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		<title>A Free Tool to Understand Your Community Better</title>
		<link>http://historicsites.wordpress.com/2009/11/30/a-free-tool-to-understand-your-community-better/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Max van Balgooy</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Claritas]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In an effort to become more economically sustainable, many historic sites are moving from out-of-town tourists to the local community.  Although sites are a physical part of a community&#8211;and have been for many decades&#8211;it is often difficult to make a connection to the people who live and work around them.  Both the community and the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=historicsites.wordpress.com&blog=2137914&post=2495&subd=historicsites&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Artifacts available for transfer or trade</title>
		<link>http://historicsites.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/artifacts-available-for-transfer-or-trade/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Max van Balgooy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Deaccessioning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Woodrow Wilson House]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A group of objects from Wilson House, a National Trust Historic Site in Washington, D.C., have recently been deaccessioned and are available for transfer or trade to another museum institution until December 23rd, 2009.  If you have questions about any of these pieces, or would like to know more, please feel free to contact John [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=historicsites.wordpress.com&blog=2137914&post=2504&subd=historicsites&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>PreservationNation.org has a New Home Page Today</title>
		<link>http://historicsites.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/preservationnation-org-has-a-new-home-page-today/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:56:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Max van Balgooy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Internet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PreservationNation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The National Trust for Historic Preservation launched its new web site home page today—a key step forward in a long-term project to upgrade and redesign PreservationNation.org.
The home page redesign is part of a multi-month project involving an array of staff and stakeholders.  Earlier this year we solicited feedback from groups and users from inside [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=historicsites.wordpress.com&blog=2137914&post=2506&subd=historicsites&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">PreservationNation home page November 2009</media:title>
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		<title>More Schools are Moving Online. Can Sites Get Involved?</title>
		<link>http://historicsites.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/more-schools-are-moving-online-can-sites-get-involved/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Max van Balgooy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Internet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elearning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Florida]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Online learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teaching with Historic Places]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A recently released survey on online learning policies at schools by the Center for Digital Education with input from the International Association for K-12 Online Learning shows that more than half of U.S. states now operate online-learning initiatives for K-12 students, an increase over the 15 states that did so just two years ago.   Most [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=historicsites.wordpress.com&blog=2137914&post=2493&subd=historicsites&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Belle Grove interprets Civil War sketches</title>
		<link>http://historicsites.wordpress.com/2009/11/19/belle-grove-interprets-civil-war-sketches/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Max van Balgooy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Collections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Interpretation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Belle Grove]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Civil War]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Belle Grove Plantation, a National Trust Historic Site in Virginia, was featured in the 1864 Civil War-era sketches of James E. Taylor, a sketch artist for Leslie’s Illustrated Magazine.  Assigned to follow Union General Phillip Sheridan, Taylor sketched many scenes from the Civil War, including the October 19, 1864 Battle of Belle Grove or [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=historicsites.wordpress.com&blog=2137914&post=2485&subd=historicsites&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Site Sign Photoalbum: now with more than 150 examples</title>
		<link>http://historicsites.wordpress.com/2009/11/18/site-sign-photoalbum-now-with-more-than-150-examples/</link>
		<comments>http://historicsites.wordpress.com/2009/11/18/site-sign-photoalbum-now-with-more-than-150-examples/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Max van Balgooy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Interpretation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Plaques]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Signs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[You&#8217;ll now find more than 150 examples of signs at historic sites and places in an online photoalbum (thanks, Picasa!) and we expect it will exceed 200 in the next year.  As new ones are added, we&#8217;re providing more detailed captions so you can better understand the context, materials, and fabrication, and you can [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=historicsites.wordpress.com&blog=2137914&post=2475&subd=historicsites&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Challenges at the Cooper Molera Adobe continue</title>
		<link>http://historicsites.wordpress.com/2009/11/17/challenges-at-the-cooper-molera-adobe-continue/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Max van Balgooy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Governance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cooper Molera Adobe]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Cooper Molera Adobe, a National Trust Historic Site in Monterey, California, is owned by NTHP and operated by California State Parks.  As you may know, California is one of the largest economies in the world and as a result, has been greatly affected by the recent economic downturn.  In September, California State Parks ended [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=historicsites.wordpress.com&blog=2137914&post=2471&subd=historicsites&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Give Your Site a Tune-Up through MAP</title>
		<link>http://historicsites.wordpress.com/2009/11/16/museum-assessment-program/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:09:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Max van Balgooy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Collections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Governance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Interpretation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[American Association of Museums]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Museum Assessment Program]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The entire process was very revealing and beneficial. There are many improvements we have made from our two MAP efforts.  &#8212; Flavia Cigliano, Executive Director, Nichols House Museum
The Museum Assessment Program (MAP) is an affordable way to strengthen your historic site and achieve excellence.  Within a year your historic site can complete a self-study, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=historicsites.wordpress.com&blog=2137914&post=2468&subd=historicsites&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Director Position Open at Hotel de Paris Museum, Georgetown, CO</title>
		<link>http://historicsites.wordpress.com/2009/11/13/director-position-open-at-hotel-de-paris-museum-georgetown-co/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:09:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>srast</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Buildings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Site Directors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Staff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colorado]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[historic site]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hotel de Paris Museum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[job opportunity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Society of the Colonial Dames in America in Colorado]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Hotel de Paris Museum in Georgetown, CO, is now accepting applications for a Site Director. The Director is the Museum’s chief administrator responsible for the overall management of its buildings, grounds, collection, staff, volunteers, store, and business office.
The Hotel de Paris Museum, a National Historic Landmark and a National Trust Historic Site, has been owned [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=historicsites.wordpress.com&blog=2137914&post=2464&subd=historicsites&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dwight Young is Digging Archaeology at Montpelier</title>
		<link>http://historicsites.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/dwight-young-is-digging-archaeology-at-montpelier/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Max van Balgooy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Archaeology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[James Madison's Montpelier]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, Dwight Young was on an archaeological dig at Montpelier, a National Trust Historic Site in Virginia.  He sent daily dispatches about the experience, starting on October 22 with his initial reservations (&#8220;33 years later and despite numerous “never again” vows, here I am again&#8220;) and his final thoughts on his week in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=historicsites.wordpress.com&blog=2137914&post=2451&subd=historicsites&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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