Featuring profiles of outreach & advocacy in cultural heritage
by Diana Beltrao de Macedo
Molly Brown holds a bachelor’s degree in History and English. During her undergraduate days, she completed an internship at a repository where she first discovered her passion for cultural heritage. Because of that, after her …
by Clare Snyder
The Boston Planning & Development Agency (BPDA), formally known as the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA), was established in 1957 by the Boston City Council and the Massachusetts Legislature to be the city’s official planning agency, taking over …
by Hannah Elder
For Meg Winikates, working in the cultural heritage field “felt accidentally inevitable.” She was always interested in education, but was unsure whether she wanted to teach formally or informally. In high school, she worked as an intern …
by Will Gregg
From the Fairfield Museum and History Center in central Fairfield, Connecticut, Curator Laurie Lamarre merges the town’s past and present in exhibits that appeal to a wide audience.
The Fairfield Museum and History Center is an active …
by Brigid Hogan
As an off-coast tourist destination, the population of Nantucket swells and dwindles with the seasons. In winter, about 13,000 Nantucket natives reign on the island. Come summertime, the population bursts upward to 50,000 as a result of …
by Rachael Allen
Outreach is an important facet in keeping the Digital Commonwealth running and developing, and Patricia Feeley has been on board for the past 3 years as a member of the Outreach and Education Committee—2 of those years …