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...
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...
Written by Kate Smith, originally published January 7, 2014 William Arthur Ward said, “Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.” Are we...
Written by Leann Rich, originally published January 21, 2014 Disaster struck my organization a few days into the New Year. A pipe on the second floor of The Arms Family Museum (a...
Written by Rebecca Larson-Troyer, originally published February 4, 2014 The Lorain Historical Society, formerly Black River Historical Society, has undergone some major changes over the past year. In early 2013,...
Written by Christopher Burton, originally published February 18, 2014 My wife and I travel a lot. Not the Caribbean cruise and backpacking through Europe variety – we love to visit...
The Massillon Heritage Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation, was formed in 1976 with the purpose of preserving and restoring Five Oaks mansion in Massillon, Ohio. Constructed in 1894, the massive...
By Andrea Brookover, originally published May 13, 2014 Many small historical organizations spend lots of time and energy developing relationships with K-12 schools in their regions, which is certainly a...
By Kasey Eichensehr, originally published June 10, 2014. A few years ago, the curatorial staff at the Clark County Historical Society did what a lot of local history organizations are...
By Leann Rich, originally published July 8, 2014. If you have limited resources for professional development, take charge and curate your own list of online resources for specific topics in...
By Rebecca Larson-Troyer The humidity and fluctuating temperatures of late likely have many of us thinking about the preservation and care of our collections. The degree to which changes in...
By Kate Smith We have spent the last two weeks focusing on internships from the perspectives of the host site and the college supervisor. Now, we’ll examine internships through the eyes of the student...
By Kate Smith We are in week two of our internship series. Last week we learned what internships can be like at host organizations. This week we’ll look at intern programs...
By Kate Smith Let’s face it – we all need a little extra help sometimes. Often, nonprofits don’t have the funds or resources needed to find and pay great employees. While it...
By Kasey Eichensehr Railroads brought changes and new opportunities to many Ohio communities in the 19th century. For Bradford, Ohio, the railroad was not only a major part of the town’s...
By Jim Geyer Local history organizations get excited about anniversaries. Bicentennials are really big, but 100th anniversaries are easy sells as well. Special programming and celebrations are great ways to get...
By Kasey Eichensehr A collections policy is a document that describes how you handle artifacts and archival holdings from donation to use to, possibly, disposal. In other words, who at your...
By Jim Geyer The John & Annie Glenn Historic Site in New Concord, Ohio, restored boyhood home of astronaut and Senator John Glenn, offers visitors a glimpse of life during the...
By Megan Smeznik Technology is with us everywhere. From our phones to the smart technology in cars, our world would cease to function without utilizing some form of technology each...
By Megan Smeznik In the cult classic films, Back to the Future, Marty McFly travels back through the future and the past with fantastic gadgets that have the power to...
November is National Native American Heritage Month, month to celebrate Native American Indian heritage and history since 1994. That’s great news for local history in Ohio, because this area has an...
By Jim Geyer Did you know that according to the National Trust for Historic Preservation (as reported in a recent article by Ruth Graham in the Boston Globe), there are...