Upcoming events

    • Tuesday, January 14, 2025
    • 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
    • Zoom
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    The landscape of America 250 in Connecticut is vast, and there is plenty of time for planning, researching, and preparing. The Revolutionary War continued until 1783, meaning events, exhibits, and programs can continue beyond the first year of commemoration in 2026. Join members of the Connecticut State Historical Records Advisory Board (CT SHRAB) for an information session packed with ideas for using existing resources and your archives to commemorate America 250 in Connecticut.

    We will start with a survey of the landscape of which Connecticut-based organizations are doing what to help you with planning and funding, and then discuss ways you can include commemorative events on your programing calendar while being clever and mindful of your resources and time! We will then allow space for questions and discussion with our panel and with your fellow attendees.

    Attend this virtual event with friends and colleagues!

    This program is presented by the Connecticut State Historical Records Advisory Board, Conservation ConneCTion, and the Connecticut League of Museums with a grant from the National Historical Publications & Records Commission.


Past events

Thursday, December 05, 2024 Funding Spotlight: America 250 | CT Museum Makeover
Thursday, November 21, 2024 Funding Spotlight: 1772 Foundation Grants from Preservation Connecticut
Wednesday, October 30, 2024 America 250: Using Archives to Uncover Untold Stories from the American Revolution
Tuesday, October 22, 2024 2024 Awards of Merit Ceremony and Reception
Friday, October 11, 2024 Advertise in the 2024 Awards of Merit Booklet
Monday, September 30, 2024 Connecticut Collections Training and Potluck Gathering
Wednesday, September 25, 2024 How a Good Job Posting Can Help Your Organization
Monday, September 23, 2024 Interpretive Impact Story Workshop (Hartford)
Friday, August 23, 2024 Interpretive Impact Story Workshop (Norwalk)
Wednesday, August 14, 2024 Engaging Your Elected Leaders During #InviteCongress 2024
Monday, August 05, 2024 CTCo Intro Training - Option 2
Friday, August 02, 2024 CTCo Intro Training - Option 1
Thursday, July 18, 2024 CLM Awards of Merit Info Session
Tuesday, June 18, 2024 Open Access Made Easy: How to Open Your Collections for Greater and Better Sharing
Monday, June 03, 2024 2024 Annual Conference
Monday, June 03, 2024 2024 Annual Conference Exhibitor Registration
Wednesday, May 01, 2024 MayDay: Emergency Preparedness Basics
Wednesday, May 01, 2024 Sponsor the 2024 Annual Conference
Friday, April 26, 2024 Museum & Public History Career Day
Monday, April 22, 2024 Yes You Can: How to Tell a Compelling Advocacy Story
Thursday, April 18, 2024 A Beginner's Guide to ConnCRIS, Connecticut State Historic Preservation Office’s Cultural Resources Information System
Friday, April 05, 2024 Exhibit Preparation Tips & Tricks
Wednesday, March 27, 2024 Conference Session Proposal Brainstorming Meet-Up (Midday)
Monday, March 25, 2024 Conference Session Proposal Brainstorming Meet-Up (Evening)
Thursday, February 01, 2024 Colleague Circle: AASLH Awards Q&A Session
Monday, January 22, 2024 Spirit of Revolution Simulation: How to Get Your Museum Involved with the 250th Commemoration
Thursday, January 18, 2024 Museum Audiences in Connecticut
Thursday, December 07, 2023 Collections Assessment Grant Application Info Session
Thursday, November 16, 2023 Interpreting Energy Author Talk & Special Tour at Eli Whitney Museum
Wednesday, November 15, 2023 Resume-Building Workshop
Monday, October 30, 2023 Connecticut Collections: Current Users, System Updates, & Advanced Topics
Monday, October 30, 2023 Connecticut Collections: New Users and Beginners Refresh Session
Monday, October 23, 2023 Behind the Scenes Tour: Museum Makeover Project at Wilton Historical Society
Thursday, October 19, 2023 Colleague Circle: Is Your Membership Management System Working for You?
