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AltaMira Press |
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List Price: $80.00 |
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Cloth
0-7591-1086-7 / 978-0-7591-1086-1
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Apr 2007
272pp |
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List Price: $30.95 |
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0-7591-1087-5 / 978-0-7591-1087-8
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Apr 2007
272pp |
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"In this book, Donna Ann Harris, a preservation consultant with more than 20 years of experience, provides a critical resource for boards, staff, and volunteers at historic house museums, who need to consider whether creative alternatives to the house museum model may allow them to better realize their fundamental obligation-the preservation of the house."—Michelle McClellan, University of Michigan, Winter 2009, The Journal of Heritage Stewardship
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A generational shift is occurring at historic house museums as board members and volunteers retire while few young people step forward to take their place. These landmarks are also plagued by serious deferred maintenance, and many have no endowment funds. What will happen to these sites in the next ten years, and what can be done to assure their continued preservation for generations to come? In New Solutions for House Museums Harris examines possible options and provides a decision-making methodology as well as a dozen case studies of house museums that have made a successful transition to a new owner or user.
About the Author
Donna Ann Harris has over twenty years of experience as an educator, program designer, and executive. She has worked in all levels of government and the non-profit sector in the historic preservation field. She has earned a Masters in Governmental Administration from the University of Pennsylvania and a Masters in Historic Preservation from Columbia University.
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