Directory Of Historic House Museums In The United States
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Directory Of Historic House Museums In The United States
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Author : Patricia Chambers Walker
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2000
Directory Of Historic House Museums In The United States written by Patricia Chambers Walker and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with History categories.
The first comprehensive guide to America's historic house museums, this directory moves beyond merely listing institutions to providing information about interpretive themes, historical and architectural significance, collections, and cultural and social importance, along with programming events and facility information. Useful cross-reference guides provide quick and easy ways of locating information on almost 2500 museums. A multi-functional reference for museum professionals, local historians, historic preservationists or anyone interested in America's historic house museums.
Historic House Museums In The United States And The United Kingdom
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Author : Linda Young
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2016-12-13
Historic House Museums In The United States And The United Kingdom written by Linda Young and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-12-13 with Business & Economics categories.
Historic House Museums in the United States and the United Kingdom: A History addresses the phenomenon of historic houses as a distinct species of museum. Everyone understands the special nature of an art museum, a national museum, or a science museum, but “house museum” nearly always requires clarification. In the United States the term is almost synonymous with historic preservation; in the United Kingdom, it is simply unfamiliar, the very idea being conflated with stately homes and the National Trust. By analyzing the motivation of the founders, and subsequent keepers, of house museums, Linda Young identifies a typology that casts light on what house museums were intended to represent and their significance (or lack thereof) today. This book examines: • heroes’ houses: once inhabited by great persons (e.g., Shakespeare’s birthplace, Washington’s Mount Vernon); • artwork houses: national identity as specially visible in house design, style, and technique (e.g., Frank Lloyd Wright houses, Modernist houses); • collectors’ houses: a microcosm of collecting in situ domesticu, subsequently presented to the nation as the exemplars of taste (e.g., Sir John Soane’s Museum, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum); • English country houses: the palaces of the aristocracy, maintained thanks to primogeniture but threatened with redundancy and rescued as museums to be touted as the peak of English national culture; English country houses: the palaces of the aristocracy, maintained for centuries thanks to primogeniture but threatened by redundancy and strangely rescued as museums, now touted as the peak of English national culture; • Everyman/woman’s social history houses: the modern, demotic response to elite houses, presented as social history but tinged with generic ancestor veneration (e.g., tenement house museums in Glasgow and New York).
Historic House Museums
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Author : Laurence Vail Coleman
language : en
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Release Date : 2023-07-18
Historic House Museums written by Laurence Vail Coleman and has been published by Legare Street Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-07-18 with categories.
This book is an insightful guide to historic house museums for both visitors and museum professionals. It offers an overview of the history of American house museums and explores how they present the past to the public. Through a series of case studies, readers will learn best practices for preservation, interpretation, and visitor engagement. With beautiful photographs and practical advice, this book is a must-read for anyone interested in the preservation of America's cultural heritage. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Historic House Museums
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Author : Laurence Vail Coleman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1973
Historic House Museums written by Laurence Vail Coleman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1973 with Architecture categories.
Directory Of Historical Organizations In The United States And Canada
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Author : American Association for State and Local History
language : en
Publisher: Rowman Altamira
Release Date : 2002
Directory Of Historical Organizations In The United States And Canada written by American Association for State and Local History and has been published by Rowman Altamira this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with History categories.
This multi-functional reference is a useful tool to find information about history-related organizations and programs and to contact those working in history across the country.
Historic House Museums
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Author : Sherry Butcher-Younghans
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 1996-02-08
Historic House Museums written by Sherry Butcher-Younghans and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-02-08 with Business & Economics categories.
Historic house museums can be found in nearly every city in the United States and Canada. These are the homes of the earliest settlers, statesmen, frontiersmen, great writers, artists, architects, and industrial magnates. These are the places, carefully saved and preserved, that represent a cultural heritage. Despite their popularity, it is not uncommon to find museums that are in poor repair, their collections neglected and their staffs grossly overworked. Many are run by well-meaning and hard-working volunteers who have little or no professional training. Often they survive on shoestring budgets and are able to present only limited programs. Serving both as a hands-on guide and reference, this book examines these problems, offering practical advice and solutions which can be easily implemented. Its useful "lessons" include governance, where to find help, care of collections, conservation, security, and interpretation--all designed to increase the professionalism of the historic house museum.