Tuesday, October 03, 2023 Grant Writing 101 with CT Humanities
Monday, October 02, 2023 The Art of Storytelling and History
Tuesday, September 26, 2023 NEH Grants for Smaller Organizations
Tuesday, September 19, 2023 NEH Grants 101
Wednesday, September 13, 2023 Preparing for the 250th in Connecticut Session II
Monday, September 11, 2023 Connecticut Collections Info Session
Thursday, August 31, 2023 Introduction to CT Humanities Grants
Wednesday, August 09, 2023 Preparing for the 250th in Connecticut
Friday, July 28, 2023 CTCo Intro Training 2023 - Friday session
Monday, July 24, 2023 CTCo Intro Training 2023 - Monday session
Tuesday, June 13, 2023 Intellectual Property Series: Introduction to Creative Commons Licenses and Tools
Monday, June 05, 2023 2023 Annual Conference Optional Field Trips
Monday, June 05, 2023 2023 Annual Conference
Monday, June 05, 2023 2023 Annual Conference Exhibitor Registration
Tuesday, May 16, 2023 Intellectual Property Series: Deep Dive into Open Culture: Preservation, Access and Better Sharing of Cultural
Wednesday, May 10, 2023 Safety & Health Hazards in Museums & Collection Care – Where can you get help?
Monday, April 24, 2023 Colleague Circle: Subject Guide Project
Wednesday, April 19, 2023 Resume and Cover Letter Workshop
Tuesday, April 18, 2023 2023 Annual Business Meeting and Awards of Merit Presentation
Tuesday, April 11, 2023 Intellectual Property Series: Introduction to Creative Commons and Copyright
Wednesday, April 05, 2023 Colleague Circle: Collections Assessment Grant Round II Info Session
Thursday, March 23, 2023 CT Residents and the Arts, Culture, and Humanities—Broader Population Survey Findings
Friday, March 17, 2023 Conference Session Proposal Brainstorming Meet-Up
Thursday, February 23, 2023 CTCo Finding Aid Project Information Session
Monday, February 20, 2023 Sponsor the 2023 Awards of Merit and Annual Conference
Friday, January 20, 2023 Colleague Circle: Good to Great 2.0 Grants Info Session
Monday, December 05, 2022 Colleague Circle: Museum Makeover Program
Friday, December 02, 2022 Colleague Circle: Advocacy Conversation and Arts, Culture, and Tourism Roadmap Update
Wednesday, November 30, 2022 Assisting Remote Researchers with Sourcery
Thursday, October 27, 2022 Newspaper Digitization Webinar Series - Ask Your Peers! Roundtable Panel and Q&A
Thursday, October 20, 2022 Newspaper Digitization Webinar Series - How Do You Share? Access & Preservation
Thursday, October 06, 2022 Newspaper Digitization Webinar Series - How Do You Digitize? Planning & Working with Vendors
Tuesday, October 04, 2022 Archives 101
Thursday, September 29, 2022 Using Your Annual Appeal to Share Your Story: A Beginner’s Guide to End-of-Year Appeals
Friday, September 23, 2022 Newspaper Digitization Webinar Series - Can You (Legally) Digitize? Copyright & Permissions
Thursday, September 22, 2022 CLHO Focus Group: Tolland and Windham Counties
Thursday, September 22, 2022 CLHO Focus Group: Hartford County
Tuesday, September 20, 2022 CLHO Focus Group: Lower CT River Valley/New London County
Tuesday, September 20, 2022 CLHO Focus Group: New Haven County/Western Middlesex County
Monday, September 19, 2022 CLHO Focus Group: Fairfield County
Monday, September 19, 2022 CLHO Focus Group: Litchfield County
Thursday, September 15, 2022 Newspaper Digitization Webinar Series - What Do You Have? What Do You Digitize?: Newspaper Format & Title Selection
Monday, September 12, 2022 Collections Assessment Grant Info Session
Wednesday, September 07, 2022 CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grants Info Session with CT Humanities
Monday, August 29, 2022 Connecticut Collections Info Session
Thursday, July 14, 2022 Demystifying Data Collection: How to Ask for Demographic Information from Visitors, Board, and Staff
Monday, June 06, 2022 2022 Annual Conference
