[MassHistPres] Historical Commissions and municipally-owned museums

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Hello, Foxborough does exactly the same as Sudbury

 

Mark Ferencik

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Foxborough Historical Commission

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From: MassHistPres <masshistpres-bounces at cs.umb.edu> On Behalf Of Erin Richardson via MassHistPres
Sent: Friday, June 14, 2024 12:02 PM
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Subject: [MassHistPres] Historical Commissions and municipally-owned museums

 

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.

 

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