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History Overnight
by David Grabitske
on October 6, 2010
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· in Collections, Education, Fundraising, Interpretation, Local History Standards, Marketing, Nonprofit Issues, Security, Visitation
MinnPost on Saturday October 2, 2010, ran an article on Linden Hills, a two-mansion historic site complex in Little Falls, that discussed the competing concerns when a house museum allows for overnight stays. This blend between historic house museum and bed & breakfast is not surprising considering the economic times. Small nonprofits need to look under [...]
Education Outreach at the Minnesota Historical Society recently took a survey of how history education works at local historical organizations in our state. One of the more compelling statistics that emerged from those that answered relates to financially planning to accomplish mission. One of the questions was whether or not the organization had a line [...]
Related to the History Museums as a Gathering Place discussion, there are always lots of events at historic sites toward the end of October to mark Halloween. Some are labeled as spooky or scary; some as for the family; and some are clearly educational, such as the many cemetery walks that local historical organizations present. [...]
At the Martin County Historical Society, our programming consists of PowerPoint presentations during the summmer months on various topics and school tours. We are now looking to expand on our current programming to potentially year round adult and youth programming. Our PowerPoints usually bring in a dozen or more people on the average. I’m thinking [...]
Boy Scout Centennial Traveling Exhibit
by David Grabitske
on February 29, 2008
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· in Advice, Available, Collections, Education, Exhibits, Interpretation, Partnerships
The North Star Museum of Boy Scouting and Girl Scouting plans to produce a traveling exhibit that would be available to county and local historical societies beginning in the Boy Scouts of America‘s centennial year of 2010. The exhibit will be similar to the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibit Service‘s (SITES) “Museum on Main Street” program: easy-to-install [...]
Do you have a successful program for working with groups of Scouts either Girl Scouts or Boy Scouts? Scouts are always looking for activities, whether it is a field trip, service project or badge earning activity. Museums are always looking for new audiences. How do we get these two together? Share some successful and [...]
Guidestar recently carried an article Is Your Organization Ready for “The Boom”? by Christine Litch that notes the impending retirement of the Baby Boom generation and its potential impact for nonprofit organizations. AASLH’s “History News” Summer 2007 issue has an article “A Golden Age for Historic Properties” by John Durel and Anita Nowery Durel that [...]
Intercollegiate Studies Institute’s “The Coming Crisis in Citizenship” notes that college students do not know their American history very well. Studies like this come along quite often, so this suggestion was not very new. One of the recommendations is to make institutions of higher education more accountable to their “fundamental responsibility” to educate its students [...]
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 [...]
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