Do you consider yourself a historic house museum “anarchist”?
Perhaps it’s time you should!In today’s world, it helps to have
practical, innovative, and sustainable approaches to interpreting
historic house museums within their communities. New York State is
home to a large number of historic house museums, particularly within
the Capital Region. As communities change in upstate museums, historic
house museums must adapt to provide engaging experiences that benefit
their local communities. Now is the time to introduce a little anarchy
in the historic house museum world.
The Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums (MAAM) presents the first
Cornerstone Learning event for Upstate New York’s Capital Region:
“New Ideas for Old Houses” to be held Thursday, March 23 2017 at
the Albany Institute for History and Art. Speakers, Cordell Reaves and
Franklin Vagnone, will introduce techniques for creating viable and
meaningful experiences in your organizations historic house museum.
Speakers, Cordell Reaves, Heidi Hill, and Franklin Vagnone, will
introduce techniques for creating viable and meaningful experiences in
your organizations historic house museum.
* Reaves, a Historic Preservation Program Analyst with the NYS
Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, has a
Master’s degree from the Cooperstown Graduate Program in Museum
Studies. Currently he is assisting in the development of
interpretive programs for many of the 37 state historic sites across
New York.
* Vagnone, co-author The Anarchist’s Guide to Historic House
Museums, is a Public Historian and "domestic-archeo-anthropologist",
with over 25 years of transformational leadership in non-profit
management, financial oversight, fundraising, strategic planning,
board relationships, award-winning cultural program & creative
place-making development.
This CORNERSTONE LEARNING EVENT WILL FOCUS ON BRIDGING RELATIONSHIPS
BETWEEN COMMUNITIES AND HISTORIC HOUSE MUSEUMS. Museum professionals,
consultants, historic preservation enthusiasts, and students are
encouraged to attend a day filled with educational information,
networking, and workshops. CORNERSTONE LEARNING PROMOTES MAAM’s
mission to support and promote excellence, ethics, and accessibility
in museum practices to make the museums of the Mid-Atlantic region
better able to preserve and interpret our diverse cultural,
scientific, and aesthetic heritage.
Contact: Averie Shaughnessy-Comfort, MAAM CORNERSTONE COORDINATOR AT
shaual96@oneonta.edu.
Photo Courtesy of Cindy Falk, Cooperstown Graduate Program
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