LIVING HISTORY MUSEUMS

What is a living history museum?

"A living museum or a living history museum is a museum that recreates historical settings to replicate past time periods. The objective of living history museums is to provide visitors with a practical interpretation of the past. They bring history to life by imitating the conditions of a natural environment, historical period, or culture to the fullest. 

Living museums use various interpretive techniques such as exhibitions and costumed historians who represent historical characters to make simulations of past periods as authentic as possible. The key difference between a living museum and other historical sites is that living history museums give interpretations in the first-person present."  (World Atlas)

Come join us today as we sketch three of America's most famous open-air, living history museums: Colonial Williamsburg (VA), Plimoth Plantation (MA), and Mystic Seaport, (CA).

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COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG
(Video) Welcome to Colonial Williamsburg
Colonial Williamsburg Experience
Colonial Williamsburg Explore
Colonial Williamsburg- Rare Breeds
Shutterstock: Colonial Williamsburg 

PLIMOTH PLANTATION
(Video) Welcome to Plimoth Plantation
Plimoth Plantation
Explore Plimoth Plantation
Plimoth Plantation Photos
Plimoth Grist Mill
Shutterstock: Plimoth Plantation

MYSTIC SEAPORT
(Video) Welcome to Mystic Seaport Museum
Mystic Seaport: Seafaring Village:
Mystic Seaport: Vessels
Shutterstock: Mystic Seaport

Living History Museums in the USA

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All Virtual New York Urban Sketchers events are one session (10 am -12 pm EDT) held on Saturdays. For participants wanting to challenge themselves sketching more of a particular locality or theme, you are welcome to do the EXTENSION SKETCH PROJECT below:

Living History Museums Extension Sketch Project:
Choose of the following prompt to sketch:

• (a)  Mystic Seaport Vessel
• (b)  Craftsmen in Action
• (c)   Plimoth Plantation Costumed Host
• (d)  Colonial Williamsburg Estate Interior

*Please post your finished sketches to the USk NYC Facebook site. Be sure to add the hash tag #NUS. Please also note that while we are sponsored by USk NYC, our online event is grounded on reference images, which is a very different approach from doing the in-person, on-site urban sketch event promoted by the Urban Sketchers Manifesto.

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Facilitators of Virtual NYC Urban Sketchers:

• Theresa Smith
• Lynda Greeley (Mama Bear)
• Cecilia Evasco (Maricel)
• Dina Schlesinger
• Michael Skelly
• Alan Wernicke
• Elizabeth Birkby

with the assistance of Mark Leibowitz
founder of USK NYC.
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Web site design by Cecilia Evasco
for Virtual NYC Urban Sketchers
under the auspices of USk NYC.
Scheduled for April 30, 2022

Upcoming:  Kentucky Derby