Dear Catherine:

Very interesting.  I hadn't thought about historic preservation 
organizations, but I am certain that AAM would recognize them as a 
museum organization.  They are similar to state historical societies, 
but with a slightly different mission.

Sincerely,
Hugh


On May 5, 2005, at 7:33 AM, Catherine Dean wrote:

> [Hugh Genoways asked]:
>
>>> What was the first historic house museum in the U. S.?  (Not the 
>>> oldest
>>> house that is now a museum, but the first to be operated as a museum)
>>>
>>> What is the longest operating historic house museum in the U. S. that
>>> is still open?
>
> Well, this doesn't exactly answer any of the questions posed, but APVA
> Preservation Virginia (formerly the Association for the Preservation of
> Virginia Antiquities) is the oldest statewide preservation 
> organization in
> the country and, I believe, the oldest multi-site historical 
> organization in
> the country (founded 1889, early acquisitions include: Jamestown, 
> 1893; the
> Powder Magazine in Williamsburg, 1890 (this and other early sites 
> preserved
> in Williamsburg are now in the care of the Colonial Williamsburg
> Foundation); the Mary Washington House in Fredericksburg, 1890; the 
> John
> Marshall House in Richmond, 1911; and others).
>
>
> Catherine E. Dean
> Curator of Collections
> APVA--Preservation Virginia
> 204 West Franklin Street
> Richmond, VA 23220-5012
> 804-648-1889
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University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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