A Reckoning at the Big House: Regional historians, tour guides, and descendants of the enslaved weigh in on the future of plantation tourism in Louisiana by Jordan LaHaye Fontenot, Alexandra KennonAUGUST 23, 2023(copied from Country Roads: https://countryroadsmagazine-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/countryroadsmagazine.com/api/amp/art-and-culture/history/future-of-plantation-tourism/ ) If you were to visit the Shadows-on-the-Teche when the National Trust for Historic Preservation first opened it as a museum in theContinue reading “A Reckoning at the Big House (2023)”
Project Archives
Interview with Adam Foreman: Shifting Perspectives at Shadows-on-the-Teche
February 15, 2024 interview by Cheryl Duvall with Adam Foreman, John Warner Smith of The Shadows-on-the-Teche. In this two-part interview, we discuss the significant interpretive shift that I led at the Shadows.
Interactive Learning at Pritzker Military Museum
In 2021, I changed the way students visit the Pritzker Military Museum & Library. There are very few museums where students are actively engaged by a 1.5 hour guided tour. Young people want to explore and learn by doing. Additionally, the small and frequently changing exhibition at Pritzker Military Museum and Library limited the waysContinue reading “Interactive Learning at Pritzker Military Museum”
Engaging Students Through Virtual Museum Experiences
In 2020, COVID-19 closed most museums, schools, and public institutions for months. During that time, museums launched new virtual initiatives to continue sharing their mission and found audiences around the country. For the last 20 years, Pritzker Military Museum & Library built a significant reputation in the intellectual world as an academic center. In anContinue reading “Engaging Students Through Virtual Museum Experiences”
Building a Strategic Education Vision at PMML
I was hired as the founding director of the Education Department at Pritzker Military Museum & Library. In 2021, I joined the Pritzker Military Museum & Library as the founding director of the Education Department. The first major task undertaken was crafting a strategic plan that directs the overall vision of the Education Department. TheContinue reading “Building a Strategic Education Vision at PMML”
Northwestern University: Spotlight on Museum Studies Project
I am proud to have completed a Graduate Certificate in Museum Studies from Northwestern University. In April 2019, Northwestern University published a spotlight of work that I did at The National WWII Museum. A group of 5 students helped develop the Education Connections program that worked to directly engage more students who visited the Museum.Continue reading “Northwestern University: Spotlight on Museum Studies Project”
Enhancing Student Engagement at WWII Museum
Education Connections are 15-20 minute interactions for school groups who select self-guided visits to the Museum. Launched in 2018, over 1,000 students benefited. From July 2016 to June 2017, 38,574 students visited The National WWII Museum. The Education Department directly engaged on-site students with three distinct field trip options: 1. STEM Field Trips 2. SpecialContinue reading “Enhancing Student Engagement at WWII Museum”
Engaging Students with Louisiana History Day Program
I am the Louisiana Coordinator for National History Day. In 2020, I introduced a statewide social studies elective. In 2020, I created the Louisiana History Day Project-Based Learning elective. The curriculum introduces a 3-credit elective into school districts around the state and provides teachers a new tool to implement the History Day program. This curriculumContinue reading “Engaging Students with Louisiana History Day Program”
Published Web Articles as a Staff Contributor at the National WWII Museum
I was a staff contributor to The National WWII Museum’s The War section on the website. I specialize in histories often under-represented in Museum content. American Nazism and Madison Square Garden Before World War II, the German-American Bund was one of the most successful pro-Nazi organizations in the United States. On February 20, 1939, AmericanContinue reading “Published Web Articles as a Staff Contributor at the National WWII Museum”
Transforming Melrose Plantation: Interpretive Plan Success
As Executive Director of APHN (Association for the Preservation of Historic Natchitoches), I led a team of historians and board members in creating the institutions first ever Interpretive Plan in 2013. Since its publication in 2013, Melrose Plantation has undergone a transformation guided by the Interpretive Plan. The Museum improved exhibit spaces in the ‘BigContinue reading “Transforming Melrose Plantation: Interpretive Plan Success”
Adam T. Foreman 