Interpreting Immigration at Museums and Historic Sites (Interpreting History)

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Interpreting Immigration at Museums and Historic Sites draws from the collective learning of the forty museums and historic sites that make up the Immigration and Civil Rights Network of the International Coalition of Sites of Moral sense. Members of the Network have developed interpretive approaches that tap the power of place and history to open new dialogue on difficult subjects in all kinds of contexts.

The title considers the questions: How can museums use their collections and key stories as starting points for audience engagement around immigration past and present? How can museums move beyond the “we are a nation of immigrants” narrative – a narrative that doesn’t resonate for all audiences? How can museums make opportunities for secure, open dialogue on immigration accessible to all stakeholders including both new immigrants and receiving communities?

Interpreting Immigration includes strategies for the design, implementation, marketing and sustaining of programs that assist visitors use the lens of history to deal with up to date immigration issues and provides:

  • Case studies from eight regionally diverse institutions including ethnic identity museums, immigration museums and local history sites
  • Piloted and evaluated immigration program designs including models for exhibit development, art-based interpretation, school programs, adult programs and neighborhood walking tours
  • Audience building strategies
  • A tested evaluation toolkit for measuring institutional success
  • Lessons learned in the course of the National Dialogues on Immigration Project, a cross-regional series of public programs designed to spark a national conversation on essential immigration topics like citizenship, American identity, border keep an eye on, freedom of movement, and civil liberties.

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