New England Museum Association Young and Emerging Museum Professionals have a great upcoming workshop for those in the field looking for more information on how volunteer and internship positions help start your museum career. Registration has been extended through early next week – register early, …
From the Boston EMPs. If you’re not on their mailing list, shoot an email to the address below. On October 15th we will be hosting another National EMP workshop. The workshop will be based on curriculum developed by AAM and presented by Dan Yaeger, the …
Great event, free to the public. Check it out, and if you go, write us a recap for the blog! The report they’re talking about can be found here.
“Critical Conversations: The State of History in the National Park Service”
In 2012, the Organization of American Historians released a report
critically examining the state of history in the National Parks. Imperiled
Promise: The State of History in the National Park Service reveals the
findings of four historians who embarked on the study in 2008. The report
identifies and addresses thirteen areas of concern. Our discussions will
focus on the History/Interpretation Divide; Partnerships for History; Fixed
and Fearful Interpretation; and Civic Engagement.At “Critical Conversations,” NPS staff tasked with the myriad
responsibilities of engaging the public with the past at the nation’s
parks– interpreters, historians, curators, and their colleagues-will
reflect on the report and its implications, and brainstorm ways to meet
identified challenges. What will it take for the NPS to “recommit to
history,” and where we might go from here?Join NPS staff and the UMass Boston History Department for an afternoon of
two consecutive roundtable discussions where participants will reflect on
the major findings of the OAH report; discussion with the audience will
follow.The roundtable discussions will be followed by a reception.
Where: Massachusetts Archives
220 Morrissey Blvd., Columbia Point, Boston
3rd floor, Room 315When: Friday, November 2, 2012
Time: 1:00-6:00 pm
Free and open to the public. Parking available.
Co-sponsored by University of Massachusetts Boston History Department, and
Boston National Historical ParkQuestions: contact Jane Becker, History Department, UMass Boston
jane.becker@umb.edu
Just in case you aren’t on the NEMA mailing list, here’s a review of upcoming workshops by Dan Yaeger, Executive Director of NEMA: On Saturday, May 19, I will be personally leading a workshop called “Your Best Foot Forward: Personal Skills for Professional Success” at …
Until someone explained to me the idea behind the Historic New England paint archive, it had never occurred to me that shades of color could shift so dramatically, at least not in the recent past. Check out this interesting workshop and learn more about paint …
Today is the last day to register for the NEMA YEP workshop “LAUGH: From the Trenches – 10 Things I Wish I Had Not Learned the Hard Way.”
Here’s the description:
Thursday, April 12, 6:00 to 8:00 pm
Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library
700 Boylston Street, Boston, MA, http://maps.bpl.org/
Register at: http://nemanet.org/workshops/12YEP.htmThe wisdom of crowds is great, but how about learning from individuals who learned the hard way? This workshop will bring together a group of more experienced young and emerging museum professionals who will share the biggest lessons they have learned on the job thus far. Each panelist will cover ten lessons they have learned the hard way, from how to approach new problems, to discussing issues with Directors, how to work with difficult Board members and more. Ample time will be provided to ask these not-quite emerging, not-quite mid-career professions questions you have about the field. Amusement and laughter are also on the agenda, as learned lessons, despite the pain they may have brought on at the time, are entertaining in retrospect!
LAUGH Speakers:
Stacey Fraser-deHaan, House Manager, Wentworth-Gardner and Tobias Lear Houses Association,
Museum Educator, Ipswich Museum, and Program Coordinator, Haverhill Historical Society/Buttonwood MuseumsZerah Jakub, Visitor Services and Program Assistant, Old South Meeting House, and Graduate Student, Museum Studies, John Hopkins University
Amanda Kay Gustin, Researcher, The Mary Baker Eddy Library, and Graduate Student, History and Museum Studies, Tufts University
Melissa Higgins, Program Manager, Museum of Science
Phillippa Pitts, Gallery Instructor, The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and Web Content Specialist, The Mary Baker Eddy Library
Meg Winikates, Art & Nature Program Specialist, Peabody Essex Museum
Reasons you should sign up: