Region 2 Meeting

28 Clay Street,Tiffin OH 44883

02 April, 2022

Description

OLHA Regional Meetings allow local historians around the state to inspire, connect, and empower each other. To renew your membership, please visit us at ohiolha.org/join-the-alliance Host/Location: Seneca County Museum, 28 Clay St, Tiffin, OH Note: Parking is available on both sides of Clay Street, and in parking lots behind the Doctor’s office building next to the Seneca County Museum. The entrance of the Museum is located on the left side where the newer addition meets the rear of the historic home. Please follow the posted signs. For organizations in Ashland, Crawford, Erie, Huron, Marion, Morrow, Ottawa, Richland, Sandusky, Seneca, and Wyandot Counties. Region 2 Draft Agenda: 9:00 Registration 9:30 Welcome 9:45 So Much Stuff, Where Do I Begin? The Challenges & Victories of Collections Management Curator Holly A. Kirkendall shares her perspective on where to begin, what to think about when managing collections, and how to keep track of what is owned by your museum that works for you. Holly Kirkendall, Curator, Wood County Museum 11:15 Networking Break 11:30 Sharing Time Pick one representative from your organization to present a 2-minute summary about what your historical organization has achieved in the past year or what it is planning in the year to come. Please keep comments to 2 minutes, so that each group has the chance to share and inspire others. Thanks! 12:00 Lunch 12:45 Ohio Local History Alliance Region 2 Business Meeting 1:00 Ohio History Connection Local History Services Report 1:15 Adapting Public Programming to Attract Visitation Through his thirty plus years in the museum field, Marvin has created and adapted numerous public programs at sites where he has worked. He will share some of his tips and techniques (cultivated through trial and error with success) for creating all new programs based on museum collections or resulting from discussions with visitors and ideas from Board members. Many of these are simple and inexpensive but provide excellent word-of-mouth from attendees and encourage return attendance. Learn how to slightly change and add new activities to current public programs to attract new and bring back previous visitors as well as create events entirely from scratch. He will also share some ways to engage children, making the museum a fun place they want to return to with their families. Attendees are encouraged to ask questions and share their experiences with creating new public programs at their sites. Ronald I. Marvin, Jr., OLHA Region 2 Representative; and, Director, Wyandot County Historical Society 2:00 Networking Break 2:15 Engaging Young People in Local History Getting young people interested in their history is an ongoing conundrum for historical societies. The Seneca County Museum will share information about their successful program to engage young people in the community via a unique collections item. They found that everyone remembered the four-legged baby duck, so they held a naming contest and created a cartoon character to go around the county and highlight county history. Learn what they did and how the community reacted, and be inspired to try something similar! Theresa Sullivan, Director, Seneca County Museum 3:00 Tour of Seneca County Museum 4:00 Adjourn Questions? Contact OLHA Executive Secretary, Betsy Hedler, at [email protected]