Monday, June 06, 2022 2022 Annual Conference Exhibitor Registration
Monday, May 30, 2022 Sponsor the 2022 Awards of Merit and Annual Conference
Tuesday, May 24, 2022 CT Summer at the Museum 2022 Grant Info Session
Tuesday, April 19, 2022 2022 Annual Business Meeting and Awards of Merit Presentation
Thursday, April 07, 2022 Colleague Circle: Digitizing the Newspapers of Connecticut
Monday, April 04, 2022 Behind the Scenes at the Florence Griswold Museum: New London County Quilts and Bed Covers, 1750-1825 (Afternoon Session)
Monday, April 04, 2022 Behind the Scenes at the Florence Griswold Museum: New London County Quilts and Bed Covers, 1750-1825 (Morning Session)
Tuesday, March 22, 2022 Evaluation Nuts and Bolts: How To Get Started
Friday, February 04, 2022 Colleague Circle: Getting the Most out of Connecticut History Day
Friday, December 17, 2021 Colleague Circle: Museum Makeover Information Session
Friday, December 10, 2021 Colleague Circle: 2022 Awards of Merit Info Session and Q&A
Friday, October 29, 2021 Colleague Circle: CT Humanities SHARP Capacity Grants Info Session
Thursday, October 14, 2021 Colleague Circle: CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grants Info Session
Friday, September 17, 2021 Colleague Circle: CT Humanities Granting Program Updates
Friday, August 20, 2021 Connecticut Collections Info Session and Q&A
Thursday, August 12, 2021 Colleague Circle: Gearing Up for Connecticut History Day
Wednesday, June 23, 2021 Keynotes of Change: Susan Ferentinos, Interrogating the Silence: Sharing the LGBTQ Past with Visitors
Wednesday, June 16, 2021 Keynotes of Change: Kyera Singleton, Northern Slavery and the Preservation of Memory
Wednesday, June 09, 2021 Keynotes of Change: Juan David Coronado, Latinos: The Not so New Kids on the Block
Wednesday, June 02, 2021 Keynotes of Change: Chris Newell, Indigenizing Historical Narratives
Thursday, May 20, 2021 Colleague Circle: CT Museums–Kids are Free Summer Grants Info Session
Tuesday, May 18, 2021 Fundraising Past the Edge of the Pandemic
Monday, May 10, 2021 Colleague Circle: Reopening 2021
Tuesday, May 04, 2021 Engaging Your Audience through Video
Tuesday, April 27, 2021 The Versatility of Virtual Tours
Tuesday, April 20, 2021 2021 Annual Business Meeting and Awards of Merit Presentation
Tuesday, April 20, 2021 Sponsor the 2021 Awards of Merit and Keynotes of Change
Tuesday, March 23, 2021 Creating Online Exhibits
Tuesday, March 16, 2021 Achieving Real Impact Via Virtual Programming
Friday, February 19, 2021 Colleague Circle: Advocating for History in Connecticut and Beyond
Friday, January 29, 2021 Colleague Circle: New Year, New Faces
Friday, December 11, 2020 Colleague Circle: 2021 Awards of Merit Live Q&A
Friday, November 20, 2020 Colleague Circle: Continuing Suffrage History Beyond the Centennial
Friday, October 23, 2020 Interpreting Slavery at Connecticut Museums and Historic Sites, Part II
Wednesday, October 21, 2020 Colleague Circle: Coronavirus Survey Results
Friday, October 16, 2020 Interpreting Slavery at Connecticut Museums and Historic Sites, Part I
Wednesday, October 07, 2020 StEPs-CT Virtual Open House and Reunion
Friday, September 04, 2020 Colleague Circle: What We've Learned This Summer
Wednesday, September 02, 2020 Summer School: Come Together, Right Now, Over Resources: Historic Preservation in a Changing Environment
Wednesday, August 26, 2020 Summer School: How to be a Steward for the Visitor Learning Process: Strategies for Facilitating Meaning Making
Wednesday, August 19, 2020 Summer School: How to Future-Proof Your Stories with Narrative Video
Friday, August 14, 2020 Colleague Circle: Programming Outdoor Spaces
Wednesday, August 12, 2020 Summer School: It Takes Five Villages - Creating a Long-term Exhibit about the History of a Town
Wednesday, July 29, 2020 Summer School: Stewarding the Story: Relevance in Interpretation
