AAM’s 2021 EdCom Award for Innovation and Education Award – Pandemic Edition recognizes museum education programs that have been created, reinvented, or revamped in response to the pandemic. EdCom will present three awards: small museum award (less than $1 million annual budget for fiscal year 2020), mid-sized museum award ($1 million-9.9 million annual budget for fiscal year
Read moreUpcoming Classes Register for each class individually using the links below, or subscribe to LYRASIS Learning for access to all of our live, online classes and our full Learning Library. Copyright 101 2/24/2021 1:00 – 2:30 Eastern, free session Heather Briston,Head of Curators and Collections, UCLA Library and Melissa Smith Levine, Director, Copyright office, University
Read moreHave you read a great new book about archives? Encountered a new documentary publication that is head and shoulders above the rest? Has a new web publication really stood out to you? If you have, please consider nominating it for the Society of American Archivists Waldo Gifford Leland Award. Nomination forms, a list of previous
Read moreThe Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums (MAAM) is excited to announce two recipients for this year’s Building Museums™ Symposium’s Buildy Award: The Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture and the Louisiana Children’s Museum. The Buildy Award recognizes both museums for their leadership and exemplary accomplishment through the planning, construction, and life after opening.
Read moreThursday, January 14, 7:00 – 8:00 p.m. Register today at: https://my.historicnewengland.org/6800/vic-furniture For decades, designers and tastemakers have reviled Victorian furniture. In this online talk, Senior Curator of Collections Nancy Carlisle presents an illustrated lecture exploring the highs and lows of Victorian furniture design and suggests that its bad rap has more to do with late nineteenth-century attitudes
Read moreThe National Council on Public History (NCPH) and the American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) have launched an online survey about sexual harassment and gender discrimination in public history. This effort is the culmination of more than a year of work by members of NCPH’s Board-Led Subcommittee on Gender Discrimination and Sexual Harassment, co-chaired by Kristen Baldwin
Read moreDate: Sunday, January 10, 2021Time: 10:00am – 4:00pm (Eastern Time)Virtual Platform: HopinRegister online today! Join the NYCMER community and education professionals from across the country for a full day of presentations and workshops tailored to your needs, no matter where you are in your museum education career. Let’s all work towards our 2021 career resolutions as we continue
Read moreNew deadline is Friday, January 15th, midnight Got your proposal? Submit today! https://www.eventsquid.com/event/11514 AAMG’s 2021 conference will explore how academic museums and galleries are fostering wellness and embracing new understandings of equity in the midst of one of the most challenging social, political, and economic periods in American history. This year’s conference aims to find new paths and
Read moreIn 2018, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History launched its first-ever “Do-it-Yourself” (DiY) exhibition, providing ready-to-print digital files and other resources free of charge to venues ranging from museums and libraries to health centers and public parks. DiY exhibits are designed to be flexible and adaptable to diverse locations and budgets. They currently offer three exhibits: Outbreak:
Read moreAfter much thought and consideration, AASLH has decided to do a hybrid onsite/virtual meeting in 2020. This gives you two opportunities to present a session or workshop to your colleagues. The onsite meeting will be in Little Rock, AR, on September 22-25. The virtual meeting date has not been announced but will be in September
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