This is such a lovely wrap up, friend, and if you want a partner to help write that NCPH or Public Historian blog post, I'm so down. And I totally agree--public history needs big changes, but we can't

This is great, @charliehersh! Yea, this class opened my eyes to the fact that most board members have NO idea what they're doing. Building new wings for the sake of expanding, while collections deteriorate

As always, the Scrooge McDuck gif is priceless (lol puns). I really love all of these ideas--especially the concept of PAID internships in cultural institutions. What an crazy thought. Out of curiosity:

Yea, like somehow send them to the schools to get kids to look through and pick objects that they want to "exhibit" together and why. It's not as cool as being able to see or touch the objects

@phillyhistory This is great! Do you know of any examples in Philly archives?

Right---like, what's the cutoff point for the probability of a disaster? The Philadelphia Museum of Art, a bastion/fortress of an institution situated in a mild climate, also sits right next to a river

I also love that the DSC is not history specific. Temple's departments do NOT work well together--everyone is not only overworked, but also vying for the same university funding. This would be a great

Excellent points, @charliehersh! I'm interested to know how you handle volunteers who deliberately go against your policies? Do those people automatically get terminated (or whatever the term is for firing

Right, it really is impossible with the financial restraints placed on almost every institution. However, I want there to be a solution beyond a piecemeal addressing of problems. Financial struggles have/will

Thanks, Ted! The Coltrane project is currently at a stand still. The owner of the house has two young children and hasn't been involved in activism/interpretive strategies, unfortunately...

Though they weren't marketed/affiliated with historic sites, did any of these events have any kind of exhibit or site connection once people got there? Example: I went to a circus show/sunset picnic at

The value in musicians putting their music on Spotify is purely exposure. So many people use it around the world that it would be silly to pass up that opportunity. However, it pays next to nothing, so

Instead of free admission, maybe there could just be more advanced free historical/museum content sent to your phone or to your house via a low monthly fee or a pay-what-you-want kind of thing. People

Hey Steve! I want to talk about T a bit more: since you currently host a podcast, do you have any experience with trying to make your content viral without sacrificing quality? Or spending a ton of money?

I couldn't think of anything beyond Nina Simon's examples of zoos or Britain's regulations on sales out of the country. Outside of museums, does it make sense to re-tool an institution to function like

Thanks, @artemis94!

That's definitely a good idea! A Schomburg model in Philadelphia would be amazing--though I'm not exactly sure of their institutional history. Would that be more of a collaboration or an offshoot of the

Thanks for sharing! I was only in LA for five days, but since my boyfriend and I are both jazz musicians, we listened to KKJZ the whole vacation! Loved the variety and the little history lessons between

This is a fun list, thanks for sharing this! I absolutely love Sara Bareilles. I got to go see her musical Waitress last summer, and it was definitely a dream come true. Also, Norah looks so young in that

Yea, me neither! I just assumed they were decorative pieces. Like, decorative and common in the 18th century, so obviously replicated during the Society Hill renovations in the 1960s/70s. This was cool