I would be interested in this as well. 

Katie Hall Burlison
Curator of Decorative Arts
Louisiana State Museum
1000 Chartres Street
New Orleans, La. 70116 
504.568.5463
fax 504.599.1950
http://www.crt.state.la.us/museum/

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Subject: [MUSEUM-L] Examples of Exhibits Within House Museums?

Hello-

I would appreciate suggestions for examples of successful exhibits
within historic house museums. 

I am working with Elfreth's Alley Museum which is a very small house set
on a 18c street in Philadelphia. It is currently furnished to reflect
the life of the two women dressmakers who lived there in the 1770's.
Typically guests are taken through the house by a docent.

We are working on developing an exhibit that would co-exist in the
furnished rooms and provide sufficient interaction for visitors to go
through without a docent.

We are focusing on the concept of "home" including issues of home
ownership (the two ladies owned the house), work from home (they
received clients in the front room), family and privacy (for the
bedroom), and food (for the kitchen).

We are particularly interested in participatory devices to relate these
issues to visitors.

As always we are very limited on cash and staff...

Thanks in advance for sharing your ideas and experiences.

Jacqueline

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