The professional journal of the preservation movement, Forum Journal has published an entire issue this Spring discussing historic house museums at a crossroads.
All of the articles are stimulating and very compelling. Most build from the conference held in April 2007 that I attended at the Rockefeller home Kykyit in Tarrytown NY on Historic Site Stewardship in the 21st Century. At this conference I presented a brief report on the alternatives I uncovered during my research for the book New Solutions for House Museums: Ensuring the Long Term Preservation of America's Historic Homes.
Most interesting is the first article by Marian Godfrey, the Managing Director for Culture and Civic Initiatives at The Pew Charitable Trusts, explaining the Trust's approach to philanthropy for historic sites. She also discusses the Living Legacy Project, a project on which I consulted, and mentions the importance of my research and book for historic sites.
Contact me if you would like a PDF of the articles.
Friday, June 6, 2008
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