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It's a problem that has dogged Philadelphia's Germantown section for decades: traveling by in their cars, precious few tourists take time to stop and admire the 18th-century mansions and historic landmarks that dot this mixed urban landscape.

Public History at Temple University Dr. Charles McGovern, College of William & Mary “It Will Stand!: Popular Music as Public History” Thursday, October 29th 4:00—5:30 Temple University Gladfelter Hall 9th Floor, Weigley Room McGovern is a former curator at the National Museum of American History; co-edits Duke U Press's Refiguring American Music series; and author of *Sold American: Consumption and Citizenship, 1890-1945 (2006)*.

Public History at Temple University Which is worse: A tax on the arts or a break for big business?
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News blogs, sports blogs, entertainment blogs, and more from Philly.com, The Philadelphia Inquirer and the Philadelphia Daily News.

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Flickr is almost certainly the best online photo management and sharing application in the world. Show off your favorite photos and videos to the world, securely and privately show content to your friends and family, or blog the photos and videos you take with a cameraphone.

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Center for the Future of Museums: Toward Multi-Museum Multi-Media Collaboration (in the IMMEDIATE fu
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Musings on the future of museums and society from Elizabeth Merritt, founding director of the Center for the Future of Museums, an initiative of the American Association of Museums

Public History at Temple University It's official--the Temple U Board of Trustees has approved the optional concentration in Public History for the MA in History!! That means from now on all MA Public History students will graduate with "Public History" on their transcripts. To review the curriculum and see what else we're up to, visit the Temple U Public History Web site.
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March 23: Congratulations to David Young and Cliveden of the National Trust for securing a Pew Heritage Philadelphia grant to support its "Germantown Works" initiative.

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Tour and Explore!
Location:The Mercer Museum, Fonthill Museum, James A. Michener Art Museum and Moravian Pottery & Tile Works
Time:12:00PM Sunday, April 5th

Public History at Temple University Congratulations to David Young and Cliveden of the National Trust for securing a Pew Heritage Philadelphia grant to support its "Germantown Works" initiative.
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The walls of Cliveden sheltered British troops from American attack during the Battle of Germantown, as well as seven generations of Philadelphia’s Chew family in the years that followed. Today, Cliveden is a National Trust Historic Site, open to the public for tours April through December. ...

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Dr. William Turkel (U of Western Ontario) will appear at two events on April 22. Turkel works at the leading edge of public and digital history and has earned notoriety for a number of innovative projects that you can learn about at http://history.uwo.ca/faculty/turkel/. An informal workshop is scheduled for noon in ...the History Department's Weigley Room (Gladfelter 914) during which Turkel will help participants explore the digital possibilities in their own research and/or teaching. He will also deliver a talk titled "Public History and the Infinite Archive" at 3:30 in the Paley Library Lecture Hall. These events are co-sponsored by the American Studies Program, the History Department, the Center for the Humanities at Temple, Paley Library, the American Philosophical Society, and the Temple University Lectures and Forums Committee. Read More
Time:12:00AM Wednesday, April 22nd
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