by American Association for State and Local History | Oct 14, 2021 | Beyond the Commonwealth, History News, The Profession
By Michelle Lopez, National Civil Rights Museum, Memphis, TN As one of the recipients of the Douglas Evelyn Scholarship for Minority Professionals to attend the 2021 AASLH Annual Meeting, I was able to connect with museum professionals in-person after only...
by Historic New England | Oct 13, 2021 | Beyond the Commonwealth, Blogs, The Kiosk
Oct 13, 2021Mellon Conservation Fellow Karen Bishop shares her process for creating a replica of a seventeenth-century carved drawer and box. A recent project in the conservation lab showcases one of the ways Historic New England’s Mellon Conservation Fellows gain...
by Historic New England | Oct 12, 2021 | Beyond the Commonwealth, Blogs, The Kiosk, Uncategorized
Oct 12, 2021J. C. Olmsted Home, Warren Street, Brookline, Mass. For more than twenty years, preservation groups, architects, historians, and community members have worked to ensure a long-term future for the home and office of renowned architect H. H. Richardson in...
by Ben Franklin's World | Oct 12, 2021 | Beyond the Commonwealth, Podcasts, The Kiosk
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/benfranklinsworld/313_Duncan.mp3 You know “America’s favorite fighting Frenchman” is the Marquis de Lafayette. But what do you know about Lafayette and his life? How and why did this French-born noble end up fighting in the American...
by Historic New England | Oct 6, 2021 | Beyond the Commonwealth, Blogs, The Kiosk, Uncategorized
Video: Climate resiliency at Historic New England | Historic New England Oct 6, 2021Historic New England factors the increasing threat of climate change into its plans to preserve historic properties. In the video below, Team Leader for Property Care Ben Haavik speaks...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Oct 6, 2021 | Beyond the Commonwealth, History News, The Profession
By Adda M. Santos, Somerville High School, Somerville, MA Attending the AASLH Annual Conference in Little Rock was an amazing experience! From the time I arrived in Little Rock to the time I left, I felt it was a privilege to be there. This year I was a...
