Good Morning Ms. Boyd,

Historic house museums usually need an annual block of time to do
necessary repairs, cleaning and care of the collections, and other
activities, which are best done when the facilities are closed.

For decades, this museum system's two historic houses are closed during
the months of January and February for "deep" cleaning of the homes
interiors, annual collections inventory, collection care and condition
reports, and necessary repairs/renovations to the facilities, and
sometimes major conservation projects, such as allowing a conservator to
annually have two months of uninterrupted time -- to surface clean,
consolidate, and in-paint an ornately illustrated ceiling.

Best wishes,

Wesley

Wesley S. Creel

Administrator of Programs

Pink Palace Family of Museums

Memphis, TN

www.memphismuseums.org <http://www.memphismuseums.org/> 

office 901.320.6370

 

 

 

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Subject: closed in Jan?

 

Hello all-

I would like some informal feedback regarding how many historic house
museums represented here are closed or open by appointment only during
the month of January. I am putting together a recommendation that we do
this to take to the higher ups.

 

Thanks in advance-

 

Dollie Boyd

Interim Director

Department of Museum Program and Studies

Tusculum College

423-636-8554

1-800-729-0256 ext. 5251

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http://www.tusculum.edu/museums/

 

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