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SUMMARY:Conversations on the Commons: Teaching New England Slavery to Kids
DESCRIPTION:Teaching New England Slavery to Kids\n \nA conversation with Kristin Gallas\, principal at Interpreting Slavery \nJanuary 7\, 2022\, 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. \nJoin us for our latest Conversation on the Common where we tackle the topic of “Teaching New England Slavery to Kids.” Kristin Gallas is the project manager for education development at the Tsongas Industrial History Center and recently published Interpreting Slavery with Children and Teens. Her work offers advice\, examples\, and replicable practices for slavery-related school and family programs at museums and historic sites. Come and learn with Kristin and share your questions and knowledge. We’d love to hear about the challenges you’ve faced\, as well as the great programs you have developed around this topic. Join us for an informative\, practical conversation with public historians across the Commonwealth. \nRegistration is free. REGISTER NOW!\n \nThis Conversation will be livestreamed. We will do our best to monitor your questions and comments during the livestream. A recording will be publicly available in the Conversations on the Commons Archive. \n\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				Kristin Gallas is a principal at Interpreting Slavery. She facilitates workshops for museums and historic sites on developing comprehensive and conscientious interpretation of slavery and speaks regularly at public history and museum conferences. She is the co-editor\, with James DeWolf Perry\, of “Interpreting Slavery at Museums and Historic Sites” (Rowman & Littlefield\, January 2015)\, and author of the forthcoming “Interpreting Slavery with Children and Teens” (Rowman and Littlefield\, September 2021). She developed the Tracing Center on Histories and Legacies of Slavery’s public history efforts and oversaw the design of workshops for educators. Kristin holds a bachelor’s degree in secondary history education from the University of Vermont and a master of arts in museum education from George Washington University. She has led the education and/or interpretation departments at the Montana Historical Society\, the USS Constitution Museum\, and currently at the Tsongas Industrial History Center.\n				\n		\n\nQuestions? Be in touch with Caroline Littlewood: commons@masshistoryalliance.org \n\nConversations on the Commons \nWhere people from Massachusetts history organizations get to vent\, empathize\, laugh\, complain\, think\, collaborate\, brainstorm\, plan\, and in general be up to no good.
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SUMMARY:Conversations on the Commons: All About Objects
DESCRIPTION:All About Objects: Artifact Care\, Description\, and Management \nJanuary 21\, 2022\, 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. *new time* \nWith Valarie Kinkade\, Principal of Museum and Collector Resource\, LLC\, and Stacen Goldman\, Curator at the Framingham History Center \nFiligree or verdigris? Crazing or cracking?  There’s a lot of talk about archival processes\, but what about object care and description? Do you know how to deal with that mildewed leather portfolio? Pigeon poop on statues or memorials? How do you tag a porcelain teapot? Describe an old painting?  What guidelines do you use? Do you have guidelines for your enthusiastic volunteers? Tell us about your projects\, share your sources\, and let’s connect over a conversation on object collections. \nRegistration is free. REGISTER HERE!\n \nThis Conversation will be livestreamed. We will do our best to monitor your questions and comments during the livestream. A recording will be publicly available in the Conversations on the Commons Archive. \n\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				Before beginning Museum and Collector Resource\, Valarie Kinkade worked for nearly 2 decades in curatorial and collections management in a wide variety of museums\, including the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History\, a Frank Lloyd Wright House\, house museums dating from the 17th and 18th centuries and as the Curator of the U.S. Coast Guard Museum. In the 1990’s she founded Museum and Collector Resource to address a growing need for short-term\, museum-quality collections care\, registration\, museum planning\, exhibit development\, research\, collections moves\, and collections management systems consulting. MCR clients include small\, volunteer-run\, house museums\, tribal cultural centers\, African American museums and HBC’s\, large historical societies\, art museums\, science centers\, religious institutions\, high net worth private collectors\, and multi-national corporations.\n				\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				Stacen Goldman has worked in local history for ten years\, and has been the Curator at the Framingham History Center for the past six. Her work is focused on democratizing historical collections and imagining creative ways of engaging with history through material culture. The goal of her work is to make people feel immersed\, empowered\, and emotionally invested in community history. Stacen holds a Bachelor of Arts in History from Bard College and a Master of Arts in History with a certificate in Historical Agencies and Administration from Northeastern University. She was previously the director of the South End Historical Society in Boston.\n				\n		\n\nQuestions? Be in touch with Caroline Littlewood: commons@masshistoryalliance.org \n\nConversations on the Commons \nWhere people from Massachusetts history organizations get to vent\, empathize\, laugh\, complain\, think\, collaborate\, brainstorm\, plan\, and in general be up to no good.
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