This reply is directed to Patrick Brennan re: historic sites/houses. The Columbus (GA) Museum manages a 15-acre, 9-mound Mississipian Culture village site in southern Georgia. Archaeology and regional history has been accepted into our mission statement along with American Art, so I guess we do place strong emphasis on that portion of our work. Quite different from your colonial/early American homes in Norfolk, but I believe the governance/staff issues are similar. It has worked well for us in defining who we are and what we mean to the people of the Chattahoochee Valley. Tom Butler