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Title
Humanities Profiled: Barbara Franco and the City Museum
Subject
Museums.
History
Local History Museum education.
Description
E. Ethelbert Miller interviews Barbara Franco, the Executive Director of the Historical Society of Washington, DC.
She talks about the establishment of the City Museum. She discusses the history and original purpose of the Carnegie Library building, and how the museum will attract an audience.
Franco also discusses the museum field and the advanced interpretation techniques of the Holocaust Museum in DC and the Smithsonian Native American Indian Museum.
Franco gives a brief institutional history of the Historical Society of Washington, DC, comparing its development to other city and state historical societies in the U.S.
The footage is unedited. Several still images are shown at the end of the reel.
She talks about the establishment of the City Museum. She discusses the history and original purpose of the Carnegie Library building, and how the museum will attract an audience.
Franco also discusses the museum field and the advanced interpretation techniques of the Holocaust Museum in DC and the Smithsonian Native American Indian Museum.
Franco gives a brief institutional history of the Historical Society of Washington, DC, comparing its development to other city and state historical societies in the U.S.
The footage is unedited. Several still images are shown at the end of the reel.
Creator
Humanities Council of Washington DC
Source
Program - Humanities Profile
Publisher
Humanities Council of Washington, DC
Date
2001
9-20-2001
Rights
Copyright 2001 Humanities Council of Washington, DC
Format
VHS
.mpg
Language
English
Type
Video
Identifier
06.P.2001
37
Coverage
Washington, DC
Ward 2
Mt. Vernon Square
Moving Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
VHS
Duration
00:35:59
Compression
.mpg
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