Education
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Connecticut Freedom Trail: select a heritage theme before constructing an itinerary
Select a Connecticut Freedom Trail theme and place-specific research question before constructing a visit plan; the…
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Jersey City’s New Jersey Room: turn a neighbourhood question into a focused collection enquiry
Turn a Jersey City neighbourhood question into a focused New Jersey Room enquiry using the place,…
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The Skyscraper Museum’s concrete exhibition: use the online study without claiming a current gallery show
The Skyscraper Museum’s concrete exhibition has an archived physical-show period and an online study; use each…
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New Jersey State Archives: start a records search with the creating office, not just a person’s name
Frame a New Jersey State Archives enquiry with place, period, activity and likely record creator, alongside…
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Museum of Connecticut History: a historic governing document is also a museum object
Study the Museum of Connecticut History’s governing documents as dated museum objects; obtain an actual image…
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Digital Schomburg: an interpreted exhibition and an item record serve different research tasks
Choose Digital Schomburg’s curated exhibitions for context and item records for object-level citations; distinguish collection material…
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Ahnighito at AMNH: one displayed mass is not the whole Cape York meteorite
AMNH describes Ahnighito as one Cape York meteorite mass. Keep the displayed mass, parent meteorite and…
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Joseph Steward’s Hartford museum: a collection’s history is not the same as its original room
Follow Joseph Steward’s Hartford museum through changes of room, institution and collection; use object-specific evidence for…
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African Burial Ground in Lower Manhattan: rediscovery and remembrance are different parts of the story
Keep the African Burial Ground’s use, 1991 rediscovery and later remembrance distinct in a Lower Manhattan…
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Rutgers’ New Jersey Sanborn resource: historical building detail comes with a city-and-date scope
Rutgers’ New Jersey Sanborn resource has city, date and access limits. Preserve the edition and reproduction…