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From the yearly archives: 2006
A year ago the American Association of Museums Museum News carried an article by James Chung and Tara May, “X Tended Family: Attracting the Post-Boomer Audience.” (Nov/Dec 2005) Their conclusion was: The desire to fortify families and community life isnt necessarily new or unique to Generation X. But what does differentiate Xer parents from the [...]
Are the times truly a-changing? One of the things I’ve noticed traveling the length and breadth of the State of Minnesota is a subtle shift in how the public uses local historical organizations. Many of you have noted not many visitors come to see exhibits any more. When people come it is for a personal [...]
On a recent visit to a local historical organization, we learned that they were having difficulty connecting recently arrived citizens to the history of their area. They also noted that not many of the older people were left who remembered the way things used to be. This organization is in the Twin Cities suburbs, but [...]
From the H-Public Listserv: I am doing some thinking about the role of permanent/long-term exhibits at small history museums, particularly local history museums. I have observed that most local history museums feel they need a permanent/long-term overview exhibit that tries to tell the story of their locality. Many of us working in these museums, attempting to [...]
As Mary noted, some of the hot-linked names send users right back to the Blog, rather than to an intended destination. Many of those were me. The staff of the IT Department at MHS has discovered the trouble. The program does not recognize URLs without the “http://” code in front of the URL. So, to [...]
From the National Committee on Planned Giving website: In August, H.R. 4, the Pension Protection Act of 2006 became law. This bill contains a two-year IRA Charitable Rollover provision that will allow people age 70 1/2 or older to exclude up to $100,000 from their gross income for a taxable year for cash gifts directly [...]
Sole staff people often face steep morale challenges. How do those of you who are alone in your museums do it all? Id especially appreciate some tips on gaining perspective on work when the work is overwhelming, work-life balance, and scoring excellent volunteers. Good thing I like my job! Thanks, Claudia Print PDF
Recently the National Council on Public History has been discussing this question through its forum. Does one need a degree? If so, to what level is necessary? How much does experience count? This is fairly broad question, and I will be curious to learn thoughts from the field in Minnesota. What prompts the question for [...]
“Museum Store” sales can often be an underrated channel of support for Minnesota’s local history organizations. In the 2005 survey MHS (read the results on page 4-6) asked about income and expenses at local historical organizations in Minnesota. There were 105 that reported operating a museum store. Only two lost money, and those amounts were [...]
Do you accept credit cards as payment for services rendered at your museum/historical society? If so, how did you set up the system? What company are you using? Anything else we should know before embarking on this path? – Mary Warner, Museum Manager, Morrison County Historical Society. Print PDF
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