{"id":3549,"date":"2011-01-13T09:24:47","date_gmt":"2011-01-13T14:24:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/blogdivided\/?p=3549"},"modified":"2011-01-13T12:21:58","modified_gmt":"2011-01-13T17:21:58","slug":"lost-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/blogdivided\/2011\/01\/13\/lost-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"Lost Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"

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On July 13, 1865 P. T. Barnum\u2019s American Museum in New York City burned down and the Lost Museum\u2019s interactive online exhibit<\/a> allows you to figure out who is responsible for the crime. Before you start the investigation, it helps to watch the video introduction<\/a> or at least read this overview<\/a> of the exhibit. (You can also just skip the mystery part and explore<\/a> the 3-D museum).\u00a0The American Social History Project<\/a> at the City University of New York Graduate Center launched the site for use in the classroom and teachers can pick from a number of different activities<\/a>, such as \u201cThe Path to War?<\/a>,\u201d \u201cJohn Brown, Violence, and Social Change<\/a>,\u201d and \u201cThe Debate Over Women’s Roles in Public<\/a>.\u201d In addition, the Lost Museum Archive<\/a> has a number of different types of primary sources available \u2013 these include those related to the \u201cSectional Crisis<\/a>,\u201d \u201cAmusement Devices<\/a>,\u201d \u201cCivil War in New York City<\/a>,\u201d and \u201cTom Thumb<\/a>.\u201d The essays <\/a> are also important since they help put Barnum\u2019s museum in context \u2013 see especially \u201cBarnum’s American Museum<\/a>,\u201d Ann Fabian\u2019s \u201cWomen in P. T. Barnum’s New York City<\/a>,\u201d and Peter G. Buckley\u2019s \u201cUrban Popular Culture in the Age of Barnum<\/a>.\u201d Each essay includes links to relevant primary sources. This website was produced in collaboration with the Center for History and New Media<\/a> at George Mason University, which created other digital history resources such as \u201cExploring U. S. History<\/a>,\u201d \u201cVirginia 400<\/a>,\u201d and \u201cHistorical Thinking Matters<\/a>.\u201d You can learn more about the city in Ernest A. McKay\u2019s The Civil War and New York City<\/em> (1990).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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