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NCPH advances the field of public history, promoting professionalism among history practitioners and encouraging their engagement with the public. We are a membership association of consultants, museum professionals, government historians, professors & students, archivists, teachers, cultural resource managers, curators, film & media producers, historical interpreters, policy advisers, and many others. Members confer at the annual meeting each spring and share their expertise in our journal and newsletter, and in several online formats. *This site best viewed in Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome.*

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Action Alert!
Please sign the “Yes We Scan” petition asking the Obama administration to create a commission to explore the scope, costs, and benefits of digitizing ALL federal records holdings. More

International Federation for Public History
The IFPH will be electing a Steering Committee in late January.

Historians as Expert Witnesses
Consultants tell why a historical viewpoint is invaluable in the courtroom.

Certificate Programs
The Curriculum & Training Committee has a new Best Practices guide for public history programs offering certificates.

Recommended Readings for Public History Courses
Annotated bibliographies of select books and articles for use in public history education

Forum on Consulting
Essays about challenges and opportunities for CRM consultants.

International Reviews and Reviewers
TPH is increasing its reviews of work abroad. Help identify potential sites, publications, and gray literature for review.

2012 Annual Meeting
(joint with OAH)
Frontier Airlines Center
Milwaukee, WI
April 18 – 22, 2012

Program is available as an online PDF.

Critical reviews of exhibit practice in an age of ubiquitous display

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Jobs
Free searching or posting to the public history jobs and internships page.

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NCPH is a leading member of the National Coalition for History, a nonprofit for history-related advocacy. Click here to subscribe to its weekly newsletter, The Washington Update, or get the RSS feed here.

“The history that lies inert in unread books does no work in the world.”

- Carl Becker, “Everyman His Own Historian”

The Public Historian is the leading journal in the field of public history.

Discussion Networks
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Public History News provides members with updates on activities and developments in the field.

“Given the essential value of historical understanding, the NCPH promotes professionalism among history practitioners and their engagement with the public.”

- NCPH Mission Statement -

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