History Studio: Screening and discussion of ‘Contradictory Place’
From the 1830s through the Civil War, many Lowellians from all walks of life engaged in concerted efforts to block the expansion of slavery and helped freedom seekers even when this meant defying federal law. “A Contradictory Place” offers viewers a way to learn about an important, but too often neglected, chapter of our history. The forty-minute film was written by Robert Forrant and Maritza Grooms, produced by former Lowell Telecommunications Executive Director Wendy Blom, and edited by former Lowell Telecommunications News Director Caroline Gallagher.
Conversations on the Commons: Neutrality and Engagement for Historical Organizations
« All Events October 21 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Neutrality and Engagement for Historical Organizations October 21, 2022, 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. Museum people are talking a lot about whether their organizations should be politically “neutral” in their presentation and...
Conversations on the Commons October 21: Neutrality and Engagement for Historical Organizations
Gloria Greis and Tom Putnam discuss how museums make programming decisions and they walk a line between engagement and “neutrality, hoping to be open for all
Announcing: History Studio on the Commons
Do you have something you would like to present? Skills to share or a project to show off? A film, lecture, or workshop you’d like to take public? The History Studio on the Commons is your studio space. Plan and propose your history-focused content, and the Mass History Commons team will handle the promo and logistics. You show up with your material, and we do the rest.
About Publick Occurences, the MHA newsletter
Publick Occurrences Both Forreign and Domestick was the first multi-page newspaper published in the Americas, Boston, September 25, 1690. It was shut down immediately by the government. We'll take that as a lesson. Image courtesy of the Massachusetts Historical Society.
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