 |
HRC Home
> Community Center > Museum Education
No Child Left Behind does not necessarily mean No School Field Trips! Use the resources below to stay up to date with curriculum frameworks, current learning theories, and tips on how to engage young visitors.
Recently in
Museum Education
Category
|
|
In 2011, the National Main Street Center shared some great ideas for historic sites who manage volunteers on the National Trust for Historic Preservation's Historic Sites Weblog. The following article, "Main Street Advice for Managing Volunteers," is reproduced with the permission of the National Main Street Center and the National Trust for Historic Preservation."Main Street" is one of the flagship programs of the National Trust and offer lots of great resources for historic sites....
|
|
|
The HRC thanks Rebecca Taber-Conover for serving as guest author for the following entry. Rebecca is the Coordinator of Public Programs and History Day at Connecticut's Old State House. Who's heard of History Day? Have you ever heard of History Day in Connecticut? Right now approximately 1,000 Connecticut students in grades 6-12 are busy working on their History Day in Connecticut projects. Having chosen a topic based on this year's theme of Revolution, Reaction,...
|
|
|
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 past...
|
|
|
The HRC thanks Rebecca Martin, Volunteer and Tour Coordinator at The National Archives and Records Administration, for serving as guest author for the following entry. Rebecca has coordinated volunteers at the National Archives, the Litchfield Historical Society, and Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity. The following post shares tips and insights originally presented during her 2010 American Association for State and Local History Annual Meeting session in Oklahoma City, "Using Resources Wisely: Training and Evaluating...
|
|
|
The New England Museum Association has announced the theme for its 2011 Annual Conference in Hartford, "Museums in the Mirror: Reflecting Relevance in a Diverse Society." Those interested in the important issues raised by the conference theme will want to read veteran museum director Lonnie Bunch's new book, Call The Lost Dream Back. The book is a collection of essays written over the last twenty years that examine history, race, and the place of...
|
Previous Page | 1 2 3 4 5 6 | Next Page
HRC Home
> Community Center > Museum Education |
|
