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By Scott Wands on October 21, 2009 2:55 PM Permalink Comments (0) TrackBacks (0)

StEPs: Standards and Excellence Program for History Organizations The HRC thanks Nina Zannieri for serving as guest author for the following entry. Nina has been the Executive Director of the Paul Revere Memorial Association in Boston, MA since 1986.  She served on the Board of the American Association of Museums from 1999-2002 and as Vice Chair from 2002-2003. She also was President of the New England Museum Association from 1998 - 2002. Nina recently completed a 4-year term on the Governing Council of... Continue reading StEPs: Standards and Excellence Program for History Organizations.

By Scott Wands on September 30, 2009 11:10 AM Permalink Comments (0) TrackBacks (0)

Museums, Libraries, and 21st Century Skills The HRC thanks Cinnamon Catlin-Legutko, CEO of the Abbe Museum in Bar Harbor, Maine, for serving as guest author for the following entry.  Cinnamon is an AASLH Council member and is program chair for the 2010 AASLH Annual Meeting in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.  Before joining the staff of the Abbe Museum, as director of the General Lew Wallace Study & Museum in Crawfordsville, Indiana, Cinnamon guided the museum to a 2008 IMLS National Medal... Continue reading Museums, Libraries, and 21st Century Skills.

By Liz Shapiro on May 13, 2009 4:34 PM Permalink Comments (0) TrackBacks (0)

La Piana Resources La Piana Consulting, founded in 1998, is a for-profit firm dedicated to strengthening nonprofits and foundations. Their mission is to improve leadership and management practices throughout the sector for greater social impact.If you really want the latest thinking on strategies - what they are, how effective strategies differ from what we *think* of as strategies, and how to inspire dynamic strategic thought in your museum, www.lapiana.org a great place to begin Once you're looking at... Continue reading La Piana Resources.

By Scott Wands on May 13, 2009 3:02 PM Permalink Comments (0) TrackBacks (0)

Connecting to Collections Resources The HRC thanks Kathleen Craughwell-Varda, Project Manager, Conservation ConneCTion, Connecticut State Library, in Hartford, CT, for volunteering to be a guest author for the following entry and for sharing her insight and experience with our readers.Trying to find reliable sources on caring for historic collections can be difficult, unless you know where to look. The Internet can be a wonderful tool for finding information and resources on collections care. Let me lead you on... Continue reading Connecting to Collections Resources.

By Laurie Rayner on May 13, 2009 1:32 PM Permalink Comments (0) TrackBacks (0)

Rethinking the Rembrandt Rule The recent data collected by Reach Advisors in the Connecticut Cultural Consumers Study initiated by the CHC and Connecticut Landmarks confirmed what I had always suspected about visitors and historic sites: people want to play house.Visitors want to get closer to the objects, they want to sit in the chairs, dine at the dinner table and attend parties. Children and adults alike want to dress up and experience the house as it once was.Think... Continue reading Rethinking the Rembrandt Rule.

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