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McFaddin-Ward House Conference
November 11-13,
2010
"Teaching
the Past to Ensure a Future"
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Times are changing!
Today’s museum-going
public differs
greatly from previous generations, and what about the future?
How can historic
house museums remain relevant to their audiences, when terms as “the
old home place” and “family” now carry different definitions than
they did for the original occupants?
What learning
systems can be used to connect these houses with the public?
Join
us November
11-13, 2010,
in Beaumont, Texas, when the McFaddin-Ward House gathers noted
education theorists and scholars to examine topics of critical
interest to beleaguered museum professionals. Mark the date and look
for more information next spring by mail and on our website
www.mcfaddin-ward.org.
“Teaching the Past to Ensure a Future” is
generously
underwritten by the
Mamie McFaddin Ward Heritage Foundation.
For more information, call the Conference
Coordinator Arlene Christiansen at 409-832-1906 or e-mail her at Arlene@mcfaddin-ward.org
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Past
McFaddin-Ward House Conferences
2007 “Who Else Lived
Here”
2001 “Telling the Story:
Best Practices for Historic House Museum Interpretation”
book is available in our gift
shop
1998 “Historic House Museums: Issues
and Operations II”
book is available in our gift
shop
1995 “Historic House
Museums: Issues and
Operation”
1992 “Cadillacs,
Calisthenics, and Carriage Houses: Running the American
Home”
1990 “The Arts and the
American Home
1890–1930”
book is available in our gift
shop
1989 “Life at
Home
1890–1930”
1988 “Consumer Culture
in the American Home
1890–1930”
1987 “American Homes in
Transition
1890–1930”
The conference
registration fee of $100 includes the costs of handouts
and
notebook, two
Continental breakfasts, one lunch, coffee&refreshment breaks,
and two evening receptions. Payable upon registration either thru
check, money order, or credit card (VISA, Mastercard, or Discover
card). For
more information, call the Conference Coordinator Arlene
Christiansen at
409-832-1906 or e-mail her at Arlene@mcfaddin-ward.org . |
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Registration is limited and will be handled on a
first-come,
first-served basis. The conference will be held at the
MCM Elegante Hotel
located at 2355 I-10 South, Beaumont Texas.
Reservations
are made by calling the hotel directly at 409-842-3600.
Key Note
Speaker:
Noted author, educator, and
interpretation consultant from Canada Dr.
M. Christine Castle
, editor of Museum
Education Monitor She has extensive experience in
development of relationships between museums and communities.
SESSION 1: New Learning Systems -- Theories --
Possible Applications
*Beverly Sheppard
, President and CEO, Institute for Innovative
Learning
"Free Choice" Learning
*Dr. Robin S. Grenier
, Neag School of
Education University of Connecticut
Department of Educational Leadership
"Moments of Discomfort and Conflict: Museums
as Agents of Change" Experiential Learning
*Elizabeth
Maurer, Operations Director at National Museum of Crime and Punishment
"Nontraditional Museum
Experiences"
SESSION II:
Learning in the Museum Community
*D. Lynn McRainey
, the Elizabeth F. Cheney Director of
Education for Chicago History Museum and editor of
Connecting
Kids to History with Museum Exhibitions
"Redefine Adult and
School Experiences"
*Susan Ashley, PhD candidate, York University
Communication and Culture
, Toronto Ontario
"Historic Houses, the Public,
and Developing Historical Consciousness"
House museums as vehicles for learning & social
change
*Roemer Visser ,
Clinical Assistant Professor, Mays Business School, Texas
A&M
"Meeting in the Middle: Working Relations among
Generations"
Intergenerational demographics
and differences
SESSION
III: Application--What Works (Or Doesn't)
*Ellen Rosenthal
, President and CEO, Connor Prairie Interactive
History Park
"Opening Doors to Involve Visitors in Museum
Experience"
People learn best when involved,
comfortable, relaxed, interested and how to involve visitors in
museum experience
*Lois Stoehr
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Assistant Curator of Education at the Winterthur Museum
and Country Estate "Challenges to
Education Programs with New Instiutional Priorities
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*Buster
Ratliff , Operations
Coordinator, Panhandle Plains Historical Museum
"Virtual and Technological Museum Programming
Aspects"
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