Landmark Lecture: “In the Light of Their Original Function”: Armistead Peter 3rd the Creation of a House Museum
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Who is the man that turned his home into a museum, and how can a family home help us tell more than just the story of the Peter family? — In his 1969 book about Tudor Place, its final owner, Armistead Peter 3rd, commented that in the increasingly common conversations happening about old houses “they are hardly ever spoken of or considered in the light of their original function: to be a family home.” Five years after his passing, and in accordance with his wishes, his own family home opened as a historic house museum. Who is the man that turned his home into a museum, and how can a family home help us tell more than just the story of the Peter family?
