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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...
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Truth in advertising: I like workbooks. There, I've said it. I like the comfort of step-by-step, self-paced guidance, and I really like setting my historical society's priorities based on accepted "best practices" devised by experts in my field. After all, who wants to reinvent the wheel?If you find yourself in a leadership position - paid or volunteer - in a museum or historical society that you know needs practical guidance, the American Association for...
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COSTEP-CT: Connecting first responders and cultural heritage organizations during emergencies to protect and save our cultural treasures.Fire. Floods. Tornados. These are just some of the disasters Connecticut's cultural heritage institutions and their communities faced in 2010. Just as it is human nature to save our personal history, so too must our communities' cultural and historic resources be preserved to help rebuild lives and families, to continue to remind us of what we've done and...
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The HRC thanks Eloise Scroggins for serving as guest author for the following entry. Eloise is the Director of Exhibitions Research and Development at the Indiana Historical Society (IHS). She has been with the IHS for 12 years, overseeing the research, writing, and selection of graphics and artifacts for exhibitions within the Indiana History Center. Her primary responsibilities these days surround content development for the IHS's "You Are There" (YAT) exhibition series, including the...
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Welcome to the second installment of Snapshots!, an HRC column that examines museums through interviews with the people who know them best--their directors, curators, and educators. This issue of Snapshots! asks museum professionals the question, "How do you interpret the holidays at your institution?" Snapshots! is written by Anne Farrow, senior content editor for the Encyclopedia of Connecticut History Online and a frequent contributor to the Heritage Resource Center. Snapshot 4 of 4: Rough...
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