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Beyond the Commonwealth
A New Staff Member’s Impressions of His First AASLH Annual Conference
Episode 339: Mary Sarah Bilder, Women and the Constitutional Moment of 1787
Exploring Buffalo History at #AASLH2022
AASLH Seeks Director for the History Leadership Institute Seminar
Episode 338: The Early History of the United States Senate
2022 Poetry Out Loud State Champion Named
03.17.2022 Caroline Connolly, Publicist for the Huntington Poetry Out Loud Congratulations to Ava Beringer from Masconomet Regional High School 2022 Poetry Out Loud Massachusetts State Champion Ava Beringer Masconomet Regional High School junior Ava Beringer was...
Women’s Work: The International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union
Mar 16, 2022Sharing updates and discoveries. March is Women’s History Month. While I think that every month is an ideal time to research, talk about, and value women in every facet of our history, I will always embrace the opportunity to join a broader...
Episode 324: Andrea Mosterman, New Netherland and Slavery
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/benfranklinsworld/324_Mosterman.mp3 After Henry Hudson’s 1609-voyage along the river that now bears his name, Dutch traders began to visit and trade at the area they called New Netherland. In 1614, the Dutch established a trading post...
AASLH Acquires the ARCUS Leadership Program
One of the most important things we do at AASLH is connect our members and others in the history community to professional development that helps individuals and organizations grow and improve. Today, we’re excited to announce that we’re expanding our comprehensive...
Announcing the 2022 History Leadership Institute Seminar Cohort
The AASLH History Leadership Institute is the nation’s oldest and most prestigious leadership program for professionals in the history museum field. Each year, the Institute hosts a Seminar which enhances the skills of leaders and prepares them to address important...
As language evolves, so do labels
As language evolves, so do labels | Historic New England Mar 8, 2022Historic New England strives to be inclusive and welcoming in all that we do – from our broad institutional initiatives to membership categories. There are many different family structures, all of...
Funding Updates
03.08.2022 Bethann Steiner, Public Affairs Director Budget | COVID-19 FY23 State Budget Process is Now Underway Mass Cultural Council testified last week before the Legislature’s Joint Committee on Ways & Means, outlining our case for a funding increase in the...
Teaching Artist Fellowships in Full Swing
03.04.2022 Amy Chu, Program Officer Creative Youth Development | CYD Fellowship | META Fellowship Screen shot of a jamboard compiled by Fellows in a training session led by Eric Booth. Mass Cultural Council is excited to welcome the first cohort of Creative Youth...
Mass Cultural Testifies on FY23 State Budget
03.01.2022 Bethann Steiner, Public Affairs Director Budget Urges Legislature to “Go Back to ‘88” The FY23 state budget process is underway! On March 1, 2022 Mass Cultural Council Executive Director Michael J. Bobbitt testified during the virtual budget hearing...
Honoring women
Mar 1, 2022 Honor the role of women in New England history with these special programs during Women’s History Month On March 16, Dr. Susan J. Montgomery presents Let Our Ancestors Rest in Peace: The Field-Hodges House and the Legacy of Sarah Moore Field, a virtual...
Episode 323 Michael Witgen, American Expansion and the Political Economy of Plunder
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/benfranklinsworld/323_Witgen.mp3 In the Treaty of Paris, 1783, Great Britain ceded to the United States all lands east of the Mississippi River and between the southern borders of Canada and Georgia. How would the United States take...
2022 Museums Advocacy Day
By Bethany L. Hawkins, Chief of Operations, AASLH On Tuesday, March 1, hundreds of museum employees and volunteers from all corners of the field came together to speak to their legislators about the current needs of museums and how they can help. For the second year,...
Historical Society Program: “Worcester’s Role in the American Revolution”
Below is a notice from the Westborough Historical Society about an upcoming program. Westborough also had an important role to play in the closing of the Worcester court house in 1774, so this program should also be highly relevant to our town. Tony Many students...
Fellow Mariah Gruner shares her experience with the collection
Feb 23, 2022Over the course of her IMLS grant-funded fellowship, Recentering Collections Curatorial Fellow Mariah Gruner will share updates and discoveries. Exploring collections Moving through the stacks and shelves of objects in Historic New England’s...
$352,500 Granted to Cultural Districts for Rebuilding and Renewal Efforts
02.23.2022 Luis Cotto, Program Manager Cultural Districts 47 state-designated districts awarded for stimulating cultural and economic activity in their communities 2021 Haverhill Art Walk (2nd Saturdays). This project received Cultural District Investment Grants in...
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