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This thesis discusses current preservation and public history in the field of historic house museums in Oregon, looking at two case studies that are undergoing processes of reinterpretation. The first chapter provides a brief history of heritage preservation in the United States…

Historic societies and museums, large and small, are facing the issue of overcrowding within their collection storage spaces. The smaller private museums, and historic houses and societies, often have been growing without the guidance of an accession plan and now find themselves…

There are numerous ways in which heritage can be managed and presented to the public, such as: physical museums, virtual museums, tours of historic homes, and archaeological parks. For this project, I participated in and observed heritage preservation management under a unique p…