Interpreting Historic House Museums
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Interpreting Historic House Museums

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Interpreting Historic House Museums

About this book

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.

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Table of contents

  1. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR STATE AND LOCAL HISTORY BOOK SERIES
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  6. INTRODUCTION
  7. CHAPTER ONE - PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE: THE PLACE OF THE HOUSE MUSEUM IN THE MUSEUM COMMUNITY
  8. CHAPTER TWO - INTERPRETATION PLANNING: WHY AND HOW
  9. CHAPTER THREE - INTERPRETING THE WHOLE HOUSE
  10. CHAPTER FOUR - MAKING GENDER MATTER: INTERPRETING MALE AND FEMALE ROLES IN HISTORIC HOUSE MUSEUMS
  11. CHAPTER FIVE - GROUNDS FOR INTERPRETATION: THE LANDSCAPE CONTEXT OF HISTORIC HOUSE MUSEUMS
  12. CHAPTER SIX - THE HISTORIC HOUSE FURNISHINGS PLAN: PROCESS AND PRODUCT
  13. CHAPTER SEVEN - “I WISH YOU COULD TAKE A PEEK AT US AT THE PRESENT MOMENT”: INFUSING THE HISTORIC HOUSE WITH CHARACTERS AND ACTIVITY
  14. CHAPTER EIGHT - BALANCING OUR COMMITMENTS: ACCESS AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION
  15. CHAPTER NINE - HISTORIC HOUSE TOURS THAT SUCCEED: CHOOSING THE BEST TOUR APPROACH
  16. CHAPTER TEN - CREATING MEMORABLE VISITS: HOW TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT THEME-BASED TOURS
  17. CHAPTER ELEVEN - ENGAGING VISITORS THROUGH EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION
  18. CHAPTER TWELVE - BUILDING A TOOL KIT FOR YOUR INTERPRETERS: METHODS OF SUCCESS FROM DRAYTON HALL
  19. CHAPTER THIRTEEN - ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES: HISTORIC HOUSE MUSEUM PROGRAMS THAT MAKE EDUCATORS SING
  20. CHAPTER FOURTEEN - PROGRAMMING AT THE SHADOWS: EDUCATION WITH A MISSION
  21. INDEX
  22. ABOUT THE AUTHORS