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Sunday, November 9, 2008
International Tennis Hall of Fame Museum
This sports Heritage museum preserves the history of tennis and the legacy it has acquired through time. Located in Rhode Island, this museum has 18 galleries and interactive displays. Showing of famous tennis icons, game videos and all kinds of tennis athletic gear. An exhibit that just opened in 2008 displays the relationship between families and tennis. The exhibit explains that the sport had the ability to meld family relationships through the playing of tennis. On an international level families all over the world have enjoyed this sport together. The museum makes it a point to show how the sport is cross-cultural and helps to bring people together. One more type of Heritage museum that preserves another type of legacy. What do you think? Any thoughts on sports Heritage?
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Beth, great blog. I do think that many cultures and ethnic groups have a very proximal identity to sports. I've read about the early tenement basketball leagues in New York's lower east side (~1900 to 1920s) that included many Jewish immigrant men. These leagues became a way that immigrants could learn an American sport and interact with other immigrants and Americans. Naturally there was a lot of prejudice, but as society opened up so did the sports leagues. Several basketball hall of famers came from these tenement leagues, and the recognition that they could truly play helped facilitate later cultural inclusion and acceptance. Sports is often a microcosm of society, and sometimes it's the first area where cultural doors are broken down.
Hi Elizabeth,
Wow your blog really shows off the diversity of heritage museums! I was wondering what makes a heritage museum different from a history museum. Is it a focus on culture and on the present as well as the past?
In England most historic sites are called heritage sites, so I've always wondered about the wording choice.
This is an interesting variety of sites. I too am interested in the difference between a history museum and a heritage museum. Is it just a matter of semantics and which term someone prefers to use or name their museum, or does "heritage" somehow reflect something more continuous or ongoing than "history"?
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