Current Activities

Recent and Upcoming Publications, Public Workshops, and Educational Sessions

2023

  • Instructor with Ken Turino, “Reimagining House Museums,” AASLH and the Decorative Arts Center of Ohio, June 22, 2023.
  • Instructor with Conny Graft, “Interpretive Planning: Where to Begin?” AASLH, May 24, 2023.
  • Instructor with Ken Turino, “Reimagining House Museums,” AASLH and the Gamble House, April 1, 2023.

2022

  • Panelist, “Securing Your Society’s Future,” The National Society of The Colonial Dames of America annual meeting, Washington, DC, October 15, 2022.
  • Panelist with Erin Carlson Mast, Laura Huerta Mingus, Rebecca Beaulieu, Karen DePauw, and John Garrison Marks, “National Census of History Organizations: Lessons and Next Steps,” American Association for State and Local History annual meeting, New York, September 2022.
  • Moderator and Panelist with Colin Glinieki and Donna Sack, “Evaluate Your Financial Position to Improve Performance,” Association of Midwest Museums and Wisconsin Federation of Museums joint annual meeting (virtual session), July 2022.

2020

  • Panelist with Ken Turino and Remko Jansonius, “Reimagining Historic House Museums,” American Association for State and Local History annual meeting (pre-recorded session), September 2020.
  • Interviewer, “Historic House Calls: Mission and Vision with Erin Carlson Mast” (webinar), American Association for State and Local History, April 23, 2020.
  • Panelist with Ken Turino and Alexandra Rasic, “Reimagining Historic House Museums,” California Association of Museums annual meeting, Los Angeles, March 6, 2020.
  • Presenter with Ken Turino, “Reimagining Historic House Museums: Observations from the Field,” George Washington University Museum, January 22, 2020.

2019

  • Reimagining Historic House Museums: New Approaches and Proven Solutions, edited by Max van Balgooy and Ken Turino (Rowman and Littlefield, 2019)
  • Max van Balgooy, “Imagining a Reimagining Process for House Museums” in Reimagining Historic House Museums.
  • Mary van Balgooy, “Interpreting Women’s Lives at Historic House Museums” in Reimagining Historic House Museums.
  • Presenter, “Reimagining House Museums,” Board of Regents, The National Society of The Colonial Dames of America, October 4, 2019.
  • Instructor with Ken Turino, “Reimagining House Museums,” AASLH and Historic House Trust of New York City, October 4, 2019.
  • Presenter with Ken Turino and Lisa Ackerman, “Places that Innovate,” Historic House Trust of New York City, October 3, 2019.
  • Instructor with Ken Turino, “Rethinking House Museums,” AASLH and Dumbarton House, Washington, DC, October 4, 2019.
  • Moderator with Donna Ann Harris, Nina Zannieri, and Alexandra Rasic, “Waiting for People & Money: Strategies for Building Support for House Museums,” American Association for State and Local History annual meeting, Philadelphia, August 31, 2019.

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.