Interpreting Historic House Museums: (American Association for State and Local History)
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Jessica Foy Donnelly (Contributor) Bradley C. Brooks (Contributor) Nancy E. Villa Bryk (Contributor) Patrick H. Butler (Contributor) Jamie Credle (Contributor) Rex M. Ellis (Contributor) Catherine Howett (Contributor) Patricia L. Kahle (Contributor) Meggett B. Lavin (Contributor) Barbara Abramoff Levy (Contributor)
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Times are changing at historic house museums and no one is more aware of this than the fourteen contributors to Interpreting Historic House Museums. These respected museum professionals consider the history of house museums and the need to look at familiar issues from new perspectives and using new methods. If your site isn't using a comprehensive interpretive plan, how can you create one? While doing so, how do you address contemporary issues like race and gender? Don't forget the physical either-does your property need a landscape plan as well as a furnishings plan? And, when your visitors arrive to see all your hard work, how accessible is your property? If the answer is not very, what can and should you be doing to address that? Once inside, how good are your tours and guides, and does your furnishings plan allow visitors to maximize their experiences in areas without guides? Interpreting Historic House Museums captures the big picture and the important details. Its discussion of contemporary issues and successful programs, its practical guidelines and information, up-to-date references, and lively illustrations will make it useful and relevant for both students and practicing professionals.
About the Author
Jessica Foy Donnelly was curator of collections at the McFaddin-Ward House for twelve years, during which time she co-edited American Home Life, 1880-1930: A Social History of Spaces and Services and The Arts and the American Home, 1890-1930. She is currently working on various house museum projects and previously worked for Old Salem, Inc., in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She received her B.A. in American studies and English from Salem College in Winston-Salem, and her M.A. in history museum studies from the Cooperstown Graduate Program of the State University of New York at Oneonta.
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- Contributor: Jessica Foy Donnelly
- Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- ISBN13: 9780759102514
- Number of Pages: 336
- Packaged Dimensions: 146x229x21mm
- Packaged Weight: 522
- Format: Paperback
- Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
- Release Date: 2002-11-19
- Series: American Association for State and Local History
- Binding: Paperback / softback
- Biography: Jessica Foy Donnelly was curator of collections at the McFaddin-Ward House for twelve years, during which time she co-edited American Home Life, 1880-1930: A Social History of Spaces and Services and The Arts and the American Home, 1890-1930. She is currently working on various house museum projects and previously worked for Old Salem, Inc., in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She received her B.A. in American studies and English from Salem College in Winston-Salem, and her M.A. in history museum studies from the Cooperstown Graduate Program of the State University of New York at Oneonta.
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