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It’s Time for a Kykuit-type Conversation about Historical Objects
It is time to do for objects what we have done for historic structures and sites. For decades we assumed the “best practice” for such a property was to set it up and present it as a historic house...
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Here we go! Class of 2014 is underway.
Today begins the 2014 Class of Developing History Leaders @SHA. Twenty-one public history practitioners from across the nation have gathered in Indianapolis to learn from leaders, and from one another,...
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The Journey from Thought to Action Chris Goodlett, SHA Class of 2016 Kentucky Derby Museum It’s been about a week and half since I returned from SHA. I think about the experience daily and am still...
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Knowing Where to Look for Answers (or Artifacts)
Periodically, I take out the massive binder that I received my first day at Developing History Leaders @SHA in October of 2012. As my desk groans under its weight, I flip through its pages and look for...
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The Importance of Great Leadership (cannot be overstated)
By the time I attended what is now Developing History Leaders @ the Seminar for Historical Administration in 2005, the Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites had been through 6 different CEOs in 7...
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