New Solutions For House Museums: Five Lessons Learned Webinar
Wednesday, January 13 – 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Join author Donna Ann Harris for this webinar about the second edition of her best-selling book, New Solutions for House Museums: Ensuring the Long-Term Preservation of America’s Historic Homes. Donna will share stories from a handful of her 18 case studies to highlight how the new uses or users of these historic sites made them more financially sustainable–even through the Great Recession–and the lessons they learned about stewardship for the long haul. The second edition was published on November 1, 2020 and is now available from Rowman and Littlefield Publishers/AASLH. The publisher is offering a 30% discount, if you are interested in purchasing the book. The discount code will be shared at the end of the presentation.
Speaker
Donna Ann Harris is the principal of Heritage Consulting Inc. a Philadelphia-based Women’s Business Enterprise (WBE) consulting firm that aids non-profit organizations and government agencies nationwide in the following practice areas: downtown and commercial district revitalization, historic preservation, tourism product development, and non-profit organizational development.
Ms. Harris is nationally known as a Main Street professional, having served as State coordinator for Illinois Main Street before starting her consulting practice in 2004. She has worked with local Main Street organizations in 24 states and presented at every national Main Street conference since starting her firm. Most recently she recorded three, 90-minute fundraising webinars for the Main Street America Institute.
AltaMira Press published her book New Solutions for House Museums: Ensuring the Long-Term Preservation of America’s Historic Houses in 2007. This title has been the best seller for AltaMira Press since its publication. A second edition was published by Rowman and Littlefield Publishers/AASLH in November 2020. For 16 years Ms. Harris has been speaking about and consulting with historic house museums around the country about alternative uses and stewardship responsibilities.
