Category Archives: Our favorite sites

Michelle Moon: My favorite history site

Posted on September 25, 2016 by Tim

Michelle Moon just completed an MA in Museum Studies from Harvard Extension School and 6+ years leading adult programs at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts. Plus, she wrote a book on food interpretation.  If you had to choose one or two favorite historic … Continue reading →

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Alex Rasic: My favorite history site

Posted on May 16, 2016 by Tim

Alex Rasic is Director of Public Programs at the Homestead Museum in City of Industry, near Los Angeles, California. If you had to choose one or two favorite historic sites, which ones are they and what about them interested you? … Continue reading →

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Bethany Hawkins: My favorite history site

Posted on January 29, 2016 by Tim

Bethany Hawkins is Program Manager for the American Association for State and Local History in Nashville, TN. If you had to choose one or two favorite historic sites, which ones are they and what about them interested you? Choosing one … Continue reading →

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Linnea Grim: My favorite history site

Posted on November 8, 2015 by Tim

Linnea Grim is the Hunter J. Smith Director of Education and Visitor Programs at Thomas Jefferson’s home Monticello, in Charlottesville, Virginia. If you had to choose one or two favorite historic sites, which ones are they and what about them … Continue reading →

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Max van Balgooy: My favorite history site

Posted on October 15, 2015 by Tim

Max A. van Balgooy is president of Engaging Places, LLC, a design and strategy firm that connects people with historic places. Much of his work focuses on the value of objects, buildings, and landscapes in interpretation at such museums as … Continue reading →

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Bill Peterson: My favorite history site

Posted on September 27, 2015 by Tim

Bill Peterson is the Northern Division Director of the Arizona Historical Society based in Flagstaff, Arizona. He is responsible for all operations and management of that division. 1) If you had to choose one or two favorite historic sites, which ones are … Continue reading →

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Patricia Brooks – My favorite history site

Posted on September 12, 2015 by Tim

Patricia Brooks is a historian working in Washington, D.C. If you had to choose one or two favorite historic sites, which ones are they and what about them interested you? The Levi Coffin House in Fountain City, Indiana hands down was … Continue reading →

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Carolyn Gilman: My favorite history site

Posted on September 4, 2015 by Tim

Our Favorite Sites is an occasional new feature of Historyplaces where I ask public historians to talk about their favorite history sites and share some of the challenges they face presenting history to visitors. Carolyn Gilman is Senior Exhibit Developer … Continue reading →

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Bob Sutton: My favorite history site

Posted on August 9, 2015 by Tim

Welcome to an occasional new feature of Historyplaces called Our Favorite Sites where I ask public historians to talk about their favorite history sites and share some of the challenges they face presenting history to visitors. Bob Sutton is Chief Historian … Continue reading →

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