Nature as Living History: How to Expand Your Museum to the Outdoors

The Dawes Arboretum 7770 Jacksontown Rd, Newark, OH, United States

Has your museum thought about its outdoors as an extension of the collections?  Maybe your institution has a historically significant tree planted by the founder or a plant installed by...

$15 – $25

The Strategic Playbook: Intro to Strategic Planning (Massillon)

Massillon Museum 121 Lincoln Way, Massillon, OH, United States

Ohio History Connection Department of Local History presents The Strategic Playbook: An Intro to Strategic Planning for History Organizations Learn what strategic planning is, why it is essential for organizational...

$30

Toolbox Workshop: Historical Markers & History Fund Grants

Youngstown Historical Center of Industry and Labor 151 W Wood St, Youngstown, OH, United States

A two-for-one deal for our August Toolbox Workshop! The morning session “How to Win an Ohio Historical Marker” will be led by Laura Russell, the Historical Markers Coordinator at Ohio...

Free

Africans 400 years in America: “I Am An Answered Prayer”

Ohio History Center 800 E 17th Ave, Columbus, OH, United States

Hosted by the Spirituality Network recognizing the August 1619 arrival of 20 enslaved Africans at Point Comfort in the English colony of Virginia. Fashioned after traditional "Watch Night" services, the...

Free

A Walking Tour of Arcanum, Ohio

Arcanum Wayne Trail Historical Society 123 W. George Street, Arcanum, OH, United States

Come join us September 7 at 9:00 am at Arcanum Wayne Trail Historical Society. We will start the tour with a brief history lesson about our organization and the Louis...

Roan Smothers on Longtown in Darke County

Arcanum Wayne Trail Historical Society 123 W. George Street, Arcanum, OH, United States

Roan Smothers will speak on Longtown. Mr. Smothers in researching his family genealogy found that his mother’s families’ origins were from Longtown, in Darke County Ohio. Through his research, he...

Free

Engaging the Public Through Content Marketing Webinar

Online

What is content marketing, and how it can be used as a tool to share information with the public in support of your institutional mission? The Texas Department of Transportation...

Free

Incorporating Transportation History Into Exhibits Webinar

Online

Are you considering researching and incorporating transportation history into your museum exhibits? Learn about the many resources available from The Texas Department of Transportation and other sources, as well as...

Free

Preserving and Digitizing Glass Plate Negatives

Youngstown Historical Center of Industry and Labor 151 W Wood St, Youngstown, OH, United States

Martha Bishop, Archivist, Dr. Thomas Leary, YSU Professor of History, and Susan Lowery, Graduate Assistant Intern, discuss the glass plate negatives collection donated to the Youngstown Historical Center of Industry...

Free

Ohio Humanities Grants Workshop

Marathon Center for the Performing Arts 200 West Main Cross Street, Findlay, OH, United States

Ohio Humanities offers grants up to $20,000 for public humanities projects. Join Ohio Humanities staff for an introduction to the Ohio Humanities grants program and gain insights into formulating a competitive...

Free

Museum Relevance: Exhibitions for Social Justice Webinar

Online

Elena Gonzales, author of "Exhibitions for Social Justice," will discuss how museums can reach the whole population, rather than a dwindling half of it, how museums can develop more honest...

Free

Museums Advocacy: Out of Many, One! (Webinar)

Online

The oft-repeated Latin phrase “E pluribus Unum” is the nation’s traditional motto – but to Todd Kleismit, organizer of the annual Statehood Day event at the Ohio Statehouse, it can...

Free

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