at the history of these compelling techniques, provides best practices and strategies for implementing them today, and provides a roadmap for the future of costumed interpretation.

### Author Biography

David Allison is Manager of Onsite Programs at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. He helps to create and sustain high-quality shows and facilitated experiences for visitors of all ages. His most recent projects at the museum include writing and developing a new multimodal show on the science of flight. In addition, he works with a team of enactors who portray composite historical characters in the gallery halls and for temporary exhibits at the museum.

**Number of Pages:** 122

**Dimensions:** 0.6 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN

**Publication Date:** May 17, 2016

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