vermont history expo 2016: reflections from a member of the ripton historical society

VERMONT HISTORY EXPO 2016:PHOTOS AND REFLECTIONS

Bryan Alexanderfor the Ripton Historical Society

1. OUR BOOTH

OUR BOOTH WAS A HIT

Many positive comments about construction, posters

Overhead lighting a real plus

Everyone wanted to watch the videos

Millstone tool impressed

CHILLY ON FROST

Nobody asked me about Robert Frost. Nobody expressed interest in any way.

2. REFLECTIONS ON OTHER BOOTHS

Fairly diverse styles and strategies

We looked awesome in comparison to many

Very few had outgoing people like Bryan

PHYSICAL ARTIFACTS

Several booths did well with hands-on materials.

The following is a tool for boring a hole in a log. Everyone wanted to try it:

COMPARISONS

This one offers a nice way into the past.

COMPARISONS

This one offers a nice way into the past.

PS: created by school kids!

QUESTIONS

Fascinating approach: pose materials as unsolved mysteries, or questions to be explored

MULTIMEDIA APPROACHES

Several had very interesting uses of maps.

For example, this one starts with a 19th-century map, then annotates key details:

MULTIMEDIA APPROACHES

Several had very interesting uses of maps.

For example, this one was an aerial photo (I think), liberally annotated with text and small images:

PS: