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04 December 2025 – Victoria Villaseñor
Within the first few months of Donald Trump’s second presidential term, he and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) waged a war on national parks. Through massive staff layoffs, drastic funding cuts, and attempts to censor interpretation, this administration is undermining public access to our lands and our nation’s diverse histories. Read More
30 October 2025 – Kevin Lukacs 3
Horror is a rich genre full of meaning for many people, including non-traditional museumgoers. A recent study showed that 35% of respondents felt museums were “not for people like me.” Even I, a museum professional, have often felt the same way. Read More
09 April 2020 – Priya Chhaya
Last July, Washington, D.C. area visitors and residents were treated to an incredible sight: an image of the Saturn V rocket from the 1969 Apollo 11 mission that first put humans on the moon, projected onto the Washington Monument. This projection, known as Apollo 50: Go for the Moon, was a part of the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing, organized by the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum (NASM), that featured a weeklong series of events. Read More
19 September 2019 – Allison Horrocks 1
cultural heritage, public programming, interpretation, authority, National Park Service, shared authority, public history, working group, 2019 annual meeting, historiography
For the 2019 National Council on Public History Annual Meeting in Hartford, Connecticut, I had the pleasure of coordinating the Interpreting Our Heritage in the 21st Century working group with public historian Nick Sacco. Our goal was to take a fresh look at Freeman Tilden’s foundational text, Interpreting Our Heritage (1957), and to consider whether it required “repair work,” which was the annual meeting’s theme. Read More