Event Details

Thursday, April 27, 2023

10 AM - 11 AM

Cost: Free.

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Location

Online Webinar

For more information, please contact Amy Norlin at fieldservices@wisconsinhistory.org or 608-264-6579.

About the Event

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Joe Kapler

Every Thursday in April, the Wisconsin Historical Society’s Local History Outreach Team will offer a one-hour Zoom webinar on a topic relevant to the local history community for its Spring Webinar Series. Local and national speakers will discuss fundraising, digitization projects, outreach and collections while also fielding questions from audience members.

On Thursday, April 27, join Joe Kapler, the Society's Lead Curator and Curator of Cultural History, as we discuss a common challenge for local and regional collecting organizations, deciding just what to acquire. Many museums and historical societies are overburdened with large artifact collections. Kapler will share key issues and challenges of general collecting, considerations for focusing efforts and strategies to help communicate your mission and scope to patrons. He'll utilize examples from 25 years in the field. If you've previously attended this session at the Local History & Historic Preservation Conference, Joe will share recent issues and opportunities. Attendees are encouraged to bring specific issues for the Q&A portion of the webinar.