Special Announcements

Kentucky Historical Society Scholarly Research Fellowships

Posted: 4/1/2010
The Kentucky Historical Society invites applications for its 2010-2011 scholarly research fellowships cycle. KHS annually awards approximately 10 scholarly research fellowships, which range from $250 to $1000. Recipients typically include both new and veteran historians as well as independent researchers from across the nation. The application deadline for these fellowships is April 1, 2010.

The Scholarly Research Fellowships program supports visits to the KHS history campus throughout the year they are awarded and is designed to assist researchers with travel and living expenses while using the KHS research collections. Applications are judged on the merits of the proposed research and the extent to which the judges believe that research can be advanced through use of collections at KHS.

Over the past two years, these short-term fellowships have supported new research in a wide array of topics, ranging from early Kentucky politics and religion, the Civil War and African American history to mountaintop removal.

In addition to promoting new scholarship through its research fellowship program, KHS publishes new scholarship in the peer-reviewed scholarly journal, The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society.

Made possible by generous support from the KHS Foundation, the Scholarly Research Fellowship program encourages advanced study and research in the collections of KHS on all aspects of Kentucky history.

For more details, visit the KHS Web site, www.history.ky.gov. From the home page, click the Learn link and then the Research Fellowships tab.

Kentucky Intensive Museum Management Seminar III: Exhibit Design

Posted: 2/24/2010
March 29 and 30
The Kentucky Library & Museum, Bowling Green

A joint program of KMHA and KHS, "KIMMS III: Exhibit Design" is a two-day, hands-on workshop that takes attendees through the complete exhibition process including exhibition research; storyline development; mount-making, labels and graphics and educational programming. Registration materials will be available in February. Contact For more information, contact Chris Goodlett: 502/564-1792, ext 4453 or chris.goodlett@ky.gov.

The Creative Cities Summit

Posted: 1/25/2010
The Creative Cities Summit is coming to Lexington, April 7-9, 2010. This multi-disciplinary conference will bring together leading thinkers and practitioners who are changing cities and communities all over the world. Areas of focus include talent attraction & retention, innovation, developing entrepreneurship, community design and civic engagement. Please click here for more information.

KMHA member Christine Huskisson is working with a committee charged with bringing some “local flair” to the Summit and is interested in discussing ways to involve Kentucky’s museum and heritage community in these efforts. She can also provide valuable information for those members who wish to register for the summit. To find out more, contact Christine at christine.huskisson@gmail.com.

CIPM/CIPM II Cultural Property Protection Certification Programs

Posted: 1/8/2010
March 7

As the world security situation changes, our program expands to include topical information and improved tactics for combating elevated threats. Certified Institutional Protection Manager (CIPM & CIPM II): designates those managers, directors, administrators, or others responsible for the protection of a cultural facility or public institution. Candidates in this category include contract or proprietary security managers, security directors, law enforcement officers, facility managers or those ultimately responsible for protection of the facility at the management level.

CIPM PROGRAM WORKSHOP INCLUDES:

Screening/Hiring/Training/Firing - Selecting Contract Security
Making Patrols Work for You
Guard Force Management – Contract & Proprietary Security & Staying Out of Court
Where You Need to be with Technology
Preventing Workplace Violence
Critical Steps in Fire Protection
Emergency Management Planning - Incident Command, Response, Coordination

Registration & application fee: $195 covers application fee, 8-hour workshop offered from 8 a.m.-5 p.m., handouts, exam, and certification.

Wyndham Lisle-Chicago Hotel
3000 Warrenville Road, Lisle, Illinois 60532

Register here.

Questions: Call 800/257-6717 or e-mail info@ifcpp.org

Click here for more information on the 2010 Midwest Security Conference.

AASLH's StEPs Program

Posted: 11/21/2009
StEPs is a voluntary assessment program for small- and mid-sized history organizations. The program, created by AASLH with funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, encourages awareness and achievement of national standards. Organizations that enroll in this new self-paced, self-study program use assessment questions and performance indicators (Basic, Good, Better) to rate their performance in six standards sections. Participating organizations can clearly identify their strengths and areas needing improvement, and begin taking steps to plan for positive change.

StEPs offers:

Increased credibility with funders, your community, and stakeholders
Education and awareness of standards for staff and volunteers, members of your governing authority, and your community
A valuable opportunity to make the case for improvement to stakeholders for staffing, training, materials, and equipment
Improved policies and practices based on national standards
Clear direction for future improvement
Meaningful progress–identify, articulate, and measure your organization’s accomplishments
Easier and more meaningful long-range and budget planning
Preparation for participation in other programs including AAM’s Museum Assessment and Accreditation programs.

Enrollment is $150 for AASLH institutional members or $250 for non-members--this includes a one-year institutional membership. The enrollment fee is a one-time payment no matter if it takes your organization two years or ten years to complete the six program sections (all organizations must maintain an active AASLH institutional membership to be eligible for the Bronze, Silver, and Gold certificates.) Click Here to enroll via the website or click here to download a registration form to mail in with your payment.

For more information, click here.

Museum Store Association 55th MSA Retail Conference & Expo

Posted: 10/2/2009
April 17 – 19, 2010
Austin Convention Center
Austin, TX

Attend the 2010 MSA Retail Conference & Expo and get fresh ideas and discover new products for your museum or specialty retail store! This year’s Conference program focuses on three content areas vital to the success of your museum store: Communications, Financial Management and Operations and the MSA Expo features great items for your store from hundreds of the top specialty products vendors in the market! We know that budgets are tight and we know that you are facing many challenges. That is why this is the year to invest in your professional development. Click here for more information.