Annual Meeting & Conference Archive

2016 Baton Rouge, La

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2015 Williamsburg, Va

2014 Heritage Park, Calgary

Innovators and Entrepreneurs: Risk Taking in Living History

June 21-25, 2014
Heritage Park Historical Village
Calgary, Alberta Canada

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2013 Hale Farm & Village, OH

2012 Farmer's Branch, TX

Maintaining Relevance in a Digital Age

June 9-12, Farmers Branch, Texas

In 2012, members of ALHFAM traveled to Farmers Branch, Texas, and the Farmers Branch Historical Park for the organization’s annual meeting. The theme of the 2012 conference was Maintaining Relevance in a Digital Age. Conference attendees  had an opportunity to learn how the historical community maintains its sense of relevance in an ever changing world filled with tweets, tubes and online friends you’ve never met in person. 

Go to the ALHFAM BLOG to see photos and more from the conference.

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2011 Jackson's Mill, West VA

Growing Living History ~ In Good Times & Bad

Association for Living History, Farm and Agricultural Museums
2011 Annual Meeting and Conference
The Farmstead at WVU Jackson’s Mill
Weston, West Virginia

In today’s tumultuous times, historians and museum professionals continually face the challenge of finding innovative ways to keep the past alive. Visiting new places, experiencing new opportunities, and sharing our individual successes and failures are valuable parts of that process.
We were pleased to have welcomed the Association for Living History, Farm and Agricultural Museums to West Virginia for its annual meeting June 4-8, 2011. The Farmstead at WVU Jackson’s Mill has a very rich history as an 18th and 19th century rural economic hub, the boyhood home of Confederate General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, and the first state 4-H camp in the nation. 2011 marked 90 years of operation by the Extension Service of West Virginia University.

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2010 Old Sturbridge Village, MA

The 40th Anniversary ALHFAM Annual Meeting & Conference: hosted by Old Sturbridge Village, June 20-24, 2010. 

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2009 Winston-Salem, NC

From Strangers to Friends

Annual Meeting and Conference, June 6-9, 2009
Hosted by Old Salem Museums & Gardens
Winston-Salem, North Carolina

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2008 Ottawa, Canada

Loyalty in Living History 

The Conference was held in Ottawa, Ontario. Situated on the historic Ottawa River, this “lumber town” was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1857 to become Canada’s National Capital. The region is home to Canada’s National Museums including the Canada Agriculture Museum, as well as several other federal institutions and historic sites. Co-hosting the conference was Upper Canada Village, one of Canada’s oldest and most comprehensive living history museums representing an 1860’s rural community.

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2007 Santa Fe, NM

Following Old Trails, Blazing the New: Museums & Community

June 1 - 5, 2007
Santa Fe, New Mexico

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