Category Archives: historic houses

Farmer Tom…Forgotten?

Posted on July 25, 2019 by

by Jessica Michonski To visit the home of a historical figure is always an experience to be partaken…especially for a historian. In July 2019, I had the privilege to visit Monticello – Jefferson’s estate in the mountains of Virginia – … Continue reading →

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Have Actors, Will Travel!: Reconnecting Hawaiʻi and New England through the Humanities

Posted on July 2, 2019 by

by Mike Smola Hawaiian Mission Houses Historic Site and Archives has spent the last eight years developing a very successful History Theater program through our Oʻahu Cemetery Pupu Theatre program. These are first-person, scripted portrayals of actual historical figures from … Continue reading →

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Colonial Cooking: When THEY Won’t Let You Use the Hearth

Posted on May 31, 2019 by

Excerpt of an article written by Clarissa F. Dillon, 2003, Past Masters in Early American Domestic Arts, Haverford, Pennsylvania. ALHFAM members can access the full text of this article and thousands more though the A.S.K. database. Not a member? Join … Continue reading →

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The Safe Handling of Objects

Posted on April 11, 2019 by

Written by Jamie Rigsby, Farmers Branch Historical Park, 2010.   ALHFAM members can access the full text of this article and thousands more though the A.S.K. database. Not a member? Join today! Few museums or living history sites have conservators on … Continue reading →

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Will Rogers Birthplace Ranch

Posted on February 8, 2018 by

On the final day of the 2018 ALHFAM conference one of our final stops will be the Will Rogers Birthplace Ranch near Oologah, Oklahoma. As the name suggests, the ranch is the birthplace of famed cowboy humorist Will Rogers. However, … Continue reading →

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#MembershipMonday

Posted on December 21, 2015 by

ALHFAM member Martha Katz-Hyman brought an article about marketing gift memberships during the holidays to my attention. The article from The History List gives helpful tips on how to make museum memberships attractive as gifts. It also suggests that  Monday … Continue reading →

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Tri Regional update!

Posted on September 20, 2013 by

Notes from the field….. From President Debra Reid: Coming to you from Nevada City, Montana. . . the Tri-regional conference (Mountain-Plains, West, and Western Canada) has launched with 68 registrants and sites with collections that make a curator drool. Kay … Continue reading →

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