Reports from the (English) field

This month I’ll be joining a group of fifty professionals from historic sites and museums from around the world in the Attingham Summer School.  For three weeks we’ll be studying and discussing the preservation and interpretation of the English country house (including collections and landscapes) from the 13th century to the present day with field [...]

Cedar Rapids (Iowa) flood update: Museum of Art

Terry Pitts, Executive Director at the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art (which also operates the Grant Wood Studio, a member of the Historic Artist Home and Studio program of the National Trust) provided the following update via Lisa Stone at the Roger Brown Studio (another member of HAHS):
“The Grant Wood Studio is fine and the [...]

Blogging with Historical Documents

An interesting approach to blogging on historic collections is being taken by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.  Chewpapers.blogspot.com follows the efforts of several archivists in restoring and organizing a trove of documents recovered from the Chew’s family estate, Cliveden. The blog takes an interesting approach to the documentation by scanning the documents and [...]

Cliveden now part of the Network to Freedom

The National Park Service has recognized Cliveden, a National Trust Historic Site, as part of the “Network to Freedom,” a program that preserves, researches, and presents the history of the Underground Railroad and the struggle for freedom in America. This qualifies Cliveden to pursue federal grant funds to develop programming based [...]

AAM Conversation on Survival of Historic House Museums/Historic Sites

The Museum Group (a consortium of consultants) will continue the tradition of hosting Conversations at the annual meeting of the American Association of Museums. Ann Barton Brown and Laura B. Roberts will facilitate a discussion on “Historic House Museums, Historic Sites: Suggestions for Survival” on Sunday, April 27 from 1:30—3:15 pm in the [...]