Friday, July 24, 2020 Colleague Circle: Encouraging Collaboration between Educators and Historical Institutions
Wednesday, July 22, 2020 Summer School: Advancing Discovery and Use of Cultural Heritage Collections: Connecticut Collections Alliance
Friday, July 17, 2020 Colleague Circle: What We Need to Remember: Sharing Overlooked Histories
Wednesday, July 15, 2020 Summer School: Sharing Connecticut Stories
Friday, July 10, 2020 Colleague Circle: Approaches to Reopening
Wednesday, July 08, 2020 Summer School: History Made By Us
Monday, June 29, 2020 Connecticut Collections Info Session
Wednesday, June 24, 2020 Summer School: How to Handle (Almost) Everything
Friday, June 19, 2020 Colleague Circle: Digital Internships
Wednesday, June 17, 2020 Summer School: Donor Stewardship: Getting Viral and Vocal
Thursday, June 11, 2020 Special Edition Colleague Circle: Reopening
Wednesday, June 10, 2020 Summer School—All Sessions
Wednesday, June 10, 2020 Summer School: Connecticut's Historic Gardens: The Challenges of Preserving the Past while Looking Towards the Future
Friday, June 05, 2020 Colleague Circle: Collecting COVID-19
Monday, June 01, 2020 Annual Business Meeting
Friday, May 22, 2020 Colleague Circle: CARES funding from CTHumanities
Thursday, March 12, 2020 CANCELLED: Coffee with CLHO and CTHumanities: New Haven
Tuesday, March 10, 2020 Coffee with CLHO and CTHumanities: Rocky Hill
Thursday, February 20, 2020 Connecticut Collections Meetup and Info Session
Monday, January 06, 2020 Insects in the Museum: Revitalizing the Historic House Experience with Contemporary Art
Friday, December 13, 2019 Coffee with CLHO and CTHumanities: Old Saybrook
Wednesday, December 04, 2019 Coffee with CLHO and CTHumanities: Litchfield
Monday, November 18, 2019 Workshop: Paper Conservation with Jean Baldwin
Thursday, October 31, 2019 Coffee with CLHO and CTHumanities: Norwalk
Tuesday, October 22, 2019 Coffee with CLHO and CTHumanities: Willimantic
Tuesday, August 27, 2019 CT Museum Educators Roundtable: An Introduction to Evaluating Museum Exhibitions and Programs
Saturday, July 13, 2019 Behind the Scenes Tour - Greenwich Historical Society
Monday, June 03, 2019 Become a 2019 Annual Conference Sponsor or Exhibitor
Monday, June 03, 2019 Registration Closed - 2019 CLHO Annual Conference
Thursday, April 18, 2019 Graphic Design Basics for Museum Educators
Tuesday, April 16, 2019 Sold Out! - CLHO Award of Merit Reception and Mini-Tours
Monday, March 18, 2019 Digitization 101
Friday, January 25, 2019 Connecticut Digital Archive Winter "Unconference"
Friday, November 16, 2018 Casual Convos with Public Historians
Wednesday, October 17, 2018 Enchantment Encampment with the Connecticut Museum Educators Roundtable
Saturday, October 13, 2018 Tour Old New-Gate Prison & Copper Mine with CLHO
Tuesday, September 18, 2018 Fearless Financing and Fundraising
Friday, August 10, 2018 Connecticut Collections Information Session
Monday, July 23, 2018 Curators' Colleague Circle: Affordable Exhibitions
Wednesday, June 13, 2018 CT Collections Information Session
Monday, June 04, 2018 2018 CLHO Annual Conference & Award of Merit Reception
Monday, June 04, 2018 Become a 2018 Annual Conference Sponsor or Exhibitor
Monday, April 30, 2018 Connection Collections (CTCo) Meet-Up & Training
Thursday, April 26, 2018 Learning, Creating, and Having Fun: Museums as Social Hubs with CT Museum Educators Roundtable
Tuesday, April 17, 2018 Twitter 101 Workshop - CANCELLED
Sunday, April 08, 2018 Red Carpet Premiere - Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero!
Wednesday, March 28, 2018 #CTPlaces Advocacy Day
Monday, March 05, 2018 Connection Collections (CTCo) Meet-Up & Training
Tuesday, January 16, 2018 Behind-the-Scenes at The Stowe Center
Wednesday, November 15, 2017 Behind the Scenes at Old Lyme Historical Society: Renovations!
