Top 5 reasons house museums should use Instagram

Start & Finish

At the national conference in Washington DC, the Historic House network affinity group announced the start of a new hashtag on Instagram for us House Museums. It is #housemuseum.

Can’t Beat ’Em Join ‘Em

Photography in Historic House Museum

After a visit to the Art Institute of Chicago in spring 2013 I thought to myself “If I can take a picture of a Picasso, why can’t people take pictures in Bishop’s Palace?” Returning to Galveston I couldn’t find a single…

Historic House Museum Quickies

This is the beginning of a new day for Historic Houses. The Historic Sites and House Network wants historic houses and sites from around the world to tell their stories in a weekly blog which we hope will be a resource for all.

May I use your restroom?

As Museum Curator at the Latah County Historical Society, I am working on our fair exhibition which will run September 15–18. This year we have chosen to focus our programming on water to get the public thinking about it in preparation for our traveling Smithsonian Institution…