Reimagining Historic House Museums: New Approaches and Proven Solutions

by Kenneth C. Turino (Editor), Max A Van Balgooy (Editor)

Drawing from innovative organizations across the United States, Reimagining Historic House Museums is an indispensable source of field-tested tools and techniques drawn from such wide-ranging sources as non-profit management, business strategy, and software development. It also profiles historic sites that are using new models to engage with their communities to become more relevant, are adopting creative forms of interpretation and programming, and earning income to become more financially sustainable.

The book is a combination of a museum conference, a hands-on workshop, and toolbox. It contains five main


This authoritative guide from the American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) will help house museum boards, directors, and staff seeking a path forward in rapidly changing times. Graduate programs in public history, museum studies, curatorial studies, and historic preservation will discover models and approaches that will provoke lively discussions about the issues facing the field.

Genres: Nonfiction, Museums

320 pages, Paperback

Published September 13, 2019