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Bookmark or Share- What is Public History? — Department of HistoryWe define public history as the practice of historical research, teaching, and interpretation that largely occurs outside of the academy. Public historians work at historic sites, museums, historical societies, government agencies, archives, and in the private sector.
- How public history can reshape our views of the pastPublic history has multiple definitions in part because it is a boisterous, crowd-sourced endeavor. The key trait of the field is an engagement with history beyond the walls of the campus or classroom.
- What is Public History? | Public History CollaborativePublic history is history produced by the public, with the public, for the public and in public spaces. For more information see the National Council on Public History.
- Home | National Council on Public HistoryNCPH inspires public engagement with the past and serves the needs of practitioners in putting history to work in the world by building community among historians, expanding professional skills and tools, fostering critical reflection on historical practice, and publicly advocating for history and historians.
- About the Field - National Council on Public HistoryAlthough public historians can sometimes be teachers, public history is usually defined as history beyond the walls of the traditional classroom. It can include the myriad ways that history is consumed by the general public.
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