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Nine Organizations Earn StEPs Certificates in September

By |September 28th, 2016|Categories: Best Practices, StEPs|Tags: , , , |

We congratulate these members who earned StEPs certificates last month! The Standards and Excellence Program for History Organizations is AASLH’s self-study standards program designed specifically [...]

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Advocacy Alert: IMLS Reauthorization Introduced in Congress

By |September 28th, 2016|Categories: Advocacy|Tags: , , , , , |

IMLS Reauthorization Introduced in Congress Contact Your Senators Today Last week, Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) introduced S. 3391, the Museum and Library [...]

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Change and Grow or Shut Your Doors: A Volunteer-Run Museum’s Conference Takeaway

By |September 27th, 2016|Categories: Annual Meeting, Small Museums|Tags: , , , , |

Kathy McDonald, President and Curator of the Sebastian Area Historical Society, was awarded a scholarship to attend the 2016 AASLH/MMA Annual Meeting. You can [...]

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Close Encounters with the 18–34 Demographic – The Museum turns the tables to get in touch with a key audience

By |December 4th, 2012|Categories: Audience, Education and Interpretation, Programming, Visitors' Voices|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

How do you create a meaningful visitor experience for the 18–34 demographic—while also meeting the mandate of the Canadian Museum of Civilization (CMC)—in a world [...]

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Welcoming the Rechargers

By |November 28th, 2012|Categories: Audience, Education and Interpretation, Historic Houses, Marketing, Membership, Programming, Visitors' Voices, Volunteers & Docents|Tags: , , , , |

I’m writing this post on Black Friday.  As my family is enjoying our local Thanksgiving Day parade then racing from one store to the next [...]

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Tour “Too Rushed” Not About Time – Who’d Have Thunk?

By |November 26th, 2012|Categories: Education and Interpretation, Historic Houses, Small Museums|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

Digging deeper for information with visitors can really pay off in the long run. We can learn why they’ve said things and understand the real meaning.

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Report Cards – They’re Not Just For Kids

By |November 16th, 2012|Categories: Administration, Best Practices, Historic Houses, Leadership, Small Museums, Staff|Tags: , , , , |

Report cards help you see on paper how far you’ve come since your last evaluation. They also help you plot long-term and short-range goals, chart your energy savings, develop realistic budgets, and raise more money.

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