Out With the Old Historic House, In With the New
We've all been reading about fresh and innovative ways historic house museum have met sustainability challenges, and stay relevant and valuable to their [...]
Everybody Has to Eat Lunch, and Other Lessons on Stakeholder Engagement
I’ve written a couple of posts recently about a program at the Alexander Ramsey House in Saint Paul called History Happy Hour. History [...]
When Now Becomes Then
Last year, a local historical society asked me to narrate a video they planned to sell as a fundraiser. The society had digitized, [...]
Invite Congress to Your #History Museum
We have the numbers from IMLS - over half of the active museums in America classify themselves as history organizations. Museums, historical societies, [...]