Blogs about: Living History Museums

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What is "Historical Accuracy"?1 comment

lamarkewicz wrote 1 month ago: Abstract (or TL;DR): An academic with living history experience muses on ideas of “historical … more →

Tags: History, Fort Edmonton Park, Costumed Historical Interpretation, Public History, costumes, Histories, Historical Interpretation, Museums, Living History

Milestones - Hampshire's Living History Museum

Come Step Back In Time wrote 5 months ago: Milestones – Hampshire’s Living History Museum, Basingstoke, Hampshire. Situated on the … more →

Tags: activity, Bringing Alive The Past, event, Fashion History, Historical Hair and Make-up, History, Maritime History, motoring history, museum

How Did We Get Here? And Where Are We Going?

Cynthia wrote 6 months ago: Last week when we went to Dallas, we traveled one of my favorite roads–US Highway 82 east out … more →

Tags: US Highway 82, Dickens TX, Guthrie TX, pitchfork ranch, 6666 ranch, cowboys, cattle, panhandle, Ranches

React Post: The Swedish Roots of Colonial Williamsburg

msahistory wrote 8 months ago: On Friday September 21st, all U.S. history students took a field trip to Colonial Williamsburg. The … more →

Tags: Assignments, React post, Arthur Hazelius, Skansen, historical methodology, Objectivity, Williamsburg

React Post: Colonial Williamsburg's Swedish Roots2 comments

msahistory wrote 8 months ago: On Friday September 21st, all U.S. history students will be taking a field trip to Colonial Williams … more →

Tags: React Posts, React posts, historical methodology, Objectivity, Williamsburg, Skansen, Artur Hazelius

open hearth or cook stove?

fireside feasts wrote 10 months ago: Although I appreciate modern conveniences in the kitchen, I thoroughly enjoy cooking over an open he … more →

Tags: historic cooking equipment, historic cooking, hearths, cast iron cookstoves, Historical Cooking, fire vs stove, cooking over fire or on stoves, 12 reasons why an open hearth is better than a cook sto

Heritage Breeds and More at Accokeek Farm

Amanda wrote 11 months ago: Colonial era buildings, animals and farm techniques are on display at Accokeek’s National Colonial F … more →

Tags: Local Farms and Farming, other cool stuff, Sustainable Farming, Accokeek Colonial Farm, Colonial Farms, foodways, History for Kids, Historic Sites, Accokeek Foundation

Touching 17993 comments

Caroline Goddard wrote 1 year ago: Photographs from my afternoon at the Coggeshall Farm Museum, which I’ve mentioned before here … more →

Tags: inhabit, Coggeshall Farm Bristol RI, Photography, coggeshall farm museum, Early American Farm House, History

History Comes Alive in Oklahoma1 comment

davidclayre wrote 1 year ago: Leg 5 begins! YLA Leg 5: The Final Chapter begins in the state of Oklahoma.  We were delighted when … more →

Tags: leg 5, Native American history sites, Traveling with Kids, family road trip tips, travel as education, Homeschool Travel, year long adventure, Tahlequah-OK, Cherokee Heritage Center

Magic Never Ends: The Harry Potter Generation & Museums

Hannah T wrote 1 year ago: Alright, this might be a stretch but I’m determined to connect Harry Potter to this blog! We b … more →

Tags: About Allaire, Life in 1836, Interpreting, Blog Feature, Harry Potter, J. K. Rowling, Historic Sites

Take the quiz: Should you get a mohawk?17 comments

Todd wrote 1 year ago: Artist's rendering I don’t know if it’s a Southern thing or a redneck thing or whet … more →

Tags: pop culture, Humor, Entertainment, Culture, Life, Random Thoughts, Mohawk people, High School Football, Hairstyles

Nostalgic Torture

cultureschlock wrote 2 years ago: PURITAN JUSTICE: Old-fashioned parenting skills shared at Plimoth Plantation. Our friends over at Ta … more →

Tags: tacky tourist photos, Plimoth Plantation, Plymouth tourist attractions, stockades, disneyworld, colonial williamsburg, corporal punishment, Puritan criminal justice, parenting skills

Repeating History. It's what we do.

Hannah T wrote 2 years ago: I think it’s safe to say that unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past couple … more →

Tags: About Allaire, History, Quotes

where "Historic Cookery" truly began... 3 comments

fireside feasts wrote 2 years ago: First of all, I want to mention two things: with this post, I’ve hit yet another blogging benc … more →

Tags: Up close & personal, historic cooking, Historic Foodways, Conner Prairie, passion for historic cookery, Blog entry #300, living 19th century foodways, 1836 clothing

Plimoth Plantation3 comments

davidclayre wrote 2 years ago: We left Boston and its rich history in search of a place in America with a really long history.  We … more →

Tags: leg 2, Native American history sites, traveling with children, Traveling with Kids, family road trip tips, travel as education, Homeschool Travel, Plimouth Plantation, MASSACHUSETS

Stepping Back In Time, Pioneer Style

davidclayre wrote 2 years ago: Making new friends at the The Great Platte River Road Archway Monument. The American pioneers were p … more →

Tags: Leg 1, traveling with children, Traveling with Kids, Ingalls Homestead, family road trip tips, travel as education, Homeschool Travel, Stuhr Museum of the Prairie Pioneer, Great Platte River Road Archway Monument

blogs, weddings, & cod fritters6 comments

fireside feasts wrote 2 years ago: Saturday night I attended several of the parties that closed out the 2010 BlogHer Conference here in … more →

Tags: historic cooking, BlogHer, CoD, Fritters, Plimoth Plantation

Did the Pioneers have Water Slides?1 comment

davidclayre wrote 2 years ago: We awoke on Day 4 in Omaha, and the girls were able to get in 30 minutes of morning waterslide time … more →

Tags: Leg 1, Nebraska, traveling with children, Holiday Inn, Pioneer, Traveling with Kids, Apple iPhone, family road trip tips, travel as education

more photos: OSV pottery & kiln firing

fireside feasts wrote 2 years ago: … more →

Tags: Kiln Firing, Living History, redware pottery, Old Sturbridge Village (OSV)


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