Exhibition Reviews
Exhibition reviews, which first appeared in the Journal in 1989, run in the June and December issues of the JAH and number seven to eight. In addition to assessments of museum exhibitions, other representations of history in the public sphere—living history projects, historical pageants and reenactments, memorials, historic preservation projects, educational programming, and virtual museums, as well as multidisciplinary projects—are encouraged. Comparative reviews and critical essays on the theory and practice of history exhibitions are also welcomed.
Benjamin Filene, associate professor and director of public history in the History Department at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, and Brian Horrigan, exhibit developer at the Minnesota Historical Society, are the contributing editors for the “Exhibition Reviews” section of the Journal of American History. In making selections for inclusion in any given issue, the editors will be looking for balance in types and sizes of exhibitions and originating institutions, as well as geographical and topical range. They are interested in providing Journal readers with a sense of the visitor experience of exhibitions, seeing them as interpretative products for diverse public audiences.
The editors welcome suggestions; they may be reached at bpfilene at uncg dot edu and brian.horrigan at mnhs dot org .
