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McLean House

The McLean House Parlor at Appomattox Court House National Historical Park, Va. Here Generals Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee negotiated terms for the surrender of Confederate forces in April 1865.

 

McLean House Parlor at Appomattox Court House

HFC curators have backgrounds in a wide variety of historic subject areas. Sound, thorough research is the foundation of a good exhibit. Often park personnel are too busy with the day to day operation of the park to spend the time required to adequately research a topic and provide information to the exhibit planner. HFC curators are skilled at relating objects in your collection to interpretive themes. If your exhibits have a historic theme, especially if there is a historic furnishings component to your site, HFC curators can efficiently provide the research both for the historically furnished exhibits and the traditional exhibits.

 
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