the Association for Living History, Farm and Agricultural Museums
In an upcoming series of blog posts, ALHFAM President, Dr. Debra Reid, updates us on her travels and experiences across the pond in Estonia: Coming to you from Tallinn, Estonia, 22:31 Estonia time; 14:31 Central Daylight Time In 1998 I attended my first congress of the International Agriculture Museums Association (AIMA) in Poznan, Poland. Fifteen years… Continue reading Scenes from the Road
ALHFAMers set out around Akron today on a variety of museum tours and training workshops. Chocolate and Valentines Workshop - photo by Lauren McCormack Draft Horse Workshop - photo by Derrick Birdsall Helping Hands workshop - photo by Heidi Glatfelter Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Field Trip - photo by Kyle Bagnall Farm Education:… Continue reading A Day Filled With Workshops and Tours
The annual gathering of the organization has started with the annual Board meeting. This year, the Board meets at Hale Farm, which looked lovely in the AM rain we were greeted with this morning. Hope to see you all soon!
The problems with the ALHFAM-L discussion list appear to have been solved, and the list appears to be working properly. Three digest messages were sent over the past 12 hours, but the archives have not yet been updated. Thanks for your patience!
From Martha Katz-Hyman:For reasons unknown to me, the ALHFAM-L is not working right now. I posted a message before 6 a.m. this morning to the list, and it has yet to appear. I wanted to check the list archives to see if it was there, but I cannot check the list archives for 2 reasons:… Continue reading ALHFAM-L problems
From ALHFAM Secretary/Treasurer Judi Sheridan: "Registration has topped 220 and the deadline for registering is today. We are so excited that in 2 weeks so many of you will be coming to Akron, OH to celebrate ALHFAM and all that it offers. More than 125 people signed up for professional development workshops and 98% will… Continue reading Last Day to Register for the Annual Meeting
What do you think of this type of living history?? http://www.youtube.com/embed/a6W2ZMpsxhg?feature=player_embedded
Good Lord but it's been awhile since I last updated this blog! For starters, let's get out some information about this year's annual meeting in Akron, Ohio! The conference program can be found here. You can register online here. The folks in Ohio have done a great job and put together a good program and… Continue reading Catching up!
The annual Fall Board meeting of ALHFAM is in its final day in Cedar Rapids, Iowa! It's been a productive meeting so far and hopefully we'll have some good things coming out of the meeting for our membership!
Your tech team has posted nearly 400 images from the annual gathering in Farmers Branch, Texas - you can see them all if you go check out our Facebook page here: http://www.facebook.com/ALHFAM#!/media/set/?set=a.443552648989050.106784.160607733950211&type=3
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