Best wishes to you all for a healthy, prosperous, and joyous 2017. Let's all look forward to the many opportunities we'll have to come together again for fellowship. --Deb Arenz
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Month: December 2016
Traditions-Change-Sustainable Future: AIMA’s 2017 Conference
The National Agricultural Museum of Estonia is pleased to announce the Call for Papers and information about CIMA XVIII – the 18th conference of the International Association of Agricultural Museums (AIMA). Save the dates: 9-13 May 2017; with an optional tour on 14-15 May). Plan to participate: propose a workshop, paper or panel, or join conversations around themes of interest to anyone involved with agricultural museums. These topics include:
- Sustainable agriculture – past and future
- Museum education and research
- Digital media and IT in museums
- Bread and traditional food
- Fibre plants
- Conservation and restoration (incl heritage engineering in agriculture)
- Living animals in museums
- Agriculture and rural life in art
Travel with colleagues on the optional tour following papers and site visits.
For the Call for Papers and information on tours, see the website dedicated to CIMA XVIII.
Holiday Programming: A Time To Share
It's that time of year again. Love it or hate it, if you work in a living history museum or a historic house of any type you are likely in the thick of holiday programming. While I work at a computer-focused job now, I recall fondly the days of making wreaths and decorating houses and… Continue reading Holiday Programming: A Time To Share
A Chair No One Sits On
The article Honest Museum Audio Tour from The New Yorker is a quick read and quite funny. Having worked in museums my entire adult life and visited countless others, I related to much of the commentary in the author's made-up audio tour: "Note this intricately carved chair, which was made in 1573. The first person… Continue reading A Chair No One Sits On
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