[MassHistPres] Fwd: Symposium: New Audiences for Old Houses

[Dennis De Witt]

I'm passing this along for those who might be interested

Dennis De Witt

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> NEW AUDIENCES FOR OLD HOUSES: BUILDING A FUTURE WITH THE PAST
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> The symposium," New Audiences for Old Houses: Building a Future with
> the Past," will take place on September 28, 2007 from 8:30 a.m. to
> 3:30 at the Boston Athenaeum, 10 1/2 Beacon Street, Boston, MA. It
> addresses audience cultivation and development in historic house
> museums and features academics and practitioners from both the US and
> UK, including Cary Carson, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (ret.),
> Reena Suleman, Leighton House Museum, John Walton, University of
> Central Lancashire, Giles Waterfield, Royal Collection Studies at the
> Attingham Trust, and Patricia West, National Park Service (USA).
> Registration fee is $100; $40 for students. The event is hosted by The
> Nichols House Museum, Boston University's Art History Department and
> Preservation Studies Program, The Boston Athenaeum, and grants from
> The Humanities Foundation at Boston University and The National Trust
> for Historic Preservation's Preservation Fund for Eastern
> Massachusetts. For more information and to register, please contact
> the Nichols House Museum at nhm at earthlink.net or 617.227.6993, or
> visit www.nicholshousemuseum.org.
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