The first comprehensive guide to America's historic house museums, this directory moves beyond merely listing institutions to providing information about interp

Historic House Museums in the United States and the United Kingdom: A History addresses the phenomenon of historic houses as a distinct species of museum. Every

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. Thes

In these days of an aging traditional audience, shrinking attendance, tightened budgets, increased competition, and exponential growth in new types of communica

Historic house museums can be found in nearly every city in the United States and Canada. These are the homes of the earliest settlers, statesmen, frontiersmen,