WEBINARS  

GrantStation Webinar ($69)
Strategies to Secure General Operating Funds 
April 15, 2025, 11:00 a.m. (AZ)
Led by grant expert Alice Ruhnke, this beginner-friendly session will give you practical tools and proven strategies to help you find, build, and win support for your organization’s core needs.

Texas Historical Commission Webinar
Engaging Youth in Museums and History, for the U.S. 250th and Beyond 
April 15, 2025, 12:00 p.m. (AZ)  
Cameron Katz, from Made By Us, shares how the Youth 250 Bureau and Youth 250 Toolkit can help your organization understand the needs of Gen Z, build knowledge and skills to meet those needs, find resources, and how to work with young people directly to create lifelong relationships.

Association of Academic Museums and Galleries Webinar 
What’s the Fee? 
April 15, 2025, 9:00 a.m. (AZ)
A discussion of complexities of museum pay structures, salary transparency, and advocacy for fair compensation. 

National Informal STEM Education Network (NISE) Webinar
Creating Relevant and Meaningful STEM Experiences 
April 15, 2025, 11:00 a.m. (AZ)
Starting with an introduction to the principles of relevance, sharing strategies found to be successful during a study of place-based learning in the NISE Network's STEM Learning Ecosystems project, we will talk about the process of how to approach your community and find out what is truly relevant to your audiences. We will also hear from NISE Network partners already co-creating with their communities to engage audiences more meaningfully in STEM. 

Costume Society of America FREE Webinar
Conversations on Dress: Digitizing, Databasing, and Diversity in Collections Management 
April 16, 2025, 4:00 p.m. (AZ)
This panel will feature a discussion with four professionals who have focused on the digital and databasing world in collections management, considering how we document, catalog, represent, and give online access to diverse objects in our collections.  

Gaylord Archival Webinar
Creating Signage and Graphics (when you're not a graphic designer!) 
April 17, 2025 11:00 a.m. (AZ)
Bethany Fleming, Exhibit Developer, will share basic design principles, software and tools to assist you; and rules for label writing

Artwork Archive FREE Webinar
Emergency Preparedness: Preventive Care Strategies to Mitigate Risk and Protect Collections 
April 17, 11:00 a.m. (AZ)
Learn proactive strategies for safeguarding your collection from emergencies. Conservation expert Rebecca Kennedy will share practical insights on preventative care, helping you mitigate risks before disaster strikes.

Backlog Webinar
Provenance & Original Order  
April 21, 2025  3:00 p.m. (AZ)
This webinar explores key archival principles—provenance, original order, chain of custody, and respect du fonds—and how they guide ethical archival practices. Presented by archivist Genna Duplisea, M.A., M.S., this session will examine how these concepts influence the organization and preservation of archival collections. Webinar is free, but registration is required.

American Association for State and Local History Free Discussion 
History Hour on Earth Day 
April 22, 2025, 12:00 p.m. (AZ)  
Hosted by the AASLH Climate and Sustainability Committee, talk about environmental sustainability and programming at museums and historic sites with your peers around the country. 

American Association for State and Local History Workshop (Virtual) ($150) 
History Communication: Reframing the Value of History and Your Institution 
April 24, 2025
History practitioners at institutions of all types and sizes will learn how to communicate about their work more effectively, including writing fundraising letters, making advocacy calls, speaking with the media, or simply updating your website. 

Productive Fundraising FREE Webinar
How to Get Your Board to Fundraise  
April 24, 2025, 10:00 a.m. (AZ)
Chad Barger, ACFRE, ACNP will focus on equipping and motivating your board members to be great fundraisers. You’ll learn how to help them get over their fear of fundraising and develop the fundraising habit. Accountability and follow through will also be discussed. The session includes tools and samples that you can use to start building a fundraising culture within your board.

American Association for State and Local History Webinar
Working with Tourism Organizations 
April 29, 2025, 12:00 p.m. (AZ)
Heritage and cultural tourism consultant Heidi Schlag and Visit Frederick’s Sr. Marketing Manager Jake Wynn will discuss how museums can work with their local Destination Marketing Organizations (DMOs) to attract more visitors, increase visibility, and strengthen community connections.

Canadian Association for the Conservation of Cultural Property Webinar  
Strategic Planning in Collections Care 
April 29, 2025, 11:00 a.m. (AZ)
Collections Care Advisor Andor Vince will Examine the differences and connections between strategy and planning and how these concepts can effectively be applied to care for heritage collections and how to translate these strategies into a meaningful collections care plan.

American Association for State and Local History Webinar
Working with Craftspeople at Museums and Historic Sites 
May 1, 2025, 12:00 p.m. (AZ)
Aja Bain, AASLH’s Senior Manager of Professional Development and Publications and a crafter/textile enthusiast will discuss how sites can interpret historic crafts in new ways, connect with crafting communities, and foster new understandings of historic objects and the people who made them.

GrantStation Webinar ($89)
How to Build a Monthly Giving or Sustainer Program  
May 8, 2025, 11:00 a.m. (AZ)
Learn what infrastructure to have in place when starting your program, ways to adapt your donation form and marketing materials to include monthly giving, and tips for keeping donors connected to your cause.

National Council on Public History 
An Introduction To Place-Based Disability History 
May 15, 2025, 7:00 a.m. (AZ)
Celebrate the launch of An Introduction to Place-Based Disability History, with Handbook editor Dr. Kathleen Brian and contributing authors Dr. Rebecca Edwards, Dr. Bess Williamson, and Dr. Samuel Yates.  

