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A Public Housing Utopia: The Greenbelt Museum (S02/E02)

A Public Housing Utopia: The Greenbelt Museum (S02/E02)

FromMuseums in Strange Places


A Public Housing Utopia: The Greenbelt Museum (S02/E02)

FromMuseums in Strange Places

ratings:
Length:
47 minutes
Released:
Nov 14, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Tucked among other Maryland suburbs outside Washington, D.C., the cute little town of Greenbelt has a surprisingly radical history. It was one of three “green towns” built under the New Deal Era Resettlement Administration, and it was supposed to be a new way of living, a utopia. Was it really a utopia? And how did the model hold up over time? I discover this and more during my visit to the Greenbelt Museum, housed in one of the original 1937 low-income row homes.   This episode is sponsored by The Lyndhurst Group. The featured song in this episode is by Katy Starr. Documentary clips from a 1939 documentary The City. DOWNLOAD TRANSCRIPT Find more information on the museum and photos on my website, hhethmon.com. If you enjoy Museums in Strange Places, please help me keep it going by leaving a review on iTunes or sharing this episode with a friend. Let me know what you think by sending me a tweet @hannah_rfh. Interested in starting a podcast at your organization? Check out my new book, Your Museum Needs a Podcast: A Step by Step Guide to Podcast on a Budget for Museums, History Organizations, and Cultural Nonprofits. 
Released:
Nov 14, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (43)

I believe that museums are one of the best ways to discover a place, whether it’s your first time visiting or you’ve lived there your whole life. Join me on this adventure as I get to know the world….one museum as a time. I’m your host, Hannah Hethmon, and in each episode I visit a different museum to discover its stories, discuss challenges and triumphs with fascinating museum professionals (and volunteers), and get to know each season’s country, state, or region through it museums. Interested in starting a podcast at your organization? Check out my new book, "Your Museum Needs a Podcast: A Step by Step Guide to Podcast on a Budget for Museums, History Organizations, and Cultural Nonprofits," available on Amazon.  PLEASE NOTE: This show is still active! I'm just very busy producing professionally and don't have time to do new episodes very often.