Department Chair
Andrew D. Nicholls, Ph.D.
Date of Award
12-2020
Access Control
Open Access
Degree Name
Museum Studies, M.A.
Department
History and Social Studies Education Department
Advisor
Noelle Wiedemer, Lecturer of Museum Studies
First Reader
Nancy Weekly, M.A.H. Burchfield Penney Instructor of Museum Studies, SUNY Buffalo
Second Reader
Reine Hauser, M.A. Lecturer of Museum Studies
Abstract
What does it mean to be a museum in 2020? How do cultural institutions, charged with preserving our history, navigate the challenges of the modern world? Technological advances including the internet, quickly produce an abundance of media outlets baiting attention that impact the sociopolitical climate driving civil unrest, and ideological division. The surplus of competing information from technology driven outlets result in audiences being overwhelmed and left questioning if the information they're receiving is from a reliable source.
Recommended Citation
Weixlmann, Olivia A., "Online Interpretation Guideline for Historic House Museums" (2020). Museum Studies Theses. 26.
https://digitalcommons.buffalostate.edu/museumstudies_theses/26
