沒有圍牆的博物館—史密生民俗節

Abstract

How can a museum serve its audience except producing exhibition? The Smithsonian Institution, the biggest museum organization in USA, has developed the idea of "Living museum without walls" since 1967. Hence, an out door festival had been created. Smithsonian Folklife Festival, a research-based production, is one of the biggest cultural events in America and it attracts more than one million visitors every year. This festival takes place on the National Mall during the forth of July holidays. Different sizes of tents were set up for festival programs. People exchange their cultural experience through music, dance, folk tale, drama, ceremony, craft, architecture, and foodways. This annual event celebrates the cultural traditions of communities across the United States and around the world. The producer, Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, has been involved in researching and producing grassroots culture projects for a long history. It also cultivated many professional researchers and curators in cultural preservation. Some of them used the festival as a model to initiate many state folklife festivals. This annual exhibition of cultural heritage brings people all together, no matter what colors you are. It also increases the possibility to reach a wider audience for museums. (Website: www.si.edu/folklife)