[MassHistPres] Public Education, Promotion and Publicity for Historical Commissions

[Joseph S. Larson]

The Pelham Historical Commission has no money for publicity as such. We issue press releases to the local media describing our accomplishments and we tell our story in the letters that we send to residents asking for money to support projects. We report our progress in the Town Annual Report and put short stories in our town newsletter The Pelham Slate. It takes time, but it seems to work well. We also work closely with the private Pelham Historical Society that uses one of our buildings as a museum and runs tours in our historic Town Hall. We attend their meetings and report our progress to them regularly.

Joseph S. Larson, Chairman
Pelham Historical Commission
27 Arnold Road
Pelham, Massachusetts 01002-9757
http://myprofile.cos.com/larson358

  ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Herb Skelly 
    To: masshistpres at cs.umb.edu 
    Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 2:47 PM
    Subject: [MassHistPres] Public Education,Promotion and Publicity for Historical Commissions


    Have you had experience with techniques for publicizing the work of Historical Commissions? The Eastham Historical Commission would like some clues from those who have developed educational programs for the general public: topics; media; venue. Also, how do you fund these? Do you have a budget from your city or town? Do you have benefactors? Do you sponsor house tours, walking tours? 

    Thanks.

    Herb Skelly, co-chair, Eastham Historical Commission
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