02629nam 2200517 450 991079895640332120180410222003.01-4422-3977-8(CKB)3710000000933812(MiAaPQ)EBC4732567(EXLCZ)99371000000093381220161116h20172017 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierHistoric house museums in the United States and the United Kingdom a history /Linda YoungLanham, Maryland :Rowman & Littlefield,2017.©20171 online resource (313 pages) color illustrations, photographs1-4422-3976-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Is there a museum in the house? -- Heroes' houses: the home of the nation personified -- Heroes' houses: literary and other identities -- Artwork houses and national aesthetics -- Collectors' houses: egos and afterlives -- Social history house museums -- Authenticity: material reality, negotiated understanding -- The English country house -- The significance, insignificance and future of house museums."This book addresses the phenomenon of historic houses as a distinct species of museum. By analyzing the motivation of the founders, and subsequent keepers, of house museums, the author identifies a typology that casts light on what they were intended to represent and their significance (or lack thereof) today."--Provided by publisher.Historic house museumsUnited StatesHistoryHistoric house museumsUnited StatesManagementDwellingsConservation and restorationUnited StatesHistoryHistoric house museumsGreat BritainHistoryHistoric house museumsGreat BritainManagementDwellingsConservation and restorationGreat BritainHistoryHistoric house museumsHistory.Historic house museumsManagement.DwellingsConservation and restorationHistory.Historic house museumsHistory.Historic house museumsManagement.DwellingsConservation and restorationHistory.363.690973Young Linda1953 June 16,1560805MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910798956403321Historic house museums in the United States and the United Kingdom3827033UNINA