Heritage Consulting Inc. is a woman-owned business that provides assistance to non-profit organizations, government agencies and corporate clients nationwide in three practice areas: downtown and commercial district revitalization, historic preservation and non-profit organizational development. Donna Ann Harris is the firm's principal and has over twenty years of experience as a trainer, program designer and manager in the historic preservation field.



Heritage Consulting, Inc. has a particular expertise in non-profit organizational development issues and can provide long or short term assistance in downtown revitalization planning, partnership development, sustainable funding strategies including establishing business improvement districts, and strategies and planning for reuse of non-profit/government owned historic structures.
"New Solutions for House Museums" now available
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Donna's recent book New Solutions for House Museums: Ensuring the Long-Term Preservation of America’s Historic Houses is viewed as a “must read” in the house museum and historic preservation field. The book is being used in graduate school classes in museum studies, historic preservation and public history programs across the country. Published by AltaMira Press in 2007, Donna’s book is part of a joint publishing agreement between AltaMira Press and the American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) to identify important books in the field. Donna has published articles about reuse of historic house museums in History News and Forum Journal from her research for the book. Since 2007 Donna has been asked to speak at more than 30 national, regional and statewide conferences about her house museum research and consulting work. Find out about why the house museum model for preserving older homes no longer works and Donna’s take on a broad range of alternatives to save these landmarks for future generations. Order your copy today from Amazon.com. |

