Christian,

AAM lists about 15,000 museums in the country -- most of which are house or
historic structure museums.  The listings in the Directory of Historic House
Museums in the United States are not numbered, but you could likely estimate
from their information.  It is published by AASLH.

Michelle

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Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 4:44 PM
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Subject: Quick question re: historic house museums

Hello all--just a brief query, then we can all get back to the Smithsonian
debate.

Can anyone give me a ballpark figure as to how many historic house museums
there
are in America?  While there may be no definitive number, I'd like to get a
better idea of the total.

Thanks so much,
Christian

Director, Sweet Briar Museum
Assistant Professor of Arts Management
Sweet Briar College, Sweet Briar, VA

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