Web Sites for Historic Sites: What Visitors Want

A friend just passed along an interesting study by Kerry Bodine at Forrester Research, Inc. on “what consumers want on travel web sites”. The entire article is available for a fee at www.forrester.com but historic sites may want to review this quick overview if they are designing or modifying their Web sites:

Many consumers (33-46 [...]

Hotel de Paris Museum named National Trust Historic Site

The Hotel de Paris Museum in Georgetown, Colorado is now the 29th National Trust Historic Site, making it the first in the Mountain-Plains region. The Site is in the historic downtown of Georgetown, about forty-five miles west of Denver and tucked into the head of a valley and surrounded on three sides by steep [...]

Real Life “Indiana Joneses” on the Job at Montpelier

Hollywood’s most famous archaeologist will be returning to the big screen this week with the movie debut of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Though the action-packed adventures of Indiana Jones may inspire the fantasies of aspiring archaeologists, it is the real-life work that can be found this summer at James Madison’s [...]

Lower East Side Tenement Museum Honored at White House Ceremony

The Lower East Side Tenement Museum, a National Trust Historic Site, received the Preserve America Presidential Award, the highest award for achievement in historic preservation on May 12. First Lady Laura Bush, Honorary Chair of Preserve America, presented the award to Renee Epps, Executive Vice President, and Steve Long, Vice President of Education [...]

Bridging the Digital Divide between Sites and School Children

Sure, kids have long been attracted to extracurricular activities like dance or sports. But researchers say digital media is bringing up a new generation who are creators of media rather than just passive consumers of it. Within these digital environments among peers, kids who create and evaluate media are deriving a sense of competence, autonomy, [...]