Recent and Upcoming Publications, Public Workshops, and Educational Sessions

2016

• Instructor, “Reinventing the Historic House Museum,” Campbell House and American Association for State and Local History, St. Louis, Missouri, April 4, 2016.
• Instructor, Historic House Museum Issues and Operations, Brucemore and American Association for State and Local History, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, April 28, 2016.
• Adjunct Professor, Interpretation of Historic Sites and House Museums, Museum Studies Program, George Washington University, Fall 2016.
• A Practical Guide to Interpretive Planning for Historic Sites and House Museums, Rowman and Littlefield, forthcoming late fall.

2015

• Instructor, Historic House Museum Issues and Operations, American Association for State and Local History and Historic Charleston Foundation, Charleston, South Carolina, February 2015
• Speaker, “Making History Relevant to Americans,” The National Society of The Colonial Dames in America, Dumbarton House, Washington, DC, April 9, 2014.
• Instructor, “Interpretive Planning for Museums, Big and Small” and “Where Main Street Meets Madison Avenue” NIU Museum Studies, Illinois Association of Museums, and Ellwood House Museum, DeKalb, Illinois, April 14, 2015.
• Instructor, “Reinventing the Historic House Museum,” New England Museums Association and American Association for State and Local History, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, April 21, 2015.
• Speaker, “The Postwar Dream Home: The Ranch House,” Kansas City Public Library and Johnson County Museum Foundation, April 28, 2015.
• Instructor, “Reinventing the Historic House Museum,” Atlanta History Center and American Association for State and Local History, Atlanta, Georgia, June 12, 2015.
• Instructor, Interpretive Planning for Historic Sites, American Association for State and Local History, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, August 17, 2015.
• Adjunct Professor, Interpretation of Historic Sites and House Museums, Museum Studies Program, George Washington University, Fall 2015.
• Speaker, “Making History Relevant to Americans,” Heritage Areas of Maryland, Crownsville, MD, December 10, 2015.
• Instructor, “Reinventing the Historic House Museum,” National Park Service and American Association for State and Local History, Woodstock, Vermont, December 14-15, 2015.

2014

• Panelist, “Making History Relevant to Americans,” American Historical Association annual meeting, Washington, DC, January 3, 2014.
• “Are Historic House Museums Adapting for the Future?,” Historic House Museum Symposium sponsored by the Historic House Museum Coalition of Washington, DC, March 15, 2014.
• Panelist, “The Why and How of Strategic Planning,” Virginia Association of Museums annual meeting, March 17, 2014.
• Moderator, “Living Landscapes,” National Council on Public History annual meeting in Monterey, California, March 2014.
• Panelist, “History Relevance Campaign,” National Council on Public History annual meeting in Monterey, California, March 2014.
• Webinar on heritage travel, California Preservation Foundation, May 2014.
• Panelist, “Strategic Planning Made Simple,” American Alliance of Museums annual meeting in Seattle, Washington, May 2014.
• Webinar, “Making Heritage Tourism Work for Your Community,” California Preservation Foundation, May 2014.
• Moderator, “National Trends at Historic Sites and History Museums: A Look at Recent Studies”, American Association for State and Local History annual meeting, St. Paul, September 17-20, 2014
• Editor, Interpreting African American History and Culture at Museums and Historic Sites, Rowman and Littlefield, December 2014.

2013

• Panelist, “Destination Travel: Economic Development through Heritage Tourism,” California Preservation Foundation annual conference, Anaheim, CA, May 1-3, 2013.
• “Ordinary People, Extraordinary Times” in History News (March 2013)
• Luncheon speaker on the challenges and opportunities facing historic house museums, Virginia Association of Museums annual conference, Virginia, March 2013.
• “Mild-Mannered Superheroes Rarely Make A Difference,” keynote address for the  Small Museums Association, February 2013
• “Embezzlement: Is it Our Dirty Secret?” in Exhibitionist (Fall 2012)
• “Historic House Museums in the 21^st Century,” Encyclopaedia of Local History, 2^nd Edition (2012)
• Moderator, Re-imagining Historic Sites:  Three Roads to the Same Destination, American Association for State and Local History annual meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah, October 2012
• Moderator, Meshing Mission and Community: Identifying Strategies for Engagement, American Association for State and Local History annual meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah, October 2012

Representative Organizations that Have Hosted or Sponsored Our Workshops, Publications, or Educational Sessions

• American Association for State and Local History
• American Alliance of Museums
• Association for Living Historical Farms and Agricultural Museums
• Blackstone River Valley Heritage Corridor
• California Council for the Promotion of History
• California Preservation Foundation
• Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust
• Kansas Preservation Alliance
• Historic House Museum Consortium of Washington, DC
• McFaddin-Ward Museum Conference on Historic House Museums
• Museum Educators of Southern California
• New York State Bureau of Museums
• National Preservation Conference
• National Trust for Historic Preservation
• Partners for Sacred Places
• San Francisco Heritage
• Society of California Archivists
• University of Pennsylvania
• University of Southern California
• Virginia Association of Museums
• Western Museums Association
• Workman and Temple Family Homestead Museum

For more information, contact Max van Balgooy at EngagingPlaces, LLC.