Conversations on the Commons: Exhibits: What’s A Small Museum to Do? Part 2

by Massachusetts History Alliance | Mar 18, 2024 | Conversations on the Commons Archive, News, Publick Occurences

Friday, March 22, 2024, 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. A Conversation on the Commons featuring Will Twombly (Spokeshave Design) and Alex Griswold. We’ve all visited exhibits in larger museums that lead us to scratch our heads in envy. So smart, so wonderfully inviting to...

Conversations on the Commons: Exhibits: What’s A Small Museum to Do? Part 1

by Massachusetts History Alliance | Mar 15, 2024 | Conversations on the Commons Archive, News, Publick Occurences

Friday, March 15, 2024, 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. A Conversation on the Commons featuring Rachael Robinson (Sudbury Historical Society), Ray Radigan (Memorial Hall Museum, and Lindsay Kruzlic (Memorial Hall Museum) We’ve all visited exhibits in larger museums that lead us to...

Conversations on the Commons: Navigating Born-Digital Materials

by Massachusetts History Alliance | Feb 19, 2024 | Conversations on the Commons Archive, News, Publick Occurences

Friday, February 23, 2024, 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. A Conversation on the Commons featuring Elizabeth O’Connell (Massachusetts Archives), Amita Kiley (Lawrence History Center), and Penni Martorell (Wistariahurst) Social media posts, correspondence, oral histories, videos of...

Conversations on the Commons: Planning for Change

by Massachusetts History Alliance | Jan 18, 2024 | Conversations on the Commons Archive, News, Publick Occurences

Friday, January 19, 2024, 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. A Conversation on the Commons featuring Kayla Coleman (NEMA) and Susan Robertson (Gore Place) Despite the fact that we are all planning to live forever, sooner or later our organizations must grapple with the issue of...

History Studio: Has Anyone Seen $500 Million in Missing Art?

by Massachusetts History Alliance | Nov 19, 2023 | Conversations on the Commons Archive, History Studio, News, Publick Occurences

Friday, December 1, 2023, 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. A History Studio featuring Bob Ainsworth, historical fiction author St. Patrick’s Day, 1990. Two men dressed as Boston cops entered the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, stayed for about 90 minutes, and left with 13 pieces of...

Conversations on the Commons: Oh Snap! Photography in Collections

by Massachusetts History Alliance | Nov 19, 2023 | Conversations on the Commons Archive, News, Publick Occurences

Friday, December 8, 2023, 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. A Conversation on the Commons featuring Ron Polito (UMass Boston) and Martha Mahard (Simmons University) They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but what if it has no date, place, or known face? Panelists Martha Mahard...