Hi, I’m Tim Grove, a history geek, consultant, and author who can’t pass up any opportunity to visit a historic site. I’m also a public historian, having worked for over twenty years for various history museums in Washington D.C. and Missouri, including Colonial Williamsburg and the Smithsonian. I hold a master’s degree in history, am a big fan of National History Day and am on the steering committee of the History Relevance Campaign. I believe passionately that anyone, no matter how dull they think history is, can be converted into a history lover. It’s all about how history is presented. This blog is a random collection of some of the places that have inspired me. I hope you’ll enjoy my thoughts about history and history sites and I invite you to add to the conversation.
I welcome your comments and suggestions related to this blog. I also welcome ideas for posts and would like to experiment with guest posts. If you have a favorite history site and would like to write about it, contact me at authortimgrove@gmail.com.
To find out about my books, head over to my author site: timgrove.net
My book, A Grizzly in the Mail and Other Adventures in American History, offers stories from my 20+ years at some of America’s most popular history museums. My two books for ages 10-14 are First Flight Around the World (a YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Award finalist) and Milestones of Flight. Up next: Star Spangled: The Story of a Flag, a Battle and a Song, due out in early 2019.
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Really enjoying this blog. Thanks!
Bravo, Tim! Congratulations on starting a blog. (Okay, it was a few months ago, but today was the day I discovered it.) I’ve read several posts and you present history in an engaging way.
Hey Tim,
Glad I found this. I am a bit behind. Particularly interrested in your take on the President’s house. I just finished teaching a course at Tufts University on Reviatilizing the Historic House and we discussed this. I am working on an article about historic sites that interprete sexuality so your Seedy History blog is also of interest. I visited a bordello (museum) in Alaska – Dolly’s Place.
All the Best,
Ken
Thanks Ken. This got caught in the spam filter, so just saw this now. I know you’ve been to many of the places I’ve written about… feel free to share a comment about them. I’d love to hear what you thought of Dolly’s Place.
P.S. Ken, do you recognize the photo in the header? It’s from your neck of the woods.
Good blog!