MPMA SESSION PROPOSAL REMINDER Check out MPMA’s web: www.mountplainsmuseums.org for a proposal form. Click on Conferences. December 16th is the deadline...
Mountplains@...
Dec 6, 2005 11:41 pm
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Has anyone used or experimented with simulated packed earth floors in primitive structures? Are there good alternatives to the traditional dirt-and-ox blood...
Does anyone know where to find examples of simple vernacular wallpaper from the period of 1895-1906? There seems to be plenty of high style patterns...
Have you checked with the JR Burrows Co. (www.burrows.com)? They do lots of custom reproductions for all kinds of historic houses, so even if they don't have...
DEANNA PACE
the1890house@...
Dec 7, 2005 6:32 pm
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Has any one done an evaluation to see how teachers are using the pre and post field trip materials that are sent out prior to school field trip visits? Are...
We send pre-visit packets and give each group an evaluation form when they attend and ask that they turn it in before the group leaves for the day. We ask, on...
Beckett, Beth
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Dec 8, 2005 4:28 pm
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Hi all We are currently discussing ideas and making plans for an evening holiday event for 2006. We are wanting to do tours of our historic home all decorated...
We have a 20 year old Christmas program at our home including several evening events. The house (1857/1889/1915 Victorian) is electrically impaired (the old...
Regarding historic wallpapers -- we just finished recreating the wallpapers for the 1920 interpretation of our historic house & site in Georgia. There is a...
Are there any wallpaper conservators out there, preferably, in the Mid Atlantic? I am looking for someone _____ From: historichousemuseums@yahoogroups.com ...
We, also, have limited electric lighting..... I know, for some, this is a safety issue, but we use lanterns. For our open houses we have a docent in every...
We have been doing candlelight tours at Surratt House Museum for thirty years and have depended mainly on candles in tin or pewter candleholders with glass...
TY _____ From: historichousemuseums@yahoogroups.com [mailto:historichousemuseums@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of mckelveyhr@... Sent: Friday, December 09,...
For our holiday tours this year, I invested in battery operated candles. Each tour participant and guide had a candle. We scattered other candles throughout...
We are a historic house museum with a house completed in early 1861. There are gas lighting fixtures original to the construction of the house. We have ...
Where did you find battery candles that will fit in candle holders? Dawn Dawn M. Willi Historic Site Manager Hackley & Hume Historic Site c/o Muskegon County...
In my experience, most teachers use our pre and post visit materials. Much depends on what you send out to them. If it helps them meet curriculum, is very easy...
We found them in a variety of places. The trick is that they have to be able to be removed from the base they come in -- not all are. I found them at...
For many years, Colonial Williamsburg has used a variety of battery-powered candles in the windows of Historic Area buildings and in chandeliers in the Capitol...
I am looking for examples of house museums that no longer function as museum sites: do not have regular visitation or tours. The house may still have a public...
Historic New England (formerly SPNEA) has recently turned some of their 30+ sites into "study buildings". These sites are only open by appointment. Colonial...
Cindy and Max I have been working for the last year and a half on a fellowship from the James Marston Fitch Charitable Trust in NYC to identify the many ways...
Cindy and Max I have been working for the last year and a half on a fellowship from the James Marston Fitch Charitable Trust in NYC to identify the many ways...
The Scott House in Richmond, Indiana was sold and made back into a private residence. Go to www.pal-item.com to read local articles originally published...
The Lee boyhood home in Alexandria became a private residence a number of years ago. http://leeboyhoodhome.com/ For many years the Dora Armistead House in...
This is a great subject that has come up at AASLH, Southeastern Museums Conference and lightly at Virginia Association of Museums annual meetings. It was an...
My main hope for electric candles is to locate a brand that looks at least semi-authentic in simulating an actual candle. Since Ripley is an Underground...
Hello, We ordered some battery powered candles from Ganz for our holiday open house. The tapers are about 8" high and look quite good. The "flame" flickers...
Hello everyone: I work for a museum (a museum within a historic house) that is run by the city. Lately, we have begun to question that model of ownership. Is...
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