Place as a Museum

The Powel House museum is one of the 300 house museums in the city of Philadelphia. Do we need another house museum? My answer would be both yes and no. Places like the Powel House are so valuable, they show an insight into a way of life that is long gone and provided Americans with the basis of our history. The Powel House stood through the most formative moments in American history and witnessed the greatest events of all time. The Powel House is not only good for showing the basis of our country, but for analyzing the people who lived there which includes what they valued and why. The things they collected were important especially since it was around the time when collecting really started to catch on in society. For example the shadow rendering of Benjamin Franklin was ruined in order to make an inscription, a harried way to preserve the likeness so that future generations would know the importance of the previous generations. Beyond this the Powel House is an exceptional backdrop for the education of children who are not getting the same education that many people grew up with. With educational programs, the Powel House is taking the place of the school in some cases and giving kids a greater interest in their histories.  simultaneously.
Beyond the historical and educational, the Powel House and similar house museums are opening up the historical preservation to important hurdles and questions that need to be addressed before the field is expanded/imporved? How can museums be made relevant again? How do we address the way people think versus the way life actually was? Also, museums are caught at the crossroads of new generation and new idea versus old generations and old ideas of how things were and how things are supposed to work.

This leads to the other side of my argument against house museums. The Powel House has proven its functionality through giving help through providing educational programs to those who need it and still attracting a steady amount of visitors. The Powel House is a rare case because many house museums do not have the resources to fund programs such as education programs for those who are unable to have access to those types of programs on their own. Also, many independent house do not receive enough money from the government, etc. This means that house museums are privately funded which messes with the integrity and accuracy of the museums because they are expected to conform to the will of their benefactors. I instead would like the house museums to still function as homes but stay in their original conditions so the houses maintain their historical story.
So yes if house museums serve multiple purposes and are able to self sustain there should be more, if not the house should continue to serve as a home while being monitored to make sure they are keeping their historical backgrounds.