Public History

02
Mar

Twitter as a tool for outreach

In an earlier post I wrote about the early buzz around Omeka, both in the forums and among education, museum,
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20
Feb

Omeka for All

As Steve Brier, Josh Brown, and Mike O'Malley pointed out in Episode 2 of History Conversations, CHNM'
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12
Feb

A Look Back at Braddock

Another episode of the History Conversations podcast has dropped. This time, the volunteer historians of the Look Back at Braddock
20
Jan

Forty Signs of Rain

This post may be even shorter than usual. I'm writing from Breckenridge, CO where I'm enjoying
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18
Oct

A Matter of Trust

I originally posted this at thanksroy.org, the digital memory bank we set up in Roy's honor. I&
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21
Sep

History Conversations

Well, nearly four months after it launched, I have finally managed to record and post the first real episode of
08
Jan

Practicing What It Preaches

I was happy to read in this month's Public History News that the National Council for Public History&
22
Oct

Colonial Williamsburg on SNL

Saturday Night Live had a funny sketch this weekend exposing the anachronisms inherent in living history museums and exploring how
03
Oct

Museums in the Metaverse

Late last week Richard Urban of Musematic announced the inaugural meeting of the "Museums in Second Life" group.
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27
Sep

Historical Marker Mashup

Many of you know that over the past year or so CHNM has been trying to secure funding for History
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