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[quote=Anonymous]Apologies if someone has already brought this up. Perhaps a slightly different perspective here as a museum professional...

Many historic sites are now making concerted efforts to tell a fuller story, including the darker aspects. Someone already mentioned Mt. Vernon. Williamsburg and Monticello are also more directly addressing the lives of slaves and the institution of slavery in their interpretations. These types of things do take careful research, consultation with stakeholders, and money. Of course, money!

Smaller historic houses are trying to make efforts to do these things too, but often are working with a smaller pool of money. Even the biggies like Williamsburg a struggling these days. :(

For many historic houses/sites, the PRIMARY source of funding is rental of their space for events. I don't know if this is still the case, but I worked for the National Building Museum in the 2000s. It's not affiliated with the Smithsonian (most people don't realize that) and runs as a non profit. During the time I worked there the bulk of it's funding (by a wide margin) was from event rentals. As in it wouldn't have been able to continue to stay open without event rentals.

So, while I'm not in the market for wedding venues at the moment ;) I think I would consider renting a former plantation if I saw that they were making efforts to provide full context and interpretation at their site. As a museum professional, I would recognize that my payment for a wedding was helping pay for some 3rd grade class to take a field trip and hopefully learn something.[/quote]

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