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Transcripts For CSPAN3 Public History And Museum Exhibits 20170326

Of the book that we will be selling in our shop. The book is called curating america journeys through stories gives of the american past. Is a beautifully written book. I had such fun preparing for this evening because it is the perfect combination of you as an incredible scholar with an enormous amount of academic background and a deeply personal and funny and warm i urge you all to have a look at it. What we are going to do is talk for about 40 minutes, and then open it up for questions from all of you. So, i think richard is going to start is off by reading a few paragraphs from the book. Theard so, this sunday, 29th, will be the 50th anniversary of a trip i took as a disgruntled, tired, bored graduate student in history. I went out to an outdoor History Museum in Central Massachusetts called old sturbridge village. Some of you have been there. It was a day like today, but 30 degrees colder. Instead of rain, it was a lot of snow. I pretty much had the whole museum to myself that day

Transcripts For CSPAN3 Caretakers Of Americas Treasures 20170419

Possible. It has the room that were in now has six stradivarius violins and original scores from beethoven, hayden, no relation. And there are so many things here, and thats why i took the job. David fair yoe, youve been at this a little longer. You started the job in 2009. Do you remember why you said yes . I said no twice. When i got the first calls about it. And it took someone from the Transition Team to come to new york to talk to me about what this administration was looking for in the new archivist. And i said yes, because of the opportunity to participate in an administration that was serious about open government and transparency and thought that the National Archives had a role to play in that theme. Dr. David skorton. We were a patriotic family, and corny in this regard, and my dad said if you ever had a chance to do something nice for the country, do it. And it felt like i could participate in some small way in preserving the nations history, telling the story of it to amer

Transcripts For CSPAN3 Public History And Museum Exhibits 20170419

Exhibits all over the United States. His book is curating america. He is also the author of the book that were going to be more focused on tonight which is for sale in our shop. And richard has very kindly offered to sign copies of the book after we talk this evening. The book is called curating america. It is a beautifully written book. I had such fun preparing for this evening because it is a perfect combination of you as an incredible collar with an enormous amount of academic background and deeply personal and funny and warm. So i urge you all to have a look at it. What were going to do is talking for about 40 minutes and open it up to questions from all of you. So i think richard is going to start us off by reading a few paragraphs from the book. This sunday 29 will be the 50th anniversary of a trip i took as a disgruntled, tired, bored graduate student in history. I went out to an outdoor History Museum in Central Massachusetts called old sturbridge village. Some of you have been

Transcripts For CSPAN3 Caretakers Of Americas Treasures 20170419

Possible. It has the room that were in now has six stradivarius violins and original scores from beethoven, hayden, no relation. And there are so many things here, and thats why i took the job. David fair yoe, youve been at this a little longer. You started the job in 2009. Do you remember why you said yes . I said no twice. When i got the first calls about it. And it took someone from the Transition Team to come to new york to talk to me about what this administration was looking for in the new archivist. And i said yes, because of the opportunity to participate in an administration that was serious about open government and transparency and thought that the National Archives had a role to play in that theme. Dr. David skorton. We were a patriotic family, and corny in this regard, and my dad said if you ever had a chance to do something nice for the country, do it. And it felt like i could participate in some small way in preserving the nations history, telling the story of it to amer

Transcripts For CSPAN3 Public History And Museum Exhibits 20170419

Exhibits all over the United States. His book is curating america. He is also the author of the book that were going to be more focused on tonight which is for sale in our shop. And richard has very kindly offered to sign copies of the book after we talk this evening. The book is called curating america. It is a beautifully written book. I had such fun preparing for this evening because it is a perfect combination of you as an incredible collar with an enormous amount of academic background and deeply personal and funny and warm. So i urge you all to have a look at it. What were going to do is talking for about 40 minutes and open it up to questions from all of you. So i think richard is going to start us off by reading a few paragraphs from the book. This sunday 29 will be the 50th anniversary of a trip i took as a disgruntled, tired, bored graduate student in history. I went out to an outdoor History Museum in Central Massachusetts called old sturbridge village. Some of you have been

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