True Green / Our Historic Sites are the Real Deal and the True Green

Someone said to me last week that he thought I had the best job in the whole world. This happens a lot. Usually I scoff and make a snarky comment, and this time was no different, but last week  I was thinking I might just agree because I had two delightful positive trips to sites [...]

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NTHS Will Be Major Contributors to AASLH Annual Meeting

The Annual Meeting of the American Association for State and Local History is coming to Indianapolis on August 26-29, and National Trust Historic Sites will be coming as well in record numbers.  I’ll be moderating the “Measuring Success at Historic Sites” session on Thursday, August 27 at 8:15 am but other sessions will include presentations [...]

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Catching up with collections at Villa Finale

There are never enough hours in the day, are there? But don’t you feel– on some Fridays in particular– that you just don’t have the energy to launch into yet another big project? If you’re having one of those Fridays (I’ll admit it, I am!), why not divert yourself with tales from some of our [...]

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Better Boards Workshops exclusively for Historic Sites

Esther Hall will lead a Better Boards workshop for historic sites at the Inn at Woodlake in Kohler,  Wisconsin on November 6-8, 2008.
This workshop is limited to six Sites and each Site will need to send six people: the Site Director and five carefully selected Boardmembers (e.g., Chair, rising chair, etc). Thanks to a [...]

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Villa Finale launches blog

Villa Finale, a National Trust Historic Site under development in San Antonio, Texas, recently launched a blog at villafinale.wordpress.com to keep the community apprised of its work prior to opening in 2009. You’ll read postings from several different staff members about preservation, collections, local history, and programs.
If you haven’t noticed, all the blogs at [...]

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