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I am looking for any good examples of a historic house creating a resource room for visitors. this can take any form, a reading room, an interactive space etc. any help appreciated.

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Kenneth Turino
Manager of Community Engagement
Historic New England
Boston MA
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Be sure to look up what the Minneapolis Institute of Arts is doing with their "Living Rooms" project, and their recent Jane Austen intervention in one of their period rooms.

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Gregory Wittkopp
Director, Cranbrook Center for Collections and Research
Cranbrook Art Museum
Bloomfield Hills MI

Original Message:
Sent: 03-04-2016 10:46 AM
From: Kenneth Turino
Subject: Reousrce Rooms in Historic Houses

I am looking for any good examples of a historic house creating a resource room for visitors. this can take any form, a reading room, an interactive space etc. any help appreciated.

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Kenneth Turino
Manager of Community Engagement
Historic New England
Boston MA
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Thanks for your comments good suggestions.

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Kenneth Turino
Manager of Community Engagement
Historic New England
Boston MA

Original Message:
Sent: 03-07-2016 06:37 AM
From: Gregory Wittkopp
Subject: Reousrce Rooms in Historic Houses

Be sure to look up what the Minneapolis Institute of Arts is doing with their "Living Rooms" project, and their recent Jane Austen intervention in one of their period rooms.

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Gregory Wittkopp
Director, Cranbrook Center for Collections and Research
Cranbrook Art Museum
Bloomfield Hills MI

Our museum is not a historic house, rather it is a historic school. We have a room that was divided some time back - splitting the science room into two rooms - a Kitchen and a classroom. More recently, the classroom got divided into two, with the back half being an archives storage. The front room seemed to alternate from exhibits to exhibits in progress. We cleared out the exhibit pieces and put in tables and a desk and bookcases. 

It is a small space, but there is enough for two - three researchers and a docent. 

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Christine Hoffman
Museum Site Manager
Chappell Hill Historical Society
Chappell Hill TX

Original Message:
Sent: 03-04-2016 10:46 AM
From: Kenneth Turino
Subject: Reousrce Rooms in Historic Houses

I am looking for any good examples of a historic house creating a resource room for visitors. this can take any form, a reading room, an interactive space etc. any help appreciated.

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Kenneth Turino
Manager of Community Engagement
Historic New England
Boston MA
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