President’s Message April 2024
Happy Spring ALHFAM Members! I am writing to you to share this quarterly report on the actions of the ALHFAM Board of Directors. The 2023-2025 ALHFAM Strategic Plan was adopted by the Board of Directors on February 13, 2024. It is standard operating procedure for the board to draft a strategic plan every couple of…
Curating Living History: Preserving Skills and Intangible Culture
The 2024 ALHFAM Annual Meeting and Conference Howell Living History FarmJune 7-10 and September 9-10, 2024 Learning by actually doing. Sharing practical knowledge. That is what ALHFAM is all about, and this conference is focused on the important skills that ALHFAM preserves, both for future staff at our sites as well as for generations to…
President’s Message Jan 2024
Greetings and Happy New Year! While reading a recent call for workshop proposals, I was struck with a thought I decided to contemplate for a few days. This thought is how much things have changed, but also how much they have remained the same. Prior to the pandemic, the Association for Living History, Farm and…
Advice from the Past: “Museums in Crisis” book review
I recently picked up a copy of Museums in Crisis from a pile of curbside books destined for the trash. Outdated or still relevant?
Death, Racism, and Intemperance:
A Social Historian’s Perspective on Living History and the Interrelation of Controversial Issues Excerpt of an article written by David Vanderstel, Conner Prairie, Noblesville, Indiana. To read the entirety of this paper, join ALHFAM to explore the A.S.K. database, full of challenging insights and ideas, past and present, for our members. Join today! For decades,…
Sauder Village to Host 2023 ALHFAM Conference
Nestled in the fields of rural Northwest Ohio is Sauder Village, Ohio’s largest living history museum. Since opening in 1976, Sauder Village has grown to a 235-acre complex with more than 350 employees and 200 adult and youth volunteers. The Historic Village preserves more than 75 historic structures and over 50,000 artifacts, which allow us…
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