the Association for Living History, Farm and Agricultural Museums
The latest in a series of blog posts from our President, Dr. Debra Reid: Talking Pork Tomorrow (June 29) I will present a paper on “working animals at living history farms” at the AIMA conference in Tartu, Estonia. This theme runs through several presentations. Today we heard a preliminary report on a survey of working animals… Continue reading Scenes from the Road, part IV
Continuing the series of reporting from the AIMA conference in Estonia, here's another piece by our President, Dr. Debra Reid: June 27, 2013 – Open Air Museums and their History The Estonian Open Air Museum (EOAM) has more than seventy historic buildings on nearly 80 hectares. Most began as farm dwellings, sheds and outbuildings, before… Continue reading Scenes from the Road, part III
More images and thoughts from ALHFAM's President Dr. Debra Reid as her trek across Estonia continues.... June 26, 2013 – Gardens at the Estonian Open Air Museum The Estonian Open Air Museum concentrates its efforts on two gardens (based on my observations during my visit on June 25). The museum fulfills its interpretive goal by… Continue reading Scenes from the Road… part II
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
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!
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
Web guru Blake Hayes has graciously made the following post on the ALHFAM homepage: The 2012 ALHFAM conference theme is "Maintaining Relevance in a Digital Age" and we are going to practice what we preach and keep you updated digitally! Find the latest on the conference on the 2012 Conference Facebook page, ALHFAM Facebook page, LinkedIN… Continue reading Social Media at the 2012 meeting!
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