Houston and St. Louis reporters talk to Donna about house museums

I have spoken to reporters in St. Louis and Houston in the past month for stories about house museums either struggling or trying new approaches.


The Samuel May Williams House in Galveston was the story in the Houston Chronicle on May 1, 2008 in "Historic Home Needs a Curator and a Tenant." This site owned by the Historic Galveston Foundation is being converted from a house museum use to a dwelling. Tenants are being interviewed to take on the maintenance of the property. Before the conversion however, the Foundation has turned the property into a designer show house, which will update the kitchens and bathrooms for the property. See the article here http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=2008_4560343



The Chattlon-DeMenil House was featured in an article called "This Old House" in the May 8, 2008 issue of the St. Louis Post Dispatch where I was quoted. Contact me if you would like a copy.