Anarchist's Guide to Historic House Museums
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| Rating | : | 4.18 (851 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1629581712 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 262 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-02-28 |
| Language | : | English |
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In 2008 Vagnone became the Executive Director of the Historic House Trust of New York City, where he managed 23 Historic House Museums. He was the Executive Director of the Philadelphia Society for the Preservation of Landmarks (PSPL) for four years and managed four Historic House Museums. He serves on numerous nonprofit boards, such as the Greater Hudson Heritage Network and the Advisory Board for the national organization P
They need not only to engage the communities surrounding them, but also to collaborate with visitors on the type and quality of experience they provide. Anarchist's Guide to Historic House Museums offers a wry, but informed, rule-breaking perspective from authors with years of experience and gives numerous vivid examples of both good and not-so-good practices from house museums in the U.S.. It draws inspiration from film, theater, public art, and urban design to transform historic house museums while providing a how-to guide for making historic house museums sustainable, through five primary themes: communicating with the surrounding community, engaging the community, re-imagining the visitor experience, celebrating the detritus of human habitation, and acknowledging the illusion of the shelter’s authenticity. This book is a groundbreaking manifesto that calls for the establishment of a more inclusive, visitor-centered paradigm based on the shared experience of human habitation. In these days of an aging traditional audience, shrinking attendance, tightened budgets, increased competition, and exponential growth in new types of communication methods, America’s house museums need
The authors have also provided a lot of concrete examples, so there is little guessing at what they are trying to say. Connoisseurship alone does not a great museum make. But this is, for many historic house museums, a time of crisis, and crises require bold action and creative thinking. The Anarchist s Guide encourages us to think differently, to challenge conventional procedures, to put visitors first, to take risks." From the Foreword by Gretchen Sullivan Sorin, The Cooperstown Graduate Program"A book that is precisely what the doctor ordered for a patient on life support .It is not overstating the situation to opine
"Mega Thought Provoking" according to Carl E. Johnson Jr.. Let me be clear (where have we heard that before?). I am neither an academic nor a museum professional and only came across this book by accident. However, as a layman I'm very much interested in museums in general, including historic houses and communities, of which my wife and I have visited many and worked for both as a professional (my wife, as a history museum exhibit and program directo. EYE OPENING, EXCITING, INSPIRING Lady Deborah This should be required reading for all docents at all HHms everywhere. I am so thrilled and excited to begin implementing the suggestions in the two Historic Homes I am involved with!!!. Helpful for Museum Studies I'm a Museum Studies student and I really enjoyed seeing all the case studies in this book. While it is focused on historic houses, I believe that many of the suggestions are applicable to all museums.