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Calgary 2014 update!
From conference chair Susan Reckseidler: The 2014 Conference planning team spent a great day touring Southern Alberta to plan out one of the site visit days…just a hint of what the folks at...
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2014 Conference Update – Bar U Ranch
Enjoy this little preview of the Bar U Ranch from Conference Chair Susan Reckseidler: The second stop on our trip through the rolling foothills of Southern Alberta will be the Bar U Ranch National...
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Board conference call update:
Here’s a little update from ALHFAM President Debra Reid: The ALHFAM board held its regular conference call on September 6, Friday. The calls help the board members maintain communication between the...
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Tri Regional update!
Notes from the field….. From President Debra Reid: Coming to you from Nevada City, Montana. . . the Tri-regional conference (Mountain-Plains, West, and Western Canada) has launched with 68 registrants...
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Updates from Montana…
Susan Reckseidler says: The keynote address at the tri-regional conference was delivered by none other than Calamity Jane… aka, Joyce Theirer, Phd, from Ride Into History. The key to successful Living...
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2014 Conference Update
Enjoy this update from 2014 conference chair, Susan Recksiedler: We look forward to welcoming you to Calgary next June… 249 days and counting! We’ve had a few queries from people working on their...
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2014 Conference Update
The deadline for proposals is fast approaching! Western Canada has always been a land of entrepreneurs, innovators and risk takers. From early explorers like David Thompson, to the settlers and...
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2014 Annual Meeting and Conference Fellowships
Do you need financial assistance to attend the 2014 Annual Meeting and Conference in Calgary? Why not apply for the ALHFAM Fellowship? Download the guidelines and application from the ALHFAM website:...
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2014 Annual Conference Update!
The 2014 Conference registration guide will soon be going to print. Thank you to all who submitted session proposals and have contributed to what promises to be a fabulous conference. To whet your...
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Conference Update!
Hot Off the Presses – Skills Workshop (June 21, 2014) There are still a few spaces available in this unique hands-on workshop during the annual Conference. The Strathmore Standard at Heritage Park...
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Join Us for the 2015 ALHFAM Annual Meeting in Williamsburg, Virginia, June...
The 2015 ALHFAM Annual Meeting conference committee is hard at work planning this coming year’s events, including the site visit days. On Sunday, June 21st, we’ll spend the day at Colonial...
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Annual ALHFAM Regional Auction is Here!
The annual ALHFAM regional online auction is on! There are already a few items listed, but many more donations are needed to make this fun as well as beneficial to the regions. Make your donations now,...
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2015 Annual Meeting Preview!
In response to many requests, here are preliminary details of the annual meeting so that you can plan now to be in Williamsburg, Virginia, this coming June! We are working to get registration...
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Apply Now for the ALHFAM Fellowship for the Annual Meeting!
If you need financial help in attending this year’s ALHFAM Annual Meeting and Conference in Williamsburg, why not apply for the ALHFAM Fellowship! Eligible candidates must meet ALL of the following...
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Interpreting & Plowing & Bookbinding & More
Many great opportunities to learn new skills, meet new people, and see new places are available in the next few months thanks to ALHFAM regional and Professional Interest Group gatherings. Take...
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An Anarchist’s Guide to Historic House Museums
Do guided tours of historic house museums make you want to curl up in a corner somewhere and nap? Image courtesy of the Nebraska State Historical Society I just finished reading An Anarchist’s Guide to...
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Is there “ . . . awkwardness in the pretense of the pretend . . . ?”
Dancer Betty Beh was a fierce pirate in 1929 and would have made a great museum interpreter. Image courtesy of the Nebraska State Historical Society “How many of us have cringed, if ever so slightly,...
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ALHFAM Annual Meeting & Conference in Baton Rouge–REGISTER NOW!
Yee Haa! Another annual meeting. Registration is now open for the 2016 ALHFAM Annual Meeting and Conference. Join like-minded people at the Rural Life Museum in Baton Rouge, Louisiana from June 12-16....
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Do Visitors Think We’re Eating Our Pets?
There’s no denying that lambs are cute Lately I’ve heard of negative visitor reactions to historic (and sustainable but open to the public) farm sites in regards to the animals they keep. It seems not...
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Canned Programming for Museums: Healthy?
Free Fritos (or witnessing a Fritos “free for all”–imagine!) would certainly draw an audience. So can “canned programming.” Image courtesy of the Nebraska State Historical Society I recently read an...
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