Anarchist S Guide To Historic House Museums
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Author : Franklin D Vagnone
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-07-01
Anarchist S Guide To Historic House Museums written by Franklin D Vagnone and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-07-01 with Social Science categories.
In these days of an aging traditional audience, shrinking attendance, tightened budgets, increased competition, and exponential growth in new types of communication methods, America’s house museums need to take bold steps and expand their overall purpose beyond those of the traditional museum. They need not only to engage the communities surrounding them, but also to collaborate with visitors on the type and quality of experience they provide. This book is a groundbreaking manifesto that calls for the establishment of a more inclusive, visitor-centered paradigm based on the shared experience of human habitation. It draws inspiration from film, theater, public art, and urban design to transform historic house museums while providing a how-to guide for making historic house museums sustainable, through five primary themes: communicating with the surrounding community, engaging the community, re-imagining the visitor experience, celebrating the detritus of human habitation, and acknowledging the illusion of the shelter’s authenticity. Anarchist's Guide to Historic House Museums offers a wry, but informed, rule-breaking perspective from authors with years of experience and gives numerous vivid examples of both good and not-so-good practices from house museums in the U.S.
Minnesota Open House
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Author : Krista Finstad Hanson
language : en
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society
Release Date : 2009-06-25
Minnesota Open House written by Krista Finstad Hanson and has been published by Minnesota Historical Society this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-06-25 with Architecture categories.
The user-friendly guide to nearly two-hundred breathtaking historic house museums across Minnesota.
New Solutions For House Museums
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Author : Donna Ann Harris
language : en
Publisher: AltaMira Press
Release Date : 2007-04-16
New Solutions For House Museums written by Donna Ann Harris and has been published by AltaMira Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-04-16 with Business & Economics categories.
A generational shift is occurring at historic house museums as board members and volunteers retire while few young people step forward to take their place. These landmarks are also plagued by serious deferred maintenance, and many have no endowment funds. What will happen to these sites in the next ten years, and what can be done to assure their continued preservation for generations to come? In New Solutions for House Museums Harris examines possible options and provides a decision-making methodology as well as a dozen case studies of house museums that have made a successful transition to a new owner or user.
New Solutions For House Museums
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Author : Donna Ann Harris
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Release Date : 2020-11-17
New Solutions For House Museums written by Donna Ann Harris and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-11-17 with Architecture categories.
This substantially enlarged and expanded second edition of New Solutions for House Museums: Ensuring the Long-Term Preservation of America’s Historic Houses provides advice for historic site stewards that have concerns about the financial sustainability of their historic house museum and its relevance to its local audience. Seven new case studies have been added for the second edition. The new case studies reinforce the book’s central argument that not every historic house museum, whether founded 100 years ago or last month, can be sustained long-term. Three of the new case studies are from diverse historic sites, showcasing how African American, women, and other minority-focused historic sites are pioneering new ways to commemorate their histories and interpret fascinating stories to visitors, with the end goal of creating financially sustainable historic sites that are relevant to their audience. New interviews have been conducted with the ten existing case studies from the first edition to bring them up to date. The new edition adds two new reuse options to the eight introduced in the first edition. This chapter describes how to identify and implement a reuse decision, costs and advisors needed, and tips on decision making. There is a new chapter-long interview with Tom Mayes, Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel for the National Trust for Historic Preservation, on recent legal and ethical issues facing historic sites. Another new chapter provides advice on the essential role of the historic site’s Board of Directors as the decision maker for any reuse exploration. The second edition of New Solutions for House Museums contains a new introduction to the second edition, an updated conclusion, bibliography, and index.