Agricultural Museums: A New Frontier for the Social Sciences.

Hurt, R. Douglas

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Publication Date: 1978

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Agricultural Museums: A New Frontier for the Social Sciences

Hurt, R. Douglas

History Teacher, 11, 3, 367-75, May 78

Summarizes the history and uses of open air museums (recreations of village farming settlements emphasizing folk culture and its architecture) in Europe, Canada, and the United States. Also examines the Lejre Research Center in Denmark which discovers and preserves pre-industrial agricultural technology and production methods. (Author/JK)

Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Machinery, Agricultural Research Projects, Educational Facilities, Ethnology, Farmers, Folk Culture, Foreign Countries, History, Museums, Research Projects

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