[MassHistPres] Historical Commissions and municipally-owned museums

[Erin Richardson]

Hello!

I am a consultant working with the Sudbury Historical Commission on a
project related to Hosmer House - an historic house bequeathed to the Town
of Sudbury in 1978.

I am looking for examples of operational arrangements for this kind of
situation:

   - The structure is owned by the municipality
   - The Historical Commission has oversight of the structure
   - The structure is used as a museum (or similar function)

In Sudbury, the Historical Commission directly operates Hosmer House. This
means that SHC members are the volunteers that run programs, care for the
collection, etc. The Town maintains the building and grounds.

Does your municipality:

   - Partner with another organization to operate a museum/similar (museum
   management agreement)
   - Lease the structure to another organization (a historical society, for
   example) for a long period of time and retain maintenance
   responsibilities and oversight of the structure
   - Directly employ a staff person with reporting responsibility to the
   historical Commission (or related municipal staff) to operate the
   museum/similar?

I am looking for similar operating examples, as well as other ways this
might be accomplished. Successful or unsuccessful.

You can respond to the list or email me directly - regular phone calls are
good too!


Thanks!

Erin
Erin Richardson, Ph.D.
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