A Plan for Making county History the Main Theme of Historic Site Interpretation

FAIN: GM-10939-77

Columbia County Historical Society (Kinderhook, NY 12106-2200)
Ruth Piwonka (Project Director: May 1977 to present)

To make county history the main interpretative theme of two restoration house museums. The houses convey visual information about the way of life in the county in the Colonial and Federal periods. Project would create a handbook to inform staff and volunteer guides of the significant history of these two periods in the county. Site visitors would benefit from the increased information made available to them.