The latest news for, from, and about National Trust Historic Sites:

• Is Your Site a Plantation?  (a stimulating discussion launched on a controversial topic)
• The Challenge of Interpreting 20th Century Historic Landmarks (an art exhibit prompts some opinions on the state of interpretation)
• Hard Times Hit the Vanderbilt Mansion (a current lesson on mismanagement despite a multimillion dollar endowment)
• Tenement Museum offering Tours at a Discount (a strategy for other sites in these economic times?)
• Theresa Pasqual’s vision for the public lands near Acoma Sky City (an historic site thinks about the world far beyond its walls)
• How Green is My Historic Site? (preserving a historic site is a serious achievement in sustainability, but can we do more?)
• Glass House inspires Michael Kors with new clothing line (who would have thought that a National Trust Historic Site could influence haute couture?)
• and Terri Anderson reflects on the natural disasters affecting historic sites in 2008 in A Year of Resilience.

You'll find even more at http://historicsites.wordpress.com, the blog for National Trust Historic Sites (but available to other historic sites, too).