Subject: FW: NTHS Blog: highlights for July 2008 Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 09:59:12 -0500 Message-ID: <B46BC0C8F6373F43B0A84089442FE921014D998D@MEWMAD1P0129.enterprise.wistate.us> From: "Seymour, Janet I - WHS" <Janet.Seymour@wisconsinhistory.org>
List Serve Members -
News from the National Trust for Historic Preservation blog, of
particular interest to historic sites/house museums.
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From: Museum discussion list on behalf of Max van Balgooy
Sent: Thu 7/31/2008 9:49 AM
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Subject: [MUSEUM-L] NTHS Blog: highlights for July 2008
The latest news for National Trust Historic Sites about:
· Free, On-line Training for the Americans with Disabilities
Act <http://historicsites.wordpress.com/2008/07/29/ada-training/>
· "Race and Place" Teachers Workshop at Decatur House
<http://historicsites.wordpress.com/2008/07/28/race-and-place-teachers-wo
rkshop-at-decatur-house/> (an NEH-funded workshop integrated with the
Site's audio tour, exhibit, and Web site)
· John Maeda analyzes Simplicity at the Glass House on YouTube
<http://historicsites.wordpress.com/2008/07/25/john-maeda-glass-house-sim
plicity/> (a nice example of an outside organization independently
producing a video of a Site's event)
· Historic Sites and YouTube
<http://historicsites.wordpress.com/2008/07/24/historic-sites-and-youtube
/> (the many ways that Sites are using YouTube)
· Two new Site Directors announced: Donna Hassler at
Chesterwood
<http://historicsites.wordpress.com/2008/07/22/donna-hassler-chesterwood/
> and Laurie Ossman at Woodlawn and Pope-Leighey House
<http://historicsites.wordpress.com/2008/07/21/laurie-ossman-appointed-di
rector-of-woodlawn-and-pope-leighey-house/>
· A review of London's Benjamin Franklin House
<http://historicsites.wordpress.com/2008/07/07/londons-benjamin-franklin-
house/>
· Cells and Sites: How Historic Sites are Using Cell Phone
Tours
<http://historicsites.wordpress.com/2008/07/03/cells-and-sites-how-histor
ic-sites-are-using-cell-phone-tours/>
· Better Boards Workshops exclusively for Historic Sites
<http://historicsites.wordpress.com/2008/07/01/better-boards-workshops-hi
storic-sites-wisconsin/> (Registration deadline: Friday, September 12,
2008).
and more is available at http://historicsites.wordpress.com
<http://historicsites.wordpress.com/> , the blog for National Trust
Historic Sites (but available to other historic sites, too).
Max
Max A. van Balgooy | Director of Interpretation and Education
National Trust for Historic Preservation | 1785 Massachusetts Avenue,
NW, Washington, DC 20036
Phone (202) 588-6242 | max_vanbalgooy@nthp.org
Have you visited one of our historic sites? You'll discover great
architecture, extraordinary collections, and unforgettable experiences.
Begin your explorations at PreservationNation.org.
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