Public History Magazine

       Public History exhibits provide an opportunity to inform a general public on specific parts of history by walking through it themselves. They allow an unparalleled way for a visitor to engross and learn about a subject that they might not have ever learned about deeply otherwise. “Black Citizenship in the Age of Jim Crow” is one of these types of exhibits, organized by the New-York Historical Society that took place between September of 2018 and March of 2019. The exhibition details the struggle for black citizenship that occurred in the United States in the post-Civil War era, detailing much of the struggle that African-Americans would go through under the Jim Crow laws. Originally a public display, it would later become one available to be seen online years after the original display had been taken down. Viewing the exhibit helps to tell about what type of audience that this exhibit is for, and how effective it is at delivering the information that it presen...

  The virtual exhibit Colonists Citizens Constitutions: Creating the American Republic, located on the website colonistscitizensconstitutions.org, is a fully interactive digital exhibit that allows users to observe various significant documents in American history. Said virtual exhibit consists of forty items that all reflect notions of self-governance pertaining to American history from British inscribed Charters to State Constitutions. Moreover, the exhibit, within the interactive space, declared that the purpose of the exhibit is to "highlight documents that tell the story of American constitutionalism from the founding era through the turn of the twentieth century." [1] Further, the curators of the virtual exhibit explained, within, the exhibit's introduction, that they want the exhibit's users to have easy access to texts and documents that allow said users to comprehend the significance of self-governance. [2] Therefore, the above-noted exhibit's documents i...

   Photo from https://www.colonialwilliamsburg.org/   History that is interactive and engaging does a tremendous job of captivating learners. While various exhibitions and showcases do this remarkably well, nothing is quite as captivating as walking through history itself. Therefore, Colonial Williamsburg is an example of a fantastic public history exhibit.        Williamsburg, Virginia was an important location during the colonial era. It was the capital of Virginia at the time and was the center of politics, culture, and education. Important figures in United States history such as George Washington and Thomas Jefferson spent time in Williamsburg developing what would eventually become the country's principles (The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 2022).       While after the revolution the capital was moved up to Richmond, the importance of Williamsburg cannot be understated. Prior to the reconstruction of the town as a historic...

  History of Disability For my public history exhibition, I have decided to write about the history of disability since that has been something I have been interested in. Although we learn many historical facts on wars, rights, racism, etc., we do not learn much about disability rights and their history. Even thought his topic is a sensitive topic, like other topics as well, I believe it is important to still talk about what occurred to people with disabilities and how they were treated. Americans with Disabilities Acts (ADA) was signed back on July 26, 1990, by President George H.W. Bush. There were many struggles with inequality and segregation, not just in America, but in many other countries as well. This exhibition will show the history from Greek Empire, Roman Times, Middle Ages, Renaissance Ages, and from 1700-20th Century.  In Greek times, there were no special sympathy for any people with disability in Greek society because they were obsessed with the idea of human pe...