Date of Award
2019
Type
Thesis
Major
History
Degree Type
Bachelor of Arts
Department
History and Geography
First Advisor
Dr. Sarah Bowman
Second Advisor
Dr. Cindy Ticknor
Third Advisor
Dr. Ryan Lynch
Abstract
This paper discusses the use of interactive elements in museums that deal with difficult subject matter, such as war or genocide. This research involves interviews with museum personnel at the Columbus Museum in Columbus, Georgia, the National Infantry Museum in Columbus, Georgia, the Museum of History and Holocaust Education in Kennesaw, Georgia, and the World War II Home Front Museum in St. Simons Island, Georgia. This research also discusses the design of a potential exhibit using interactives about women in the resistance movement during Nazi occupation.
Recommended Citation
Aspinwall, Taylor, "Interactions of War: Exhibiting World War II and the Holocaust" (2019). Theses and Dissertations. 323.
https://csuepress.columbusstate.edu/theses_dissertations/323
