Matthew:
I would be glad to share my knowledge and experience with founding the
consortium of historic house museums in Washington, DC  I was active in
the group for 6 years.  By and large it was an exceptionally positive
experience which did so much to acquaint professionals in the
metropolitan area as well as  provide a forum for local issues, to share
resources, and to market our sites.  I live in Arlington.  Why don't you
e-mail me at:  [log in to unmask]

On Thu, 24 Jun 1999 11:34:31 -0400 Matthew White <[log in to unmask]>
writes:
>Hello,
>
>Myself and a few other peple from both the Baltimore History Alliance
>and
>the Frederick Historic Sites Consortium are planning a session on
>History
>Consortia for the AASLH confernece in Baltimore in the Fall.  Although
>we
>think we represent two different types of organizations from two
>different
>geographic regions, we would like to discuss other areas and what they
>do.
>I was hoping that there may be people out there (anywhere in the
>world) who
>have experience, negative and positive, with forming and/or working
>with
>history consortia and would be willing to share them with me.  We are
>especially interested in hearing about projects that were either
>raging
>failures or raging successes and why.  If you have an experience to
>share,
>please include a little background on what type of region you are in,
>what
>type of institutions are involved, and your basic structure. I was
>thinking
>about designing a questionairre, but I was already online.  If there
>is
>enough interest I will design one and send it out.
>
>If you respond, you might want to do so off list unless you feel
>others
>would like to eavesdrop.  If you do not wish to respond, I was hoping
>those
>of you involved might want to share any publications, like brochures
>or
>fliers, your consortium may have produced.  You can send it to me at
>the
>address below or fax it.
>
>Thanks in advance for all of your help.
>
>Matthew White
>Director of Education
>B&O Railroad Museum
>901 W. Pratt Street
>Baltimore, MD 21223
>410/752-2461
>
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