by American Association for State and Local History | Oct 14, 2022 | Beyond the Commonwealth, History News, Museums, News, The Profession
Change is Required: Preparing for the Post-Pandemic Museum, the newest book in the American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) Book Series, is about the future of American museums. Museums were powerfully affected by the nested crises of the pandemic. In...
by Westborough Center | Sep 16, 2022 | Museums, The Kiosk
Westborough’s Second Meeting House The Inspired Origins of the New England Town Meeting On Monday, October 17, Westborough will go to Town Meeting to decide some important issues, not least is the fate of the proposed renovation of the Westborough Public Library. As...
by Westborough Center | Aug 19, 2022 | Museums, The Kiosk
Film still from “Citizen Kane.” Ironies of History and Collecting We often bemoan change. We mourn when an old building is torn down and replaced with a new one. We pause and reflect when we learn that the last person who lived through an important event passes away,...
by Westborough Center | Jul 15, 2022 | Museums, The Kiosk
Columbus landing on Hispaniola, Dec. 6, 1492; greeted by Arawak Indians – ca. 1594 (Library of Congress) The Documentation of Westborough History I often assert that Westborough is the best town for studying rural life in eighteenth-century New England. Why? Because...
by Westborough Center | Jun 17, 2022 | Museums, The Kiosk
America, from “Europa, Asia, America, Africa” (Library of Congress, n.d.) We Are More American Than We Think Liberté, égalité, fraternité (“Liberty, equality, fraternity”) E pluribus unum (“Out of many, one”) Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness These famous...
by Westborough Center | May 20, 2022 | Museums, The Kiosk
Permaculture Each year, I try to build my gardening skills by modestly improving my garden plot or by planting a new kind of vegetable. This spring I am upping my horticultural game by reading Gaia’s Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture by Toby Hemenway. My...
