Franklin roosevelt president ial library and the harry truman president ial library talk about the factors that led to the remaking of their museums and how they developed their exhibits. Hello. Im Herman Everhart supervisor and curator and i welcome you all to this first installment in a new series of programs featuring conversations between me and curators at other president ial libraries. In this series were going to be exploring the various jobs and roles of the museum curators. Today well be talking about one of the most important and complicated jobs of the curator. Developing new Museum Exhibits. The curators at all of the president ial libraries operated by the National Archives are responsible for presenting new, changing exhibits on special topics on a regular basis in their museums. They also make periodic alter rations to the museums larger, permanent exhibits to reflect changing scholarship or incorporate new technologies. But there is one task so complex, so costly, and s
Enjoy book tv, now it over the weekend on cspan2 read. Robert wilson is with us today courtesy of paul and heather hamilton. He is the author of Matthew Brady, portraits of the nation and explore king a biography of clarence kane. He is the editor of the american scholar, a former editor of preservation and the founding literary editor of civilization a farmer book editor empowers we use today in the editor of the Washington Post book world. His essays reviews infections have appeared in numerous publications including american scholar, the american short fiction, the atlantic monthly,ti the new republic, the smithsonian, the Washington Post magazine, and the wilsonn quarterly. And on the opinion and book review of the boston globe three times, yesterday, and the Washington Post. He lives in virginia please give a warm savannah welcome to robert wilson. [applause]. Robert thank you chris, i appreciate that introduction. I hope your app works a lot better than the one done for the iowa
Robert wilson is with us today courtesy of paul and heather hamilton. Bob is the author of Matthew Brady, portraits of a nation and the explorer king, a biography of Clarence King. He is the editor of the american scholar, former editor of preservation and the founding literary editor of civilization. A former book editor and columnist for u. S. Today and a former editor at the Washington Post book world. His essays reviews and fiction have appeared in numerous publications, including the american scholar, the american short fiction, the atlantic monthly, the new republic and the smithsonian, Washington Post magazine and the wilson quarterly. And on the oped opinion and book review pages of the boston globe. The New York Times, u. S. Today and the Washington Post. He lives in manassas, virginia. Please give a warm savannah welcome to robert wilson. [applause] thank you, chris. I appreciate that introduction. Im hoping your app works better than the app that was done for. He Iowa Caucus
The 400th anniversary of virginias first General Assembly held at jamestown. Explore our nation passed on American History tv, every weekend, on cspan3. Next on American History tv, Colonial Williamsburg historical interpreters talked about portraying 18th century African American life. Colonial williamsburg hosted this event. [drumming] [speeding percussion] [drumming story sounds] great [drumming] foreign language] carter woodso [drumming] carter woodso [drumming] [drumming] [applause] [applause] good evening to you. Good evening to everyone. Kanady. Ijanice will be a guide. Were going to take a tour through williamsburg. Im going to tell you i want you to see it, look at it, think about it. Youve probably read a lot about williamsburg, the second home of the capital, jamestown being the first what i want you to think about is not in the book. It is in your heart and your mind. This is the thinking tour. We will experience performances in the building. First were going to start on th
Sightseeing the spanish city of Santiago De Compostela is more than just a place of pilgrimage. Surfers i have always had a reputation for traveling or living in their bands with boards in tow theyre always in search of the best beaches and surfing spots well to portuguese surfers decided to make their surf experience more luxurious Eduardo Ribeiro and daniella camaro redesigned a mercedes truck so it can be transformed into a hotel now they call it the Surf Truck Hotel we met up with them on the beach in portugal to see how it works. Portugals west coast is one of the most popular spots in europe for surfers. The weather conditions and waves are particularly good between june and october. Get water in a bureau. Spend as much time as they can on their boards. The treadmill anyone know if you yeah and we just want to do it. If we can to entice a moment. Then the two dont only surf in their free time theyve also found a way of making money with it by converting their mercedes truck into