Artwork Archives Webinar
The Conservator’s Role in Exhibitions: Preservation, Preparation, and Presentation 
May 15, 2025, 11:00 a.m. (AZ)  
Led by Camille Myers Breeze, Founder of Museum Textile Services, this webinar will explore how conservators play a vital role in exhibition planning—from concept to deinstallation. Camille will cover topics including condition assessments, preventative conservation, collaboration with curators and designers, environmental monitoring, and emergency preparedness.

Productive Fundraising FREE Webinar
fundraiserchad’s Favorite Free (or cheap) Fundraising Tools  
May 29, 2025,, 10:00 a.m. (AZ)
Join fundraising master trainer, Chad Barger, ACFRE, ACNP for a fun, fast-paced session where he will highlight the free (or inexpensive) tools that he uses to make fundraising easier and more efficient. Over 15 tools will be discussed and demonstrated ranging from apps to websites to gadgets to books and more.

MEETINGS, CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS   

American Association for State and Local History 
Interpreting Historic House Museums Today 
April 23-24, 2025
Edsel and Eleanor Ford House, Grosse Point Shores MI

Smithsonian Institution National Museum of the American Indian
Collections emergency preparedness and response workshop
April 24, 2025
Huhugam Heritage Center, Chandler AZ
Contact Leland Thomas Leland.Thomas@gric.nsn.us to register

Council of Inter-Mountain Archivists  2025 Annual Conference 
May 1-3, 2025
Boise, Idaho, Boise State University

Legal Issues in Museum Administration 2025 
April 30 - May 2, 2025
The Mayflower Hotel, Washington, DC

2025 Art Curators Conference 
May 1 - 2, 2025
New York NY

International Foundation for Cultural Property Protection Annual Conference 
May 3-8, 2025
Yale University, New Haven, CT

American Alliance of Museum Annual Meeting and Expo 
May 6-9, 2025
Los Angeles CA

Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections Annual Meeting 
May 27-31, 2025
Lawrence, KS

Costume Society of America 51st Annual Meeting and Symposium Innovation: The Art, Craft, History, Technology, and Diaspora of Dress 
June 1-5, 2025
Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles CA

Ecsite Conference 2025
June 3-5, 2025
Warsaw, Poland

Association of Academic Museums and Galleries Annual Conference 
June 24-27, 2025
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque NM

American Association for State and Local History 2025 Annual Conference 
September 10-13, 2025
Cincinnati OH

National Conference on Cultural Property Protection  
September 22-24, 2025
Washington, DC   

Western Museums Association Annual Meeting 
October 1-4, 2025
Reno NV

2025 International Conference of Indigenous Archives, Libraries, and Museums (ATALM2025)
October 7-9, 2025
Harrah’s Cherokee Casino and Resort in Cherokee NC

National Humanities Conference 
November 12-16, 2025
Detroit MI

 

COURSES    

American Association for State and Local History Online Courses  
June 16 – August 10: Basics of Archives 
June 16 – August 10: Caring for Museum Collections 
June 16 – August 10: Developing Exhibitions: Planning and Design 
June 16 – July 13: Introduction to Financial Management 
June 16 - August 10 Collections Management 200: Stewardship and Public Access

Connection to Collections Care Course ($149)
Sustainability Plans for Small and Mid-Sized Cultural Heritage Institutions  
Become familiar with the tools and resources available to implement sustainable practices and how they can apply to collecting institutions, and begin assessing current institutional practices through a sustainability lens and learn how to develop this practice into an actionable plan.
March 27, 2025 10:00 a.m. (AZ) Green Terms and Tools
April 1, 2025, 10:00 a.m. (AZ)  Examining current operations
April 10, 2025, 10:00 a.m. (AZ) Developing a Green Vision
April 17, 2025, 10:00 a.m. (AZ)   Creating a Plan

American Association for State and Local History
Arcus Leadership Program Courses
Specifically designed for emerging and mid-level professionals and volunteers, these self-paced courses help participants understand the most critical topics in the history field and incorporate that understanding into their work. Start these courses any time.
Accessibility for Historical Organizations 
Creating Engaging Social Media Content for Historical Organizations  
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for History Organizations 
Foundational Principles of LGBTQ+ Inclusion  
Introduction to Fundraising   
Introduction to Indigenous History 
Program Planning for Nonprofits 

GrantStation 
Turbocharge Your Grantwriting Skills ($399)
7 units guide you through the entire grant proposal process step-by-step. You’ll learn how to craft an organizational background, compelling statement of need, process and outcome evaluation, approach, and budget with detailed videos, downloads, examples, and other resources. 

Finding New Sources of Funding in Challenging Times
Think beyond traditional sources of financial support to fund cultural resource projects. Learn how to evaluate a cultural resource project for its value in serving broader community needs. Review traditional funding types versus alternative sources that can be redirected to meet project goals. 
(On demand)

Canadian Conservation Institute (CCI) and the Canadian Heritage Information Network (CHIN) Online Course
Museum Collections Documentation and Data Cleaning
Provides essential museum documentation information for museum staff with all levels of knowledge. It begins with an introductory overview and ends with specific documentation issues. Learners can take the modules in order or choose a module or two that fits their needs.
(On demand)

Canadian Conservation Institute (CCI) and the Canadian Heritage Information Network (CHIN) Online Course
Preservation Housekeeping for Heritage Sites and Small Museums
Covers guidelines, best practices and resources for the regular upkeep of historic interiors and exteriors as well as the contents of historic buildings. This one- to two-hour self-paced course has been designed for those who work or volunteer in small museums or heritage sites and who have little to no training in conservation.
(On demand)