April 18, 2024
Upcoming Workshops, Programs, and Exhibits
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Event for historical societies and museums in the White Mountains - Lakes Region:
The Know-Your-Neighbor Summit on June 11 brings together cultural heritage organizations from Coos, Grafton, Carroll, and Belknap counties with the hope of building a network to share information and resources about cultural heritage preservation and emergency preparedness. The Summit will feature guest speakers from the Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC) and the Collections Care & Conservation Alliance (CCCA) who will share their knowledge about preservation, collections care, emergency preparedness and community building.
The Museum of the White Mountains and Lamson Library of Plymouth State University are the main sponsors of the Summit and will absorb the event’s cost. Registration is free, and lunch is included. Donations are welcome to help offset the cost of lunch, which is $13 per person. All speakers have generously donated their time and travel to participate in the event.
To register for this event, please complete the form HERE. RSVP by May 15.
This event will be hybrid. To receive a Zoom link, please register HERE.
Event Schedule
9:30 – Registration with coffee, MWM Open Lab
10:00 – Opening Remarks, Meghan Doherty Director, Museum of White Mountains & Rodney Obien Board Member, Squam Lake Archive Center.
10:20 – Jesse Keel, Associate Preservation Specialist at the Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC), “Emergency Planning and Response 101”
12:00 – Lunch at the university's Prospect Dining Hall (Newfound Room)
1:00 – Rachel Onuf, Director, Vermont Historical Records Program (VHRP), Vermont State Archives & Records Administration, “Reflections on the formation of the Vermont Arts & Culture Disaster & Resilience Network (VACDaRN)”
1:45 – Collections Conundrums with Darlene Bialowski President, Collections Care & Conversation Alliance, Brian Burford retired State Archivist, Meghan Doherty, Alissa Helms University Archivist & Special Collections Librarian, Plymouth State University, Jesse Keel, Rodney Obien, and Rachel Onuf.
2:45 – Wrap Up and Next Steps
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American Revolution Summit & NH Humanities Survey
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
The New Hampshire Historical Society and New Hampshire Humanities are hosting representatives from museums, cultural organizations, and local historical societies around the state for a summit on the upcoming America 250 commemoration in 2026 of the Declaration of Independence.
There's currently a waiting list for the event. But AHSNH is attending on your behalf and will report on what the state commission and other organizations in New Hampshire have planned, potential grant opportunities and ideas from your colleagues. Meanwhile, NH Humanities is conducting a related survey. They want to learn more about what events or projects organizations across NH are planning to commemorate the anniversary. Please use this link to complete a short survey to help them gain a better understanding of your organizations' plans, thoughts and interests.
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AHSNH MEMBER EVENT/EXHIBIT SPOTLIGHT: Manchester Historic Association
Millyard Museum, 200 Bedford Street, Manchester
COST: with regular admission
On exhibit April 18 through November 1, 2024
This special exhibit (link to exhibit here) features 200 years of dresses worn by amazing women from Manchester’s past. These matriarchs of Manchester lived incredible lives as entrepreneurs, philanthropists, doctors, teachers, activists, New Hampshire First Ladies, and homemakers.
Generously donated by loved ones and lovingly preserved by the Manchester Historic Association, these dresses tell the stories of the vibrant women who wore them. Bearing witness to the happiest and saddest moments in the lives of their owners, these dresses witnessed both unspeakable joy and unbearable pain and every emotion in-between.
As you travel though the history of fashion and evolution of design and fabrication, imagine the memories these gowns might hold. Motherhood, careers and the simple tasks of everyday life become immortal through every worn hem and altered seam.
