You might want to check out the Conner Prairie Settlement near
Indianapolis.  It incorporates several of the things you mentioned.

On Fri, 18 Sep 1998, Ceres Bainbridge wrote:

> Dear Fellow Listers:
>
> The project I am working on, the Heartland Heritage Center, is in its proposal
> stage of infancy.
>
> The principals would like to create an archives of living histories, a
> heritage center, remote houses, farms, and sites that are interpreted, a
> museum, and a conference center for groups, think tanks, scholars and/or
> artists.
>
> I'm aware of places like Williamsburg, Virginia and Mystic Seaport,
> Connecticut, but does anyone know of institutional models, especially small-
> to-midsize organizations, which include any or all of these functions?
>
> Thank you for your suggestions.
>
> Ceres Bainbridge
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