Consulting Services

Expand the impact of your collections and reach new audiences

• Develop on- and off-site exhibitions

• Develop interpretive materials and experiences connected to exhibits 

• Develop programming and curriculum for general public and school audiences

• Conduct professional development workshops for state-certified teachers and librarians

• Create primary source/artifact interpretation in school and museum settings

• Train facilitators and develop materials for discussion groups, workshops and gallery talks

• Conduct oral history workshops

Leverage your trusted community members’ talents and interests.

• Identify partnership opportunities and organize partner meetings

• Convene and facilitate teacher and community advisory groups

• Develop and design K-12 school partnerships

• Strengthen your volunteer program by implementing successful practices and identifying unmet needs

• Develop undergraduate and graduate practicums and internships

Make it easier to discover the treasures in your collection

• Develop strategy for digitization and stewardship of digital collections

• Follow best practices and standards for digitization and metadata 

• Create digital lesson plans for K-12 classrooms incorporating artifacts and primary source materials from your collections

• Adopt technology and consortial solutions to boost digital discovery 

Include new voices to complement your existing collections 

• Design oral history projects including timeline and planning templates, training materials for participants, preservation guidelines and copyright consideration

• Design community archiving projects including recommendations on workflow, equipment, event planning, outreach, and stewardship of materials collected

• Design photo documentation projects, including recommendations on workflow and equipment, planning templates, equipment, event planning, outreach, and stewardship of materials collected