1.Throughout the semester you will visit ONE of Tallahassee’s historical museums and write your visit paper. The LOCAL MUSEUMS ARE: MUSEUM OF FLORIDA HISTORY JOHN GILMORE RILEY CENTER/MUSEUM   FLORIDA HISTORIC CAPITOL MUSEUM [1] MISSION SAN LUIS TALLAHASSEE MUSEUM THE Grove (Old Governor’s Mansion known officially as the Call-Collins House at the Grove) For directions to the museums and their hours of operation, go to the Museum Websites. There you will find the websites with all the necessary information. When you arrive at the museum, obtain a brochure from the visitor desk. Tour the museum, jotting down notes about the exhibits that you see. When you finish your tour, have a museum employee or historical re-enactor sign and date your brochure. They will be glad to do this! Snap a picture of yourself (“selfies” are acceptable but if you go with a group have someone else take the picture) at the museum and embed it into your paper. Your paper must be written in MS WORD and have the picture embedded in it. The picture is a requirement! Find an interesting exhibit, artifact, or sign and take your picture with it. Have fun! If you do NOT include an image the paper can NOT exceed a score of 80. Write a minimum 1000 word essay (typed, double spaced, one inch margins in MS Word) describing the museum exhibits. Your first paragraph is your introduction. Your “body” (multiple paragraphs) is a summary of the content of the museum and its historical significance. Tie the content of the museum to the themes of our class and any specific content that matches the content from our lectures and/or the textbook. You can paraphrase our notes or supplement the content from the Museum with what is found in our textbook. The last section in your paper should include your own thoughts about the museum.  Did you enjoy the visit? Did you learn anything new?  Did the visit influence your thinking about the past? IMPORTANT: You must write about your own thoughts and observations. You should also visit any of the museums’ websites. All website information must be either clearly quoted or put into your own words. The Library has the info on Chicago Manual of Style/Turabian citations. The bulk of your paper can be your own thoughts and observations but do include some properly cited museum website information, our textbook and/or additional sources. YOU MUST HAVE AT LEAST THREE CITATIONS (one from our textbook, one from the museum’s brochure or website and a third from any academic source)! [2] Do not cut and paste from the museum website. You will receive 0 points if you do that.  If you do NOT include citations (also referred to as footnotes) the paper can NOT exceed a score of 80. 7 . SPELL CHECK and GRAMMAR CHECK. Run an MS WORD spell and grammar check before turning the paper in. STAPLE your signed and dated brochure to your paper and bring it to class on the day that you formally submit. STAPLE STAPLE STAPLE! Please sign the Mus.

1. 1.Throughout the semester you will visit
ONE
of Tallahassee’s historical museums and write your visit paper.
The LOCAL MUSEUMS ARE:
MUSEUM
OF FLORIDA
HISTORY
JOHN GILMORE RILEY CENTER/MUSEUM
FLORIDA
HISTORIC CAPITOL MUSEUM
[1]
MISSION
SAN LUIS
TALLAHASSEE
MUSEUM
THE Grove (Old Governor’s Mansion known officially as the
Call-Collins House at the Grove)

2. For directions to the museums and their hours of operation, go
to the Museum Websites. There you will find the websites with
all the necessary information.
When you arrive at the museum, obtain a brochure from the
visitor desk. Tour the museum, jotting down notes about the
exhibits that you see. When you finish your tour, have a
museum employee or historical re-enactor sign and date your
brochure. They will be glad to do this!
Snap a picture of yourself (“selfies” are acceptable but if you go
with a group have someone else take the picture) at the museum
and embed it into your paper. Your paper must be written in MS
WORD and have the picture
embedded
in it. The picture is a requirement! Find an interesting exhibit,
artifact, or sign and take your picture with it. Have fun! If you
do NOT include an image the paper can NOT exceed a score of
80.
Write a
minimum 1000
word essay (typed, double spaced, one inch margins in MS
Word) describing the museum exhibits. Your first paragraph is
your introduction. Your “body” (multiple paragraphs) is a
summary of the content of the museum and its historical
significance.
Tie the content of the museum to the themes of our class and
any specific content that matches the content from our lectures
and/or the textbook. You can paraphrase our notes or
supplement the content from the Museum with what is found in
our textbook.
The last section in your paper should include your own
thoughts about the museum. Did you enjoy the visit? Did you

3. learn anything new? Did the visit influence your thinking about
the past?
IMPORTANT: You must write about your own thoughts and
observations. You should also visit any of the museums’
websites. All website information must be either clearly quoted
or put into your own words. The Library has the info on
Chicago Manual of Style/Turabian citations. The bulk of your
paper can be your own thoughts and observations but do include
some properly cited museum website information, our textbook
and/or additional sources.
YOU MUST HAVE AT LEAST THREE CITATIONS (one from
our textbook, one from the museum’s brochure or website and a
third from any academic source)!
[2]
Do not cut and paste from the museum website. You will
receive 0 points if you do that. If you do NOT include citations
(also referred to as footnotes) the paper can NOT exceed a score
of 80.
7
. SPELL CHECK and GRAMMAR CHECK. Run an MS WORD
spell and grammar check before turning the paper in.
STAPLE
your signed and dated brochure to your paper and bring it to
class on the day that you formally submit.
STAPLE STAPLE STAPLE!
Please sign the Museum Guest Book if it is out and displayed.
This benefits the museum by helping it document attendance for
funding purposes.
Remember, your primary assignment is to HAVE FUN! Go
when you have some time and are not in a rush. Going with

4. friends, spouses, relatives, significant others or young children
can make the visit even more enjoyable! (The museums are
child friendly) And, of course, visiting a museum or historic
site is a great way to broaden your perspective on the modern
world!
[1]
Both the historic Capitol and the Grove include “bonus” points.
If you visit these sites and identify the Director by name you
can earn +2 for that submission.
[2]
Here is exactly how you should add a textbook to your work
cited page (in Turabian style): Shi, David Emory.
America: A Narrative History, Volume 1
. 11th edition. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2016. For
footnotes, you will do the following: George Tindall and David
Emory Shi.
America: A Narrative History, Volume 1
. 11th edition (New York: W.W. Norton, 2016) p.#.