Postcard Image Competition!
Get your historic image on the 2020 conference postcard!
Call for Conference Submissions
We will explore sharing authority once held as a matter of course by historical organizations and the conference will offer workshops and sessions that focus on practical matters such as skills development ….
Out with the New, In with the Old
What objects do you own that represent technology before the era of only flipping a switch, before plastic, electricity, and gasoline? This blog post starts what we hope will be an on-going occasional series of posts relating to older technology — technology that does not depend on modern sources of energy.
Suggest a Keynote Speaker
The 2020 conference is coming! Suggest a public historian, museum or historical society notable, author, civic leader, or other individual who you think will challenge and inspire conference attendees with their message …
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.