Date of Award
Spring 2019
Degree Type
Thesis
Department
History
Director of Thesis
Lana A. Burgess
First Reader
David Snyder
Second Reader
David Snyder
Abstract
Despite their past importance, historic house museums have lost struggle to remain interesting to the general public because of the refusal to tell stories beyond those of wealthy, white men. In their 2018 restoration project on the Hampton-Preston Mansion, the Historic Columbia Foundation demonstrate how historic house museums can update their narratives to include the stories of marginalized people through the reinterpretation of their two Edward Troye paintings. This reinterpretation allowed Historic Columbia to tell a story that is not often told and represents the shift in new expectations for historic house museums in order to provide something meaningful to their community.
First Page
1
Last Page
28
Recommended Citation
VanZomeren, Victoria, "An Example of Reinterpretation in American Historic House Museums" (2019). Senior Theses. 285.
https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/senior_theses/285
Rights
© 2019, Victoria VanZomeren