Reimagining historic house museums : new approaches and proven solutions / edited by Kenneth C. Turino and Max A. van Balgooy.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Balgooy, Max van, editor.

Turino, Kenneth, editor.

Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.

Series:

American Association for State and Local History book series.

American Association for State and Local History book series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Historic house museums--Interpretive programs--United States.

Historic house museums.

Museum visitors--United States--Services for.

Museum visitors.

Historic house museums--Interpretive programs.

Museum visitors--Services for.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (321 pages).

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing(US), 2019.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2019]

Summary:

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: 1.Fundamentals and Essentials 2.Audiences 3.Different Approaches to Familiar Topics 4.Methods 5.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.

Contents:

Imagining a Reimagining Process for House Museums / by Max A. van Balgooy

Using Historic House Museum Audiences to Drive Change / by Katherine Kane

'Do Something Transformative' / by Callie Hawkins and Erin Carlson Mast

The Historic House Museum Tour : A Matter of Life and Death / by Patricia West

Yes, America, You Need Another House Museum (But Read This Book First) / by Kenneth Turino.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-293) and index.

Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 29, 2019).

ISBN:

979-82-16-40213-8

1-4422-7299-6

OCLC:

1100447937