{"id":290,"date":"2014-09-08T14:51:10","date_gmt":"2014-09-08T14:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/centerforpublichistory\/?p=290"},"modified":"2014-09-08T18:41:11","modified_gmt":"2014-09-08T18:41:11","slug":"temple-universitys-history-truck-plans-12-months-of-events-and-exhibits-in-north-philadelphia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/centerforpublichistory\/2014\/09\/08\/temple-universitys-history-truck-plans-12-months-of-events-and-exhibits-in-north-philadelphia\/","title":{"rendered":"Temple University’s History Truck Plans 12 Months of Events And Exhibits in North Philadelphia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Funding from The Barra Foundation also supports Philadelphia Public History Truck becoming a permanent part of Temple\u2019s M.A. in Public History, guaranteeing academic credits for graduate students who manage the mobile museum.<\/em><\/p>\n

PHILADELPHIA (September 7, 2014) \u2013 The Center for Public History at Temple University is proud to announce a generous award of $85,000 from The Barra Foundation in support of the Philadelphia Public History Truck. Funding will support a full, 12-month exhibit cycle in North Philadelphia, will underwrite a new web portal where Philadelphians will have permanent access to the museum\u2019s extensive oral history archives and will help the truck become a permanent feature in the university\u2019s master\u2019s in public history program.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis award is significant,\u201d according to Seth C. Bruggeman, director of the Center for Public History, \u201cnot only because it recognizes History Truck\u2019s commitment to Philadelphia\u2019s neighborhoods, but because it invests in the future by helping us train a new generation of community-engaged historians.\u201d<\/p>\n

History Truck is an actual, renovated food truck currently under direction of Erin Bernard, who first conceived the project as part of her master\u2019s thesis. The truck is a mobile museum that tells the story of Philadelphia neighborhoods. Unlike other museums, History Truck creates exhibits collaboratively with its audiences. Young historians from Temple\u2019s graduate program in Public History travel the city inviting neighbors to design exhibits about their own community\u2019s history. Exhibits are planned directly out of the back of the truck at neighborhood block parties. History Truck aspires to bring history to Philadelphians who have not typically felt welcomed in museums or \u2013 more significantly \u2013 haven\u2019t been invited to participate.<\/p>\n

Bernard explains that \u201cthe big inspiration for History Truck was to make museums accessible in terms of cost, location, and process. In designing how we would work, I wanted to serve communities based on their immediate needs. History Truck spends time listening and creating with the communities who need service most. [It presents] stories that Philadelphians are asking us to produce\u2014not the stories we are accustomed to seeing in the media about these places.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI think there is a good chance that most Philadelphians are dealing with similar challenges,\u201d she adds, \u201cand if we can connect people across typical neighborhood borders when we travel, it is possible for us to make borders seem strange and to diffuse some of the staunch segregation of this city.\u201d<\/p>\n

A key feature of The Barra Foundation grant is its support for the Center for Public History\u2019s plan to integrate History Truck into Temple\u2019s MA program in Public History. The center plans for each new cohort of students to manage the truck for one year. Students will receive academic credit for developing community partnerships, crafting exhibits, compiling oral histories and managing History Truck\u2019s budget\u2014all skills that transfer directly to public history careers.<\/p>\n

\u201cPublic history,\u201d according to Bruggeman, \u201chappens in communities. Our students succeed because they understand how to do history on the street AND in the archive. The Barra Foundation\u2019s award will help us assure employers that every Temple public history grad has what it takes to make history meaningful and accessible to the broadest possible audience.\u201d<\/p>\n

History Truck\u2019s upcoming events include a stop at the Urban Creators\u2019 Home Grown Jazz Festival at Bartram\u2019s Garden, 5400 Lindbergh Boulevard, on Saturday, September 13. It will host its first block party of the season at the Urban Creators farm, 2315 N. 11th St., on Saturday, October 25. For more information about the Philadelphia Public History Truck, please visit https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/centerforpublichistory.<\/p>\n

ABOUT THE CENTER FOR PUBLIC HISTORY<\/strong>
\nTemple\u2019s Center for Public History originated by 1985 to raise awareness of Philadelphia\u2019s recent past and to improve training for historians seeking work beyond universities. Today, the CPH sustains an intensive two-year masters program in Public History with specialties in museum and historic site management, digital history, historical interpretation, and community history.<\/p>\n

ABOUT THE BARRA FOUNDATION<\/strong>
\nThe Barra Foundation invests in innovation to inspire change that strengthens communities in the Greater Philadelphia region. It provides approximately $4 million in annual grants that are focused on supporting innovation in and across the fields Arts & Culture, Education, Health and Human Services.<\/p>\n

MEDIA CONTACT<\/strong>
\nSeth Bruggeman
\nDirector, Center for Public History
\n215-204-9744
\nscbrug@temple.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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