by Historic New England | May 20, 2022 | Beyond the Commonwealth, Blogs, The Kiosk, Uncategorized
“Watch This Space: Expressions of Queer Ecology by Maine College of Art & Design Alumni” at Jewett House | Historic New England May 20, 2022Painting by Mai Snow. Listening Mouth in Field, 2022 The exhibition is a collaboration between Historic New...
by American Association for State and Local History | May 19, 2022 | Beyond the Commonwealth, History News, The Profession
By Katie Stringer Clary, Coastal Carolina University, Conway, SC First things first: I am not a textiles conservator. I am a museum studies professor who has worked in museums for over a decade in a variety of roles including executive director and collections...
by American Association for State and Local History | May 17, 2022 | Beyond the Commonwealth, History News, News, The Profession
The American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) acknowledges the physical, emotional, and psychological impact that the mass shooting at Tops Friendly Market in Buffalo, NY, and the daily experience of racism have on African Americans and others in our...
by Historic New England | May 13, 2022 | Beyond the Commonwealth, Blogs, The Kiosk
May 13, 2022In object-based research, it is sometimes just as important to examine what is not shown as it is to observe and analyze the visible features of an object. I think of this as examining the “negative space” of a piece of material culture. The stories...
by American Association for State and Local History | May 12, 2022 | Beyond the Commonwealth, History News, The Profession
By Tony Pierucci, Chair, History in Our Parks Task Force Thousands of history practitioners work for public parks agencies. The field of history within parks agencies is extraordinarily diverse and runs the gamut from small, city-operated historic house museums to...
by Ben Franklin's World | May 10, 2022 | Beyond the Commonwealth, Podcasts, The Kiosk
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/benfranklinsworld/328_Milteer.mp3 We know from our explorations of early America that not all Americans were treated equally or enjoyed the freedoms and liberties other Americans enjoyed. Warren Milteer Jr., an Assistant Professor of...