Webinar: Partnering with Museums to Enrich Your Community’s Story
Wednesday, June 12th – 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Ohio has over 1300 museums and historic sites – with at least one organization in each of our 88 counties, museums are natural partners to help tell your community’s story, and preserve its legacy for future generations.
Learn about Ohio’s statewide organization for museums and museum professionals, the Ohio Museums Association, and how OMA can help connect you with opportunities and museums in your area.
Then, hear from museums that have worked closely with their Main Street partners to learn about the impact and opportunities these relationships have opened for all parties involved.
About Our Presenter
Johnna McEntee (she/her) has worked in the museum association field for over twenty years and is the Executive Director of the Ohio Museums Association (OMA) – a position she has held since 2011.
During her time at OMA, Johnna has been involved in many state-wide and national museum initiatives, including the Institute of Museum and Library Services Connecting to Collections program, the American Alliance of Museums’ Museums Advocacy Day – and was honored to receive the Advocacy Leadership Award from AAM during the 13th annual Museums Advocacy Day, is a planning partner for Ohio Statehood Day, founder of the Ohio Statewide Organization Advocacy Roundtable, co-founder of the Columbus chapter of Emerging Museum Professionals, was Midwest Regional Representative to the National Alliance of State Museum Associations, was a Steering Committee member for the national initiative for state museum associations “Museums United Phase II,” Community Engagement Center Advisory Committee Representative for the Ohio Digital Network, and is a member of IDEAL Columbus – a central Ohio DEAI working group. During COVID, Johnna was a planning and contributing partner of the Local History Helps committee. Johnna was named and currently serves as a representative for the America 250 – Ohio Museums, Arts Organizations, and Cultural Institutions Committee.
Johnna is a founding member of the national state museum associations organization, the Coalition of State Museum Associations (COSMA). She recently completed her term serving as immediate Past-Chair for the COSMA Foundation Board, chair of the COSMA Program Committee, chair of the COSMA Summit Committee, and member of the COSMA Nomination Committee.
New Solutions For House Museums: Five Lessons Learned Webinar
Wednesday, January 13 – 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Join author Donna Ann Harris for this webinar about the second edition of her best-selling book, New Solutions for House Museums: Ensuring the Long-Term Preservation of America’s Historic Homes. Donna will share stories from a handful of her 18 case studies to highlight how the new uses or users of these historic sites made them more financially sustainable–even through the Great Recession–and the lessons they learned about stewardship for the long haul. The second edition was published on November 1, 2020 and is now available from Rowman and Littlefield Publishers/AASLH. The publisher is offering a 30% discount, if you are interested in purchasing the book. The discount code will be shared at the end of the presentation.
Speaker
Donna Ann Harris is the principal of Heritage Consulting Inc. a Philadelphia-based Women’s Business Enterprise (WBE) consulting firm that aids non-profit organizations and government agencies nationwide in the following practice areas: downtown and commercial district revitalization, historic preservation, tourism product development, and non-profit organizational development.
Ms. Harris is nationally known as a Main Street professional, having served as State coordinator for Illinois Main Street before starting her consulting practice in 2004. She has worked with local Main Street organizations in 24 states and presented at every national Main Street conference since starting her firm. Most recently she recorded three, 90-minute fundraising webinars for the Main Street America Institute.
AltaMira Press published her book New Solutions for House Museums: Ensuring the Long-Term Preservation of America’s Historic Houses in 2007. This title has been the best seller for AltaMira Press since its publication. A second edition was published by Rowman and Littlefield Publishers/AASLH in November 2020. For 16 years Ms. Harris has been speaking about and consulting with historic house museums around the country about alternative uses and stewardship responsibilities.