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Advocacy

Museums Call For Advocacy For COVID-19 Relief

March 20, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

The Museum Association of New York is working with the American Alliance of Museums and other museum associations to make the case for museums in this time of crisis. New York State’s museums contribute $5.37 billion to the NYS economy and support over 61,000 jobs.

Museums of all sizes and disciplines are closed. Everyone will experience extensive loss of earned income from restricted attendance and canceled events. Museum advocates say some museums have laid off their entire staffs and at least one in the Capital Region has closed permanently. [Read more…] about Museums Call For Advocacy For COVID-19 Relief

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Arts, Capital-Saratoga, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills, Mohawk Valley, Nature, New York City, Western NY Tagged With: Advocacy, American Alliance of Museums, MANY, Museums

Kinderhook Historian Named 2020 Woman of History

February 6, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Historian and preservationist Ruth Piwonka is this year’s recipient of the Martha Washington Woman of History Award. This award is given by Washington’s Headquarters State Historic Site each year to a woman who has made a contribution to the history of the Hudson Valley through education, promotion, or preservation. The honor was inspired by Martha Washington, who resided in the Hudson Valley with her husband, General George Washington, during the last days of the Revolutionary War. [Read more…] about Kinderhook Historian Named 2020 Woman of History

Filed Under: History, Hudson Valley - Catskills Tagged With: Advocacy, Columbia County Historical Society, Historic Preservation, Hudson Valley, Kinderhook, Municipal Historians, Public History, Washington's Headquarters

National Historic Preservation Advocacy Week 2020

February 3, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Advocacy WeekNational Historic Preservation Advocacy Week is set to return March 9-12 at the Kimpton Hotel Palomar in Washington, DC. This is an annual opportunity to have a mass impact on policy makers in Washington in support of important historic preservation programs and sound preservation policy.

Preservation Action and the National Conference State Historic Preservation Officers organize the industry’s Advocacy Week each year, bringing over 250 preservationists to Washington, DC to promote sound federal preservation policy and programs. [Read more…] about National Historic Preservation Advocacy Week 2020

Filed Under: Events, History Tagged With: Advocacy, Historic Preservation, Washington D.C.

County Historian’s Roundtable: Lessons from Putnam County

December 31, 2019 by Peter Feinman Leave a Comment

Institute of history archaeology and educationI recently attended the Putnam County Historians’ Roundtable. The meeting was called by the Putnam County Historian’s Office and was held in early December  at the Putnam County Historical Society in Cold Spring.

To read about that meeting and to see if it is applicable to your county, click here.

 

Filed Under: Events, History Tagged With: Advocacy, Conferences, Public History, Putnam County

Preservationist Rallying To Save Historic Demarest Building

December 16, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Historic Demarest Buildingpreservationists will rally Wednesday at the Demarest Building on 5th Avenue in Manhattan in hopes of saving the commercial building built to showcase carriages from demolition.

Th 1890 structure, designed by noted architect James Renwick (Renwick, Aspinwall & Russell), is located across from the Empire State Building at the northeast corner at Fifth Avenue and 33rd Street. It is believed to have been home to the world’s first electric elevator. An announcement of the rally said the building was “an important piece of New York and American history and architecture which should be saved.” [Read more…] about Preservationist Rallying To Save Historic Demarest Building

Filed Under: History, New York City Tagged With: Advocacy, Architecture, Historic Preservation, Industrial History, Manhattan, New York City, Transportation History

Friends Groups Boost NY State Parks, Historic Sites

December 12, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

parks and trails nyA 2018 survey of New Yorks State parks and historic sites’ Friends organizations details the support and programs these groups provide to the state parks system. Among the findings, is that Friends groups raised more than $17 million in private funds, and contributed nearly 132,000 hours of volunteer labor.

A Friends group is a group of individuals who work to support, steward and promote a park or historic site or multiple sites. They come in a variety of sizes and approaches from all-volunteer groups, to those with paid staff responsible for generating funds for operations and renovations. [Read more…] about Friends Groups Boost NY State Parks, Historic Sites

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Advocacy, Historic Preservation, OPRHP, Parks and Trails NY, State Parks

Looking Beyond Our Borders For Good Ideas

November 18, 2019 by Bruce Dearstyne Leave a Comment

New York State MapThis New York history blog continues to be our most important source for initiatives and developments in New York’s history community. The blog brings us news every day on historical programs’ exhibits, presentations, and other public events.

Of course, we have some of the strongest and most dynamic history programs in the nation here in New York, good models for each other and for other states. Sometimes, though, it is useful to look beyond New York for examples of things that are happening elsewhere that can provide suggestions for things our programs might consider doing. [Read more…] about Looking Beyond Our Borders For Good Ideas

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Advocacy, Historic Preservation, Historical Societies, New York State, Public History

History Advocacy: What Should New York Do?

August 6, 2019 by Peter Feinman 3 Comments

Institute of history archaeology and educationThe history community does not do a good job advocating for itself. I am not referring to the actions an individual history organization may take on behalf of its own organization. I’m referring to collective action on behalf of the entire history community within the state.

The major exception to this generalization is the historic preservation community. It sometimes has its own statewide organizations, conferences, and agenda items for lobbying state legislators. Unfortunately, the history community itself may be lacking such an organized and concerted effort. [Read more…] about History Advocacy: What Should New York Do?

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Advocacy, Public History

Museums Advocacy Call Thurs, Registration Deadline Today

July 12, 2019 by John Warren Leave a Comment

Museum Associaion of New York (MANY) staff, members of their Board of Directors’ Advocacy Committee and MANY’s government relations consultant Sheila Healy will lead a conference call July 18th to discuss museum advocacy efforts and recent legislation.

Recently passed New York State legislation is expected to impact museums’ relationships with their communities and their financial sustainability. The call will also address the museum community’s efforts to increase in funding to the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) in 2020. [Read more…] about Museums Advocacy Call Thurs, Registration Deadline Today

Filed Under: Events, History Tagged With: Advocacy, Conferences, MANY, Museum Association of New York, Museums, NYSCA

Activists Call For Revitalization of State Parks System

March 10, 2019 by Editorial Staff 1 Comment

New York State CapitolNew Yorkers from across the state came together at the State Capitol on March 4th for the 13th annual Park Advocacy Day to urge policymakers to protect and preserve New York’s state parks. Nearly 80 representatives from more than 30 park Friends groups, environmental organizations, local parks, and educational organizations signed up to make the case for state park funding.

Park advocates urged state lawmakers to support the Governor’s $110 million capital investment in the state park system in this year’s state budget and continue to support the Park and Trail Partnership Program, a capacity-building grants program for Friends groups that support and strengthen the state’s parks, trails and historic sites. [Read more…] about Activists Call For Revitalization of State Parks System

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Advocacy, Albany, OPRHP, Parks and Trails NY, State Parks

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