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Environmental Lessons Abound at Historic House Museum

House museums sometimes get a bad rap for preserving the past without providing relevant content or connections for current visitors, but the stately Hermitage Museum and Gardens in Norfolk, Virginia, has some surprises in store.

 In the early decades of the 20th century, William and Florence Sloane were civic leaders in the Chesapeake Bay area. His business was textile factories, and he became a leader as well in the...