Interpreting Agriculture at Museums and Historic Sites

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Part 1. Developing interpretation with an agricultural perspective -- Interpreting agriculture : introduction to terms and themes -- Once a field, now suburbia : interpreting agriculture in any context -- Agriculture : developing a humanist point of view -- Agriculture and historical thinking -- Part 2. Agriculture in time and place : research as the foundation for interpretation -- Documenting agriculture in two dimensions : background research -- Documenting agriculture in three dimensions : artifacts -- Research summaries -- You can't eat gold : agriculture in early Colorado City, 1858-1867 / Carol Kennis Lopez -- Changes in Corn-Belt crop culture : Iowa, 1945-1972 / J.L. Anderson -- A curator's legacy / William S. Pretzer -- Part 3. Thematic studies to inform localized agriculture interpretation -- Roads and bridges in rural agricultural interpretation / Cameron L. Saffell and Debra A. Reid -- Horses, harness, and transport : informing interdisciplinary interpretation / Barbara Corson, VMD -- Livestock in agricultural interpretation / Jonathan D. Kuester and Debra Reid -- Sex, drugs, and GMOs : crops and agricultural interpretation -- Part 4. Developing interpretation -- Interpreting agriculture : a multi-step sequential process -- Case study: Interpreting rural life in El Paso, Texas / Cameron L. Saffell -- Case study: An exhibit : Reaper : Nettie Fowler McCormick and the machine that built Tusculum College / Peter M. Noll -- Appendix: Links to useful information