Registration is now open for the in-person portion of the 2024 Association for Living History, Farm and Agricultural Museums (ALHFAM)' Annual Meeting and Conference, "Curating Living History: Preserving Skills and Intangible Culture," June 7th-10th. It will be hosted by Howell Living History Farm and the Mercer County Park Commission, in Titusville, NJ.
The virtual portion of the conference will be September 9th-10th.
For those who use living history to preserve the work, play, stories, traditions, and lifeways of times past, the ability to transfer knowledge and skills from one generation of practitioners to another is of critical importance.
How do we ensure that the living, intangible cultural heritage held in our hands is as safely and comprehensively kept as the material culture that supports and reflects it? Can the historical skills of a farmer, miller, butcher or tailor be collected, registered, curated and preserved like the tools and equipment they use?
During ALHFAM's 2024 annual conference, stakeholders from museums of all kinds are invited to explore the ways that curatorial methods, succession planning, and the development of strategic skill training and transfer systems can help us preserve the intangible cultural heritage that is the heartbeat of living history.
The registration fee includes all workshops, meals, and transportation during the meeting. Housing will be at Rider University or the Hilton Garden Inn Princeton Lawrenceville, both in Lawrenceville, NJ. Registrants wishing to stay at Rider University can sign up for housing during meeting registration.
An overview of the conference, with links to the conference program and the registration page are at https://alhfam.org/2024-Annual-Conference. Early Bird registration ends on April 30, 2024!
We look forward to seeing you!
Martha Katz-Hyman
ALHFAM Communications Manager
martha.katz-hyman@alhfam.org
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Martha Katz-Hyman
Independent Curator
Newport News, VA
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