Post on 09-Jan-2017
VERMONT HISTORY EXPO 2016:PHOTOS AND REFLECTIONS
Bryan Alexanderfor the Ripton Historical Society
1. OUR BOOTH
OUR BOOTH WAS A HIT
Many positive comments about construction, posters
Overhead lighting a real plus
Everyone wanted to watch the videos
Millstone tool impressed
CHILLY ON FROST
Nobody asked me about Robert Frost. Nobody expressed interest in any way.
2. REFLECTIONS ON OTHER BOOTHS
Fairly diverse styles and strategies
We looked awesome in comparison to many
Very few had outgoing people like Bryan
PHYSICAL ARTIFACTS
Several booths did well with hands-on materials.
The following is a tool for boring a hole in a log. Everyone wanted to try it:
COMPARISONS
This one offers a nice way into the past.
COMPARISONS
This one offers a nice way into the past.
PS: created by school kids!
QUESTIONS
Fascinating approach: pose materials as unsolved mysteries, or questions to be explored
MULTIMEDIA APPROACHES
Several had very interesting uses of maps.
For example, this one starts with a 19th-century map, then annotates key details:
MULTIMEDIA APPROACHES
Several had very interesting uses of maps.
For example, this one was an aerial photo (I think), liberally annotated with text and small images:
PS: