New guest poster: Sarah Margerum is a certificate student at Tufts, and a volunteer at the Cambridge Historical Society. Meet the Hooper-Lee-Nichols House: I know, it’s a mouth full, but that’s what happens when a house has been around since 1685 – it passes through …
If you don’t have Saturday afternoon plans yet, check this out. (Even if you do have plans, you might want to cancel them for this!) On Saturday, October 1, 2011, Cambridge will again celebrate Cambridgeport History Day, bringing people together and creating a sense of …
Kristin Powers is finishing up her Museum Studies certificate with this fantastic internship:
Kristin Powers is the Public Relations/Marketing and Exhibits intern at the Cambridge Historical Society. A graphic designer by trade, Kristin is working with the staff of CHS, housed in the Hooper-Lee-Nichols House, a 17th and 18th century Tory mansion, to get the society on the map as a tourism destination, and a bigger presence in the Cambridge Discovery Days. Kristin is creating websites and brochures for new tours, such as a history of candy-making in Cambridge, using social media to promote events put on by the society, and planning and designing a small exhibit for Photo Archive Days. In addition, Kristin is working on an corporate identity manual, long-term media campaign, and helping the assistant director redesign the CHS website.
From Museum Studies certificate student Kristin Powers, who’s currently doing her internship with the Cambridge Historical Society: In July, people in Cambridge, Mass. will have the rare opportunity to see inside nine different archives. The third annual Open Archives Tour will feature private archives, city …