Title: Exhibiting patriotism : creating and contesting interpretations of American historic sites /
Authors: Bergman, Teresa.
Publisher: Left Coast Press,
Year: 2013
Subjects: California State Railroad Museum.; Historic sites Interpretive programs United States.; Visitors' centers United States.; Historiography Social aspects United States.; USS Arizona Memorial (Hawaii); Lincoln Memorial (Washington, D.C.); Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.); Mount Rushmore National Memorial (S.D.)
Abstract: In Exhibiting Patriotism, Bergman analyzes exhibits, interpretive materials, and orientation films at major U.S. sites. She shows how historic narratives are the result of dynamic relationships between institutions and the public, and how these relationships are changing in an era when museums are becoming more visitor-centered, seeing visitors as partners in historical interpretation.
Contents: Introduction : necessary tensions -- Submerged patriotism : evolving representation at the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial Visitor Center -- The Chinese get on board at the California State Railroad Museum -- The day the plaster fell : museological change comes to the Alamo -- Sex and gender in the Lincoln Memorial : the politics of interpreting Lincoln's legacy -- Patriotism carved in stone : Mt. Rushmore's evolution as national symbol -- Conclusion.