Create a Lasting Impression with Souvenirs
Written by Christopher Burton My wife and I travel a lot. Not the Caribbean cruise and backpacking through Europe variety – we love to visit local and regional history sites,...
Author: Ohio Local History Alliance
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Pivotal Year for History Fund – You Can Help!
Written by Andy Verhoff The History Fund grant program, which the Ohio Historical Society established in 2012, is made possible almost entirely because of the generosity of Ohio’s taxpayers. They...
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Four Simple Ways to Thank Volunteers
Written by Kate Smith William Arthur Ward said, “Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.” Are we doing enough, or anything for...
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Member Spotlight: Historic Roscoe Village
Roscoe Village, a living history community located along what was once the Ohio & Erie Canal, aims to preserve, restore and interpret Ohio’s heritage during the canal era. The village represents life...
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Electronic Membership Cards
In 2014, the Alliance will be moving away from traditional printed membership cards in favor of electronic cards. In order to receive a current membership card, your organization must have...
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Tell a Story in Images: Using Pinterest to Promote History
Pinterest, the simple social bookmarking website, has been adopted by history museums and societies to highlight collections, programs, events, and just about everything else. What is pinterest? Pinterest is an...
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Go Social at the Annual Meeting
This year the Annual Meeting is going social and encouraging all attendees who are Twitter or Facebook users to live-tweet the meeting with the hashtag #olha2013. Hashtags are used as...
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“More is better!”: Contributing to Historypin
Historypin, a website dedicated to creating an extensive collection of historical photographs cataloged by location and date, has benefited from the contributions of an Ohio local history museum. The Rutherford...
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Member Spotlight: The Anti-Saloon League Museum
The Anti-Saloon League, an Ohio-founded American temperance organization, led the crusade for a saloon-less society with the motto “The saloon must go.” From 1893 to 1933, the League was a...
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Updates on the Alliance Website
The Alliance website has been working on fleshing out its website with additions to its resources page. Check out: Grant opportunities Annual Meeting page Regional Meetings page Archive of The...
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To Have and To Hold: Museum Ethics for Letting Go
For more information on museum ethics, check out our museum ethics resource page. How can a museum deaccession its collections in an ethical manner? The city of Detroit is considering...
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How are we doing? We want to hear from you!
How are we doing? We want to hear from you! Tell us how we can better help you in this survey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/2W27ZS3
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The Report Is In – America Needs History
In 2010, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences formed a commission to study the state of, and need for, humanities and social science education in the U.S. The Academy...
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Another Independence Day: Why We Celebrate Juneteenth
Another Independence Day: Why We Celebrate Juneteenth A misconception among many Americans is that Abraham Lincoln ended slavery with the stroke of a pen when he signed the Emancipation Proclamation...
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Rescheduled: Connecting to Collections Workshop
Connecting Your Collections to Teachers and Students Ohio Historical Center, Columbus, Ohio Thursday, November 7, 2013 Through a combination of presentations, discussions, hands-on activities, and take-home materials, this workshop addresses...
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Advocacy for Historical Organizations
What is advocacy? Advocacy is the process of bringing about change that will result in public policies and laws that better your organization. Although advocacy can seem overwhelming, history organizations...
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Basics of Disaster Planning
Huge storms last week, right? Don’t be caught off-guard again. Protect yourself, your visitors, and your museum with a disaster preparedness plan. Preparing for Disaster Disaster can strike at any...
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Keeping Current with Blogs
If you’re like me, you have a stack of museum-related books, magazines and articles on your desk (or in your kitchen…or by your bed…) that you want to read. We...
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Outstanding Achievement Award Winners
The Ohio Local History Alliance has led the state in recognizing excellent projects, programs, and publications produced by Ohio’s historical societies, museums, and related organizations, as well as the individuals...
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Moving West (actually it was south)
Two years ago, the North Canton Heritage Society found out that its home for the last thirteen years, the 1929 North Canton High School building, was to be torn down....
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Lobby “lifeguards”can protect your museum visitors
Museum entranceways and lobbies can be like Grand Central Station. People are coming to visit the museum, eat in our restaurant, browse the gift shop, purchase tickets for up to...
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Nominations Now Being Accepted for 2013 Outstanding Achievement Awards
The Ohio Local History Alliance is now accepting nominations for its 2013 Outstanding Achievement Awards. Since 1960, the Ohio Local History Alliance, in partnership with the Ohio Historical Society,...
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When the Going Gets Tough: Confronting Difficult Subjects in Your Museum
Stepping into the world of provocative exhibition can be a scary experience if it is uncharted territory for you or your staff. The good news is that, if done correctly,...
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Take Your Site to the Students: Reaching Students Despite Field Trip Cuts
Written by Kate Smith Schools are struggling to make field trips to our local history sites for tours and programs due to reduced funding. Students in our areas are not...
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Six Lessons from Starbucks
Can museums learn about becoming extraordinary from a national coffee chain? On a hunt for best practices, the Dennison Railroad Depot Museum was convinced incorporating some of Starbucks’ philosophies into museum...