Monday, October 30, 2017 Sweet Secrets to Fundraising and Appeals: Marketing and Development Colleague Circle
Wednesday, October 11, 2017 Meet-Up and Catch-Up: StEPs-CT Alumni Circle
Monday, October 02, 2017 Lesser-Heard Voices: Fall 2017 CMER Meeting
Monday, September 25, 2017 Meet-Up and Catch-Up: StEPs-CT Alumni Circle
Tuesday, September 19, 2017 How a Disaster Helped Reinterpret a Historic House: Curator's Circle at the Shelton History Center
Thursday, August 31, 2017 Meet-Up and Catch-Up: StEPs-CT Alumni Circle
Monday, June 05, 2017 2017 CLHO Annual Conference & Award of Merit Luncheon
Monday, June 05, 2017 Become a 2017 Annual Conference Sponsor or Exhibitor
Thursday, May 18, 2017 Virtual Field Trips and Distance Learning for Museums
Wednesday, May 03, 2017 Social Media 101: Using Facebook as an Effective Tool for your Organization
Monday, May 01, 2017 Volunteer Organizations Colleague Circle: Meet Up and Discussion at Railroad Museum of New England
Wednesday, April 26, 2017 Guided Tour of "SeaChange", the newest exhibit at Mystic Seaport & Behind the Scenes Collections Visit
Monday, April 24, 2017 "Caught on Camera": Museum Security Best Practices as Taught through Real Video Surveillance Footage
Monday, April 03, 2017 Exploring Connecticut Collections: A New Approach to Collections Management, Access and Digital Preservation PLUS Object Cataloging 101
Monday, March 20, 2017 CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER: Volunteer Organizations Colleague Circle: Meet Up and Discussion at the Solomon Goffe House, Meriden, CT
Thursday, January 26, 2017 History Unfolded, Holocaust Newspaper Project
Wednesday, January 25, 2017 Serving Visitors with Autism Spectrum Disorders, Winter CMER Meeting
Thursday, January 05, 2017 Guided Tour of the exhibit "Art & Industry in Early America, Rhode Island Furniture, 1650-1830" at the Yale Art Gallery
Monday, December 05, 2016 Volunteer Organizations Colleague Circle: Meet Up and Discussion at the Rocky Hill Historical Society
Friday, November 04, 2016 The Law and its Effect on Museums, Historic Houses & Historical Societies
Wednesday, October 19, 2016 Marketing & Development Colleague Circle: Meet the Experts!
Wednesday, October 12, 2016 Curator's Colleague Circle at the Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center: Storage of Your Dreams!
Monday, October 03, 2016 WWI Centennial Commemoration Show & Tell Workshop
Wednesday, September 21, 2016 The Anatomy of a Field Trip: Fall CMER Meeting
Thursday, September 08, 2016 Volunteer Organizations Colleague Circle: Meet Up and Discussion at the Meriden Historical Society
Monday, June 06, 2016 2016 CLHO Annual Conference & Award of Merit Luncheon
Monday, June 06, 2016 Become an Annual Conference Sponsor or Exhibitor
Wednesday, April 27, 2016 Connecting with the New Social Studies Frameworks: What Historical Societies, Museums and Libraries Need to Know
Tuesday, April 26, 2016 Summer Programming for Kids, Teens, and Families: Spring CMER Meeting
Wednesday, April 13, 2016 Development and Marketing -- Cheerleaders of Your Institution
Thursday, April 07, 2016 Volunteer Organizations Colleague Circle: Meet Up and Discussion at the Thomas Darling House
Wednesday, March 23, 2016 Rally for Humanities, Heritage, Preservation and Library Funding!
Tuesday, February 09, 2016 Collections Colleague Circle: Quick Tips for Collections Care & Management
Thursday, December 10, 2015 Museum Education in Connecticut: What's New? What's Next?
Friday, November 20, 2015 Volunteer Organization Colleague Circle: Stump the Experts!
Monday, November 09, 2015 Collections Colleague Circle: Old Loans & Other Ownership Tangles
Monday, November 02, 2015 Directors Colleague Circle (Small/Medium Organizations): Navigating the Relationship Between the Director & the Board
Monday, June 29, 2015 No Lectures! Creating Meaningful Experiences at Historic House Museums and Other Cultural Sites
Monday, June 01, 2015 2015 CLHO Annual Conference & Award of Merit Luncheon
Wednesday, April 08, 2015 History Rally Day at the State Capitol
Monday, February 23, 2015 Directors! Consultants! and Boards! Oh My!
Friday, June 01, 1990 1990 Annual Meeting

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