House Museums in the Age of Trump
@ 6018NORTH
6018 N Kenmore Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Wednesday, August 15th, from 6PM - 8PM
House Museums in the Age of Trump
Often running against professional best practice, Franklin Vagnone frames his preservation and public history within an intimate backdrop of personal experience. Combining both visual and literary fragments, Mr. Vagnone will present examples of how house museums & historic sites are finding themselves at the center of cultural shifts and struggling to find a unique voice within the field of Public History and Preservation.
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Franklin Vagnone, Principal – TWISTED PRESERVATION: Cultural Consulting. New York City is a Public Historian, and sculptor who has been labeled a “domestic-archeo-anthropologist”. He leads the highly respected international cultural consulting firm: Twisted Preservation, facilitates the series “One Night Stand” overnights in historic house museums, and “Water Cooler Chats”, which to date, has readers in over 85 countries. (twistedpreservation.wordpress.com) (franklinvagnone.org).
Frank’s work ranges from miniature site-specific experiences, to expansive, conceptual, city-wide public history happenings. He is author of numerous articles as well as co-authored The Anarchist’s Guide to Historic House Museums (with Ms. Deborah Ryan) – a controversial book about preservation and historic cultural sites. The book, now in its 7rd printing since 2016, was voted best Museum Education-related book of 2015 by Museum Educator’s Monitor, and became #1 bestseller (Museum-related) on Amazon for February 2016.
His work has been recognized through numerous awards, and most recently Franklin was selected for the 2015 Museum Association of New York State’s prestigious Individual Achievement Award.
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