by American Association for State and Local History | Nov 4, 2021 | Beyond the Commonwealth, History News, The Profession
By Jennifer Ortiz, 2022 AASLH Annual Meeting Program Chair What have you done that you can share with others to help improve the history field? Do you have a problem you would like help solving? Maybe there is an issue in the field that you think your peers should...
by Massachusetts Cultural Council | Nov 4, 2021 | History News, The Profession
11.04.2021 Bethann Steiner, Public Affairs Director COVID-19 Email your State Senator today – urge them to co-sponsor Amendment #2 to include artists and increase the level of investment The Massachusetts Senate Committee on Ways & Means has released S....
by Massachusetts Cultural Council | Nov 4, 2021 | History News, The Profession
11.04.2021 Bethann Steiner, Public Affairs Director Diversity Equity and Inclusion With the launch of our first-ever Racial Equity Plan, Mass Cultural Council is very pleased to announce the creation of a new Cultural Equity & Access Initiatives Team. Working...
by American Association for State and Local History | Nov 3, 2021 | Beyond the Commonwealth, History News, The Profession
By Heather Pressman, Molly Brown House Museum, Denver, CO History museums and historic sites are consistently the most visited type of museum, but what is the experience like for visitors with disabilities to a historic house or site? I’m the editor of An Accessible...
by Mass Humaities | Nov 3, 2021 | The Kiosk, The Profession
An Interview with Gina Ocasion, Coordinator of the statewide Massachusetts Clemente Course and Academic Director of the Springfield Clemente Course By John Sieracki, Director of Development and Communications John Sieracki: Tell me about your childhood and experiences...
by Massachusetts Cultural Council | Nov 2, 2021 | History News, The Profession
11.02.2021 Bethann Steiner, Public Affairs Director Folk Arts Congratulations to our own Maggie Holtzberg, the Agency’s Folk Arts & Heritage Program Manager, who has been elected to the Fellows of the American Folklore Society. In October, during the opening...