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Reimagining Historic House Museums

New Approaches and Proven Solutions
By:Kenneth C. Turino
Publisher:Bloomsbury USA
Print ISBN:9781442272989
eText ISBN:9781442272996
Edition:1
Format:Page Fidelity

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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 EssentialsAudiencesDifferent Approaches to Familiar TopicsMethodsImagining 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.