Conversations on the Commons invites you to:

When We Open ….

Planning for reopening with KEN TURINO and PLEUN BOURICIUS 
Moderated by MARGO SHEA

How do you prepare for reopening when so much of what you need to know and do is new? Join Ken Turino and Pleun Bouricius for a discussion —  whether you’re already partway into reopening preparations, or just beginning to figure out what’s next. They’ll share what the reopening process looks like at their institutions, and we’d love to hear your own plans and questions.

Friday June 5, 1:00-2:30 pm

We will be live-streaming this event on Youtube, and monitor your questions and comments there. Link coming up. The event has filled up. You can sign up for the waiting list — and receive the Youtube link by email.

Sign up for waiting list HERE

Are you preparing for reopening? What are you planning to do, and what resources are you using to help make your decisions? What obstacles do you face?

How do you plan to support visitor engagement while promoting physical distancing? Do you have any ideas for making lemons out of lemonade?

How are volunteers responding? How are you supporting and training staff and volunteers for new challenges related to reopening?

What are you hoping for upon opening Which changes might be long-term?

Registration is free. After you register, we’ll send you a link to the meeting. Register now! Participation is limited to 40.

Ken Turino Manager of Community Partnerships and Resource Development at Historic New England and Pleun Bouricius is the curator of the Plainfield Historical Society and the President of the Mass History Alliance. Margo Shea is Assistant Professor of History at Salem State University.

Questions? Be in touch with Caroline Littlewood: conference@masshistoryalliance.org

Conversations on the Commons

Where people from Massachusetts history organizations get to vent, empathize, laugh, complain, think, collaborate, brainstorm, plan, and in general be up to no good.