This week I participated in a focus group discussing how to strengthen the Smithsonian’s Museums on Main Street (MOMS) program. The Maryland Humanities Council, the sponsor of the initiative in this state, assembled a panel of stakeholders and subject matter experts to share perspectives on how to strengthen the program. This cultural initiative serves small town…
Category: Community Studies
Meeting With the President of American Heritage to Discuss New Digital Age Products
Last week I meet with the president and editor-in-chief of American Heritage Magazine, Edwin S. Grosvenor. This venerable old publication was created by the American Association for State and Local History in 1949 and its long time editor was the award winning historian, Bruce Catton. When it was launched it sought to apply the methods…
Rising Sun’s 150th Anniversary Celebration
Congratulations to the Town of Rising Sun. The municipality officially kicked off its Sequicentennail Celebration today with a ribbon cutting at the town hall and an open house in the museum. As brilliant April sunshine warmed the crowd, it was great to see the sense of history that exists in an old Maryland municipality as…
Celebrating a Community of Readers
The library system in Cecil County recently celebrated an important achievement. For the first time, the system circulated 1-million items. That is 10 items checked out for every single citizen in the county. To observe this major milestone, every library branch in the county celebrated with a range of special programs. One aspect involved Cecil…