Living History Museums: Undoing History through Performance

By Scott Magelssen

Living History Museums: Undoing History Through Performance examines the performance techniques of Living History Museums, cultural institutions that merge historical exhibits with costumed live performance. Institutions such as Plimoth Plantation and Colonial Williamsburg are analyzed from a theatrical perspective, offering a new genealogy of living museum performance.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810858657
• ISBN13: 9780810858657
• Release Date: February 2007
• Publisher: Scarecrow Press
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 8.9"