Camden County - Camden - Introduction to Historic Interiors (5 week course) @ Rutgers-Camden

Introduction to Historic Interiors

5-week course

When we think about historic preservation, we often think of preserving the outside of buildings by painting wooden porches or recreating historic kitchen gardens. But historic preservation also encompasses the insides of buildings. What is there to preserve inside, and why does it matter? Instead of focusing on the outsides of buildings, this course, an Introduction to Historic Interiors, will introduce students to the history of domestic activities such as eating, resting, dying, and working and how they related to the spaces inside buildings where they occurred from the colonial era to the present. This course will feature in-class, hands-on activities and at least one site visit. It is designed for a variety of preservationists, ranging from individuals working at historic sites to folks who own their own historic home.

Instructor: Nicole Belolan
Dates: Wednesdays, April 3, 10, & 24; May 1 & 8 (Skipping April 17)
Time: 6:30PM-8:30PM
Location: Rutgers University-Camden, Camden, NJ, and at least one historic house in Philadelphia.
Cost: $150
Credits: 1 CEU
REGISTER: Click here to register.

Nicole Belolan is Public Historian at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Center for the Humanities (MARCH) at Rutgers University-Camden, where she directs the Continuing Education Program in Historic Preservation and serves as Co-Editor of The Public Historian and as Digital Media Editor, both for the National Council on Public History. Belolan is a historian in of the material culture of everyday life in early America and specializes in disability history. She has been working in the region’s small museums and historic sites for over ten years, particularly in the areas of collections management an interpretation. She earned an MA from the Winterthur Program in American Material Culture and in History as well as a PhD in History, all from the University of Delaware.