Special Announcements

Grants Available from KOHC

Posted: 8/31/2010
The Kentucky Oral History Commission (KOHC) of the Kentucky Historical Society has posted the 2011 fiscal year grant applications online here. Individuals or organizations interested in completing an oral history project with the focus on Kentucky history, as well as those institutions with currently existing oral history collections to be transcribed, are encouraged to apply. Application deadline is Oct. 15. Contact the KOHC administrator at sarah.milligan@ky.gov or 502-564-1792, ext 4434.

 

KHS Administers Civil War 150th and War of 1812 Bicentennial Commissions

Posted: 8/16/2010
KHS is administering both the Kentucky Civil War Sesquicentennial (150th) Commission (2011-2015) and the Kentucky War of 1812 Bicentennial Commission (2012-2015). If your museum, site, organization or community is planning programming based on these conflicts, please let us know. Send your plans to Stuart Sanders at stuart.sanders@ky.gov.

 

Kentucky Heritage Council Federal Survey and Planning Grants

Posted: 8/16/2010
Federal Survey and Planning Grants are now available through the Kentucky Heritage Council, These are federal funds that can be used for National Register surveys and other historic preservation projects. The deadline to apply is September 22, 2010. For more information, contact Roger Stapleton at roger.stapleton@ky.gov; or at 502-564-1792, ext. 134 or visit http://heritage.ky.gov

 

Kentucky Historic Preservation Conference

Posted: 8/15/2010
Oct. 21-23
Frankfort

"Preservation Works!" is the theme for the 2010 Kentucky Historic Preservation Conference, which will be presented by the Kentucky Heritage Council / State Historic Preservation Office and Preservation Kentucky in conjunction with the 14th Annual International Preservation Trades Workshop, hosted by the Preservation Trades Network. Conference includes demonstrations and workshops that focus on hands-on preservation. Learn more at http://www.heritage.ky.gov.

 

SEMC 2010 Annual Meeting: Re-Invent, Re-Invigorate, Re-Vitalize: Creating Success in the New Economic Landscape

Posted: 8/9/2010
October 12-14, 2010
Hilton Capitol Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

The Louisiana Association of Museums welcomes you to a cultural experience like no other. Please join us at the 2010 SEMC conference in Baton Rouge on the Mississippi River! You will not only learn a lot but you will “pass a good time too.” Good food is in the program--jambalaya, etouffee’, red  beans and rice, and you don’t even have to ask for the Tabasco here. You will have an opportunity to see sugar country or take a swamp tour. Baton Rouge has a host of museums-all waiting to add to your experience. Register now! Early bird rate & hotel reservation deadline: September 11. For more information visit: http://www.semcdirect.net.