Friends of Newtown Manor will host a free lecture entitled, “From Newtown to Georgetown: Connections and Legacies” by Dr. Adam Rothman of Georgetown University at St. Francis Xavier Church on Sunday, February 24, 2018 at 6:30pm.
Join the Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums and museum colleagues, architects, other design and construction professionals, and project funders in lively conversation about what is involved in a museum building project at the Building Museums Symposium.
This Preservation Leadership Training®, developed in partnership with Museum Hue, will provide attendees with the tools and strategies to center underrepresented stories at historic sites. Over three days, attendees will learn best practices for interpreting, collecting, and building partnerships to replace exclusionary narratives with ones that honor the full American experience. Participants will learn from guest speakers, and from each other, as they talk through the challenges of updating interpretation at their historic sites. This work will culminate in a single real-world case study that will give them an opportunity to put their new knowledge into practice.
What happened to the vibrant and historic community that once occupied the Upper Chesapeake before the Conowingo Dam was built? Who were the displaced residents and what were the lost businesses? Presentation and film shorts by Mike Dixon, historian of Harford and Cecil Counties.