by Matthew Friedman | Jan 3, 2022 | Conversations on the Commons Archive, Video
Annual Fund Drives, Giving Tuesday, membership drives, end of year giving, holiday bake sales. Do you do any of these? All of these? How do you ask for money? Does the membership model still work for 2022? If so, how do you administer it? Index cards? Excel sheet? A...
by Matthew Friedman | Nov 23, 2021 | Conversations on the Commons Archive, Video
You’ve probably heard about Critical Race Theory in the news lately, but do you know what it is? Have you addressed it at your museum or historic site? Should you? Do you know how to? What is the difference between Critical Race Theory and African American...
by Matthew Friedman | Oct 26, 2021 | Conversations on the Commons Archive, Video
How do academic scholars and local museums and historical societies work together? Has your museum worked with scholars and/or researchers? Do you have a long term working relationship with a researcher or public history scholar? What have they worked on for you? How...
by Matthew Friedman | Oct 25, 2021 | Conversations on the Commons Archive, Video
How do local organizations and towns think about Indigenous history and perspective in their own community histories? What are practical ways that we, as members of cultural organizations, can integrate these perspectives into the programs, language, and conversations...
by Matthew Friedman | Sep 29, 2021 | Conversations on the Commons Archive, Video
What do you do, and how well does it work? What does not work? Join our panelists, Sabrina Kaplan, Outreach Manager at the Duxbury Rural and Historical Society, and John Galluzzo, President of the Hanover Historical Society, in discussing taking history across town....
by Matthew Friedman | Jul 15, 2021 | Conversations on the Commons Archive, Video
Conversations on the Commons was the MHA’s response to the pandemic. Like everyone else, we worked on making hay out of our limitations. Restrictions have been lifted–now what? Are you still requiring masks? Have you changed your timed ticketing process?...
