Bmore Historic Sessions

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10-10:50am Morning Session France Hall: Developing an Oral History Project – Betsy WORKSHOP Merrick (front): Museum Membership Co-ops – Allison Counting (back): Connecting International Students to Local History – Ryan 3rd floor classroom: Collections Management – Adam   11am-12pm Late Morning Session France Hall: Introduction to HOPE Crew – Engaging a New Generation of Preservationists – Monica WORKSHOP… Read more »

Talk Proposal: Making Friends with Brutalism

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Many older pieces of Baltimore’s built environment are well recognized across the country, like the Cathedral, the Bromo Seltzer Tower, and the historic rowhouse fabric. The value of these structures is relatively uncontroversial. The icons of the city’s recent architectural past are less well known. Buildings like the Mies van der Rohe projects at One… Read more »

The Social Responsibility of Museums

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Talk Proposal: Like many colleagues I believe that cultural institutions have a social responsibility to the communities in which they are situated. But what exactly does this mean to each of us? Can there be consensus on how museums should serve the public? Should there be? Does this role change from history museums to fine… Read more »

Play Proposal: Tag & Tweet

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Who’s up for a game of tag & tweet? The plan, still developing, is to roam the halls (and grounds?) of the Maryland Historical Society in search of cool and compelling objects. As defined by whatever stop-us-in-our-tracks. We’ll then gather round to investigate, take some pics, ask each other questions, throw out possible interpretive angles, and,… Read more »

Talk Proposal: Museum Membership Co-ops

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Can museum membership programs be managed like a co-op?  While we don’t have profits to share, I’m interested in discussing whether a co-op format would make members feel like they have more invested in the success of the museum.  I’m also hoping to do away with the complicated tiered memberships that are based entirely on… Read more »

Play Proposal: Sharing Shards of Site

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Join us for an improvised, collectively led New Public Sites walking tour of the invisible sites and overlooked features around the Maryland Historical Society. The 45 minute long excursion be a truly collaborative drift during which together we will explore nearby alleys while sharing with each other place-based histories and creative, pedestrian interpretations. Along the way, we will collect Shards of Site; which… Read more »

Workshop Proposal: Developing an Oral History Project

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Many of us have been working on oral history in the city, and there are probably some more people out there who have intriguing ideas for projects but just don’t know where to begin. We could use this opportunity to talk about the challenges of getting an oral history project off the ground, the choices… Read more »

Session Proposal: Preserving Urban Renewal

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With the Mechanic Theater, McKeldin Fountain, the Red Line and State Center, Baltimore is facing changes that may, over time, substantially alter or remove the built legacy of urban renewal. Participants in this session will discuss the desirability and feasibility of preserving buildings, transportation elements and other features associated with urban renewal. Questions may include:… Read more »

Session proposal: Talk: Exploring Strategies for Inclusivity & Relevance

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As we have all heard (and/or experienced), the current audience for many history museums is not particularly diverse. A 2010 study by Reach Advisors of 15,790 visitors at 40 U.S. history museums found that 78% of adult respondents held college degrees (vs. 28% of total U.S. population), their median household income was $80,000 (compared to… Read more »

Session Proposal: Talk: when the past meets current tensions and concerns

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In collaboration with museum educator Beth Maloney, the Homewood Museum of the Johns Hopkins University and the university archives, students from the Program in Museums and Society recently developed temporary interpretive signage on the university’s Charles Village campus (Homewood) that considered the stories of the people who lived and worked on the land in the… Read more »