Education & Interpretation

>15M Tourists, <2M Locals: Creating Sustainable Authenticity in the French Quarter by Expanding the Local Impact of a Museum

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With the opening of a 36,000-square-foot expansion in early 2019, The Historic New Orleans Collection (THNOC) located in the city’s French Quarter seeks to expand its local audience and ensure the sustainability of the iconic neighborhood’s authenticity, better serving New Orleans as a meaningful historic resource. The session discusses the intent of the expansion and the process of building it, the relevance of the building and site to the interpretive program, and achieving audience expansion through educational outreach in the new facility.

Learning Objectives:

• Describe the importance of a history museum in maintaining the vibrancy of a historic district while facing ever-growing tourism impacts.
• Conduct an assessment of museum locations and determine the feasibility of more storytelling based on tangible aspects of buildings and neighborhoods.
• Compare the iconic French Quarter to home locations of other museums.

Presenter(s)

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  Daniel Hammer

  Vice President/ Deputy Director
  The Historic New Orleans Collection
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  John Lawrence

  Director of Museum Programs
  The Historic New Orleans Collection
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  Jenny Schwartzberg

  Curator of Education
  The Historic New Orleans Collection