In May, the Connecticut Humanities Council provided stipends for four Connecticut museum professionals to attend the Institute for Cultural Entrepreneurship for Museum Leaders in Cooperstown, NY. This four day immersion program for mid-career professionals introduced the principles of entrepreneurial thinking with the goal of expanding vision and leadership skills. The program's training sessions were designed to serve as catalysts that challenge traditional models of museum work in innovative and creative ways. Over the coming...
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The HRC thanks Nina Simon, author of The Participatory Museum and the Museum 2.0 blog, for the following guest post. The Connecticut Humanities Council hosted Nina for both a general introduction to audience participation and a hands-on workshop for museums looking to increase visitor engagement around artifacts at the Connecticut Historical Society Museum & Library on April 18, 2011. Over 115 people attended, providing overwhelmingly positive feedback including: "I found ideas for participatory museums...
The HRC thanks Karin Peterson, Museum Director for the Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism, for serving as guest author for the following entry. Karin is responsible for the oversight of four state museums: Henry Whitfield State Museum in Guilford; Old New Gate Prison & Copper Mine in East Granby, Prudence Crandall Museum in Canterbury and the Sloane-Stanley Museum in Kent. Interpreting Historic House Museums edited by Jessica Foy Donnelly is a compendium of...
The HRC thanks Anita Nowery Durel for serving as guest author for the following entry. Anita has over three decades of experience in nonprofits and philanthropy. She is a partner in Durel Consulting Partners. She and her husband, John Durel, lead museum CEO roundtables nationwide. They work with CEOs, boards, and staffs to build relevant and sustainable organizations using concrete steps to fully engage the board in the development process, build staff teams, and...
The HRC thanks Cinnamon Catlin-Legutko for serving as guest author for the following entry. Cinnamon has worked in small museums for over ten years and is currently CEO of the Abbe Museum in Bar Harbor, Maine. Previously Cinnamon was the director of the General Lew Wallace Study & Museum, a National Historic Landmark site and small museum, in Crawfordsville, Indiana, where she guided the museum to a 2008 IMLS National Medal for Museum and...
