Recorded Webinar: Historic House Call: Interpreting Historic Landscapes

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Historic House Call: Interpreting Historic Landscapes is an AASLH Continuing Education recorded webinar. This webinar is about the variety of ways in which sites across the country are approaching the interpretation of diverse historic landscapes. This event is presented by Sean Sawyer and is part of the Historic House Call series presented in partnership with the AASLH Historic House Affinity Group Committee. Over the past decade there has been much hand-wringing about the decline and fall of the historic house museum and much attention paid to strategies for resuscitating or abandoning them. All the while, a key resource for expanding the meaning of historic sites, deepening the visitor experience, and enhancing sustainability lay right outside the door: the historic landscape. This webinar will examine the variety of ways in which sites across the country are approaching the interpretation of diverse historic landscapes, from large estates to small urban sites, in order to expand a site’s significance and stimulate engagement for contemporary audiences. Join Sean Sawyer as he presents case studies focused on extracting lessons from the front lines of historic landscape interpretation.  Issues examined will include: shifting organizational culture and public perception to understand the significance and value of historic landscapes; the development of site-wide interpretation to include historic landscapes as integral, rather than supplementary; the inclusion of viewsheds within the interpretation of historic landscapes; the logistics of landscape tours, including pricing, guide training, interpretive technologies, accessibility, and weather concerns; and tactics for community engagement through the historic landscape.

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Historic House Call: Interpreting Historic Landscapes
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Open to view video. This AASLH Recorded Webinar will examine the variety of ways in which sites across the country are approaching the interpretation of diverse historic landscapes in order to expand a site’s significance and stimulate engagement for contemporary audiences.
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