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The making of James Madison’s Montpelier’s “The Mere Distinction of Colour”...
Editor’s Note: Want to know more about what it takes to develop an award-winning exhibition about the lives of enslaved people at a founding father’s historic site? We did, too! In this series, we will...
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The making of James Madison’s Montpelier’s “The Mere Distinction of Colour”...
Editor’s Note: Want to know more about what it takes to develop an award-winning exhibition about the lives of enslaved people at a founding father’s historic site? We did, too! In this series, we will...
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The making of James Madison’s Montpelier’s “The Mere Distinction of Colour”...
Editor’s Note: Want to know more about what it takes to develop an award-winning exhibition about the lives of enslaved people at a founding father’s historic site? We did, too! In this series, we will...
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The making of James Madison’s Montpelier’s “The Mere Distinction of Colour”...
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Considering relevance
Aaron Genton, collections manager at Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill in Kentucky and co-presenter of the upcoming NCPH workshop, leads a tour at the Village. Photo credit: Tim Grove Does your...
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The making of James Madison’s Montpelier’s “The Mere Distinction of Colour”...
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“Voting in Shelby County”: a curator’s perspective
Voting in Shelby County exhibit entrance sign Photo credit: Shelby County Historical Society and Museum The Shelby County Historical Society and Museum (SCHSM) is a small organization situated in rural...
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A look at historical consulting
In the eyes of the uninitiated, historians spend their days flitting between worn library stacks and museum backrooms. They sermonize about a long-dead past and boast a novel, but not necessarily...
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Reflecting on “Our Only Alma Mater”
CCC enrollees repairing prism at the C&O Canal. Photo credit: National Archives at College Park. Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series of reflective posts written by winners of awards given...
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Apex and Oakland: Partnership for Black History education, part 1
Oakland Cemetery is a public park in Atlanta, Georgia. Photo credit: Historic Oakland Foundation Editors’ Note: This post is part of a History@Work series that complements The Public Historian volume...
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Apex and Oakland: Partnership for Black History education, part 2
Sunday in the Park crowd at Oakland Cemetery. Photo credit: Historic Oakland Foundation Editors’ Note: This post is part of a History@Work series that complements The Public Historian, volume 40,...
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How we grow: Supporting young professionals
Editor’s Note: This post is part of a series that illustrates the role of the NCPH Endowment in supporting and growing the field. To find out more about how the NCPH Endowment Fund supports the work of...
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Mapping Dissent: Queer and Trans resistance at UCSB
“Mapping Dissent” participants walking across UCSB campus holding testimonial signs and sledgehammers for installation. Photo credit: Bennett Barthelemy Editors’ Note: This post is one of two...
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Science and disability Q&A: Part 1
“What does it mean to be a scientist with disabilities?” exhibition detail. Photo credit: Jessica Martucci (used with permission from the Science History Institute) Editor’s note: this is the first in...
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Science and disability Q&A: Part 2
“How do you imagine the universe?” exhibition detail. Photo credit: Jessica Martucci (used with permission from the Science History Institute) Editor’s note: this is the second in a two-part series...
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Interview with Kayla Duncan of the Fulton County Remembrance Coalition
Editors’ Note: When the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) opened the Legacy Museum and the National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Alabama, in April 2018, grassroots Community Remembrance...
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Meeting people where they are: Reinterpreting Freeman Tilden
Cover of the fiftieth-anniversary edition of Tilden’s “Interpreting Our Heritage.” Image credit: UNC Press. Editors’ Note: This is one of two posts reflecting on a working group that met at the 2019...
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Excavating subterranean histories of Ringwood Mines and the Ramapough Lunaape...
Cover of book resulting from a project funded by the New Jersey Council for the Humanities that built on Anita Bakshi’s design studio class focused on Ringwood, New Jersey, and the Ramapough Lunaape...
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Excavating subterranean histories of Ringwood Mines and the Ramapough Lunaape...
View north along Interstate 287 at Exit 57 (Skyline Drive, Ringwood) in Oakland, Bergen County, New Jersey. Image credit Famartin This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share...
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Managing social media, doing public history
This summer, a team of National Council on Preservation Education (NCPE) interns oversaw the National Historic Landmarks Program’s social media accounts and explored firsthand how the creative chaos of...
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