The Kiosk
Blogs
No Results Found
The page you requested could not be found. Try refining your search, or use the navigation above to locate the post.
Historical Societies and Museums
No Results Found
The page you requested could not be found. Try refining your search, or use the navigation above to locate the post.
Podcasts
No Results Found
The page you requested could not be found. Try refining your search, or use the navigation above to locate the post.
Beyond the Commonwealth
Serving Teachers in the Pandemic at Monticello
Photos courtesy of Monticello/Tom Daly.By Melanie Bowyer, Manager of Digital Media and Strategy at Monticello, Charlottesville, VA, and AASLH Educators and Interpreters Committee The Monticello Teacher Institute (MTI) is an immersive professional development...
Learning in Little Rock at #AASLH2021
By Dr. Jacqueline P. Hudson, National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, Cincinnati, OH As one of the recipients of the Douglas Evelyn Scholarship for Minority Professionals to attend AASLH’s 2021 conference, it was a great experience attending informative sessions,...
Gaming Mitigation Grants Available
09.29.2021 Cheyenne Cohn-Postell, Program Officer Gaming Mitigation Xavier’s – The Musician and the Mover presented by The Yard. A new cycle of Gaming Mitigation grants is available for FY22 from the Mass Cultural Council. The Gaming Mitigation Program was established...
MH Welcomes New Board Members
Bosco, Paris Jeffries, and Wang join statewide leadership. At its September meeting, the board of directors of Mass Humanities inducted three new members. Paul Bosco is a technology executive and advisor to early-stage ventures and visionary founders across the...
MH Announces SHARP Grants to 90 Organizations
Awards totaling $987K are made possible by NEH through American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. Mass Humanities has announced grants to 90 organizations across Massachusetts to support the response and recovery of the cultural sector from the ongoing impacts of the...
Testimony in Support of Rebuilding the Commonwealth’s Cultural Future
09.28.2021 Bethann Steiner, Public Affairs Director COVID-19 On September 28, 2021 the Legislature’s Committee on Tourism, Arts & Cultural Development held a virtual public hearing on bills regarding COVID-19 recovery. Mass Cultural Council Executive Director...
Episode 312: The Domestic Slave Trade
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/benfranklinsworld/312_Rothman_v2.mp3 The transatlantic slave trade dominated in North America during the 17th and 18th centuries. But by 1808, a different slave trade came to dominate in the young United States, the domestic or...
Halloween Happenings at Historic New England
Halloween Happenings at Historic New England | Historic New England Sep 22, 2021New England’s favorite season is officially here. Celebrate the turn of the weather with us at Halloween and fall-inspired events through November. See what’s happening in person, and...
Westborough Center Pastimes – September 17, 2021
Community, Memory, Stories Workers from the J. R. Cooper Co., a leather works, in front of the factory on Beach St., ca. 1880-1899. Hanging Out around the Rotary, by Brandin Tumeinski, 2018 “When a community loses its memory, its members no longer know one another....
Doing Justice to Military History in Little Rock
MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military HistoryBy Aaron Shuman, National Museum of the Pacific War, Fredericksburg, TX As a museum professional just starting my career, attending AASLH’s 2021 Annual Meeting is a really exciting opportunity. I recently joined the...
Episode 311: Religion and the American Revolution
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/benfranklinsworld/311_Carte.mp3 Investigations of the American Revolution often include explorations of politics, ideology, trade and taxation, imperial control, and social strife. What about religion? What role did religion play in...
EHP Affinity Committee Guide to #AASLH2021
By Casey Wooster, Chair of AASLH Emerging History Professionals Affinity Committee In the words of Lorelei Lee in the 1949 musical Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, “I learned an awful lot in Little Rock, and here’s some advice I’d like to share. . .” With the upcoming AASLH...
Celebrating local Burlington markets
Sep 10, 2021Historic New England celebrates the importance of local, immigrant-owned markets with More than a Market: A Walking Tour of Burlington’s Local Markets. The walking tours are on Saturdays from September 18 to October 30, from 10:30 a.m. to noon. The tours...
News and Notes for Homeowners: Passive Energy
Sep 9, 2021by Jennifer Robinson, preservation services manager, southern New England Energy efficiency is often understood as a modern concept, but New Englanders were managing thermal comfort and ventilation through passive design long before the advent of complex...
Historic New England launches plan to expand storytelling at historic sites
Sep 8, 2021Beginning this fall, Recovering New England’s Voices is a bold, multi-year initiative to take a more inclusive approach to sharing the region’s history. As the leading voice for the region’s history for more than 110 years, Historic New England is excited...
Older Entries
No Results Found
The page you requested could not be found. Try refining your search, or use the navigation above to locate the post.