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Reimagining historic house museums : new approaches and proven solutions
Title:
Reimagining historic house museums : new approaches and proven solutions

American Association for State and Local History book series

American Association for State and Local History book series.
Author:
Turino, Kenneth, editor.
ISBN:
9781442272972

9781442272989
Physical Description:
vii, 312 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series:
American Association for State and Local History book series

American Association for State and Local History book series.
Contents:
Pt. I. Fundamentals and essentials : -- ch. 1. Imagining a reimagining process for house museums / Max A. van Balgooy -- ch. 2. Enterprising historic house museums / Lawrence J. Yerdon -- ch. 3. Evaluation is not just nice, it is necessary / Conny C. Graft -- ch. 4. The essential role of boards in reimagining house museums / Donna Ann Harris -- ch. 5. Reaching new heights with volunteers in historic house museums / Alexandra Rasic -- ch. 6. Surviving a capital campaign: a slightly irreverent guide to fund-raising / Nina Zannieri -- ch. 7. Success factors for small historic house museums / Monta Lee Dakin and Steve Friesen -- ch. 8. Reimagine house museums: loosen up but don't let go! / Thomas A. Woods -- ch. 9. Value of history statement / History Relevance -- Pt. II. Audiences : -- ch. 10. Using historic house museum audiences to drive change / Katherine Kane -- ch. 11. Cultural heritage travelers and historic house museums / Amy Jordan Webb -- ch. 12. Finding Numen at historic sites / Ron M. Potvin -- ch. 13. Community engagement: radical renewal for historic house museums / Dawn DiPrince -- Pt. III. Different approaches to familiar topics : -- ch. 14. 'Do something transformative' / Callie Hawkins and Erin Carlson Mast -- ch. 15. Listening for the silences: stories of enslaved and free domestic workers / Jennifer Pustz -- ch. 16. Interpreting women's lives at historic house museums / Mary A. van Balgooy -- ch. 17. Where the magic happened: historic homes as sites of intimacy / Susan Ferentinos -- ch. 18. Reflecting race and ethnicity in house museums / Jane M. Eliasof and Claudia Ocello -- ch. 19. Do furnishings matter? The power of furnishings in historic house museums / Laura C. Keim -- ch. 20. Rethinking architecture in the realm of house museum interpretation / Cheryl A. Bachand -- ch. 21. Looking beyond the front door to find spirit of place / Lucinda A. Brockway -- Pt. IV. Methods : -- ch. 22. The historic house museum tour: a matter of life and death / Patricia West -- ch. 23. Everyone's history matters: school programs at Historic New England / Carolin Collins -- ch. 24. Creating minds-on exhibitions in historic house museums / Robert Kiihne -- Pt. V. Imagining new kinds of house museums : -- ch. 25. Reinventing the historic house museum: three potential futures / Elizabeth Merritt -- ch. 26. Yes, America, you need another house museum (but read this book first) / Kenneth C. Turino.
Abstract:
Drawing from innovative organizations across the United States, Reimagining Historic House Museums is an indispensable source of field-tested tools and techniques drawn from such wide-ranging sources as non-profit management, business strategy, and software development. It also profiles historic sites that are using new models to engage with their communities to become more relevant, are adopting creative forms of interpretation and programming, and earning income to become more financially sustainable. The book is a combination of a museum conference, a hands-on workshop, and toolbox. It contains five main parts: Fundamentals and Essentials, Audiences, Different Approaches to Familiar Topics, Methods, Imagining New Kinds of House Museums. This authoritative guide from the American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) will help house museum boards, directors, and staff seeking a path forward in rapidly changing times. Graduate programs in public history, museum studies, curatorial studies, and historic preservation will discover models and approaches that will provoke lively discussions about the issues facing the field.-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliographical References:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-293) and index.
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npmlib 10902010 E159 R45 ysh
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