Myth And Memory In Museums
Myth And Memory In Museums
LITCHFIELD â Myths pervade our culture and influence perceptions. Museum professionals, educators, archivists, and curators have helped to both perpetuate and dispel those myths.
On Friday, November 17, Litchfield Historical Society (LAS) will offer a day of thoughtful reflection and discussion about how memory and myth are created, shaped, and eventually altered.
Communities turn to anniversaries as reason to celebrate everything from the founding of a town to the night a famous person slept there. A longing to connect with the past drives a continued interest in memory. Scholars are increasingly studying not only our past, but the changing ways in which we remember it.
âInventing Our Past: What, How & Why We Rememberâ will explore that interest and will present varied perspectives on memory. Keynote speaker Randall Jimerson will begin the day with an examination of the role of archives in shaping memory.
Subsequent talks will take participants from the Revolutionary War to the Colonial revival and from the antiques show to the museum gallery to learn about memory from the varied viewpoints of curators, professors, educations, and historians. The day will end with a reception and special tour of âThe Tale of the Horse: Spinning Litchfieldâs Revolutionary Storiesâ at Litchfield History Museum.
The symposium will be held at St Michaelâs Church House, South Street, from 8:30 am to approximately 4 pm. Lunch is available with advance registration. Tickets are $20 students, $30 LHS members, and $50 nonmembers.
For more information or to register call 860-567-4501 or visit LitchfieldHistoricalSociety.org/PDF/Symposium06/pdf.
Litchfield Historical Society is a private nonprofit organization founded in 1856 to collect, preserve and interpret the history of Litchfield. The society operates Litchfield History Museum, seven galleries of decorative and fine arts arranged to tell the communityâs history; Tapping Reeve House and Law School, the site of Americaâs first law school (17841833); and The Helga J. Ingraham Memorial Library, which contains research and archival collections. Litchfield Historical Society is accredited by American Association of Museums.