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7 Army Hist. 1 (1985)

handle is hein.milandgov/aryhsy0007 and id is 1 raw text is: The ARMYHISTORIAN A PUBLICATION OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY CENTER OF MILITARY HISTORY Number 1 Washngon D C. Spring 1985 Army Museums and Military History Education James P. F nile ibhs th way to the Musenruom Mid ou hats goan m ~ Lomes Joyee, FimwewaK WuAh ridnradual sisit to Anr a useums are now e rimnted at .) mllon a >ear, a ume the nu m her of i stors thirty years ago A ttendance is w - ing faster than the jpulaiun, as more and more peopl are loi g Jo e e Dubhin docern nto the mueorno T hes are fimdimg ii a different place trom what it wa a neneratnon ago. No loger the evdnusise pr erves of scholars and COleIOrS, mu- scums today uner to elierneles as 4aried an the eom munities they serve They hold out to \i stors of al ages and backgrounds the promse of a rwh is ual and ieleeoal epenence. one that will add per spese to ther hses As the Report of th (Pomn mI on Museums lo a New enrur put .t 1useums other rih en inten1 wth realy wih If: pat wit wh4 eyust now and with what is psibe Thc s muat - ' . - i plaue 'nre kowi ede Musewu aojuann us with te unfamihar eong Sbesnd the sale o what we areads kno And the iI a treshne to the ta1a, diclosn mirades in what we asg oUng tTken Xcr grau-ed Musetunn are atth Crmg pates phiae dIsomervL pIaIes to ind 1uiet, to nuemple a to be inspied r hey are our colestive lhough al these defrintos and roles appy to Army museums there are someuniportant differ enees between museums in the military and civilian museums What sets Army museums apart most stingy is a pervasie mniunderndiung of their missons and harters All too often they are thought of a being nice do has e isitoreceniers ro~ phy rooms or commnunity relations actiites rather than as the void training nsttutiouns they reallb are The largely rniundersood realiy of' Arrm mus> umns is mne i ably linked to the tunctIns and use fu1ness of history ielf Neither soldiers nor civl .ans woul aId much to dIagie with in Secretary of the Army Marhb comments i these pages that An undersanding of hktory' sharpens judgmtenis and broadens perspecte. A knowledge of past camnpagns and commanders pros des vicarious es peneme otherwse unobtainablk Fr many in the nuary, however. this fals somnew ha short of the mark They want their histors invested with visibe, imediate practialty Not satisfed with knowing what happened. they need to know why it happened and what use i sa to themi-and they need to know tiow For most soldiers hstory is not an arniehrr pstime to be pondered m wreaths of pipe tobacco Thes would ak hisory to yield up its lessons clearly and smarly lesons thai can be translated to action ldi fLers would agree. if they gave it some thought c h I aaln phil1opher ltenederto (Poe, who saw hIitors as the act of comprehending and understanding midmed by the reqwtemenls ol prac heal ihfe C roce s historical philosophy is to be sure very involed. but bastcatl he saw hisory as egpenience and espemeie as haistrial judgment Fsers judgmenm we make in our lises is a hisorical judgmentL and once we reale that oum every luidg meri is dependent upon hisory. we come to see hist o In a eli tbo s deepe t and grandest ol disciphlnes, subsuming all others hen. in short, we adfust the sghts on a rie. we are making a hisorical iudgmsent ItibtIts in Mhe Furl Jfwichaa HLtotw r em, 7rt fifl.raI, Arrix tna

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