Greentown Historical Society Presents Dr. A. L. Keim, DVM Veterinary Practice
This presentation will be held on Sun., April 20, at 2 p.m. at the History Center Annex on the Southeast corner of the intersection of Main and Meridian Streets in Greentown.

Admission is free.

Carolyn Donson will speak about her father Dr. A. L. Keim, DVM, who had a local veterinary practice in Plevna area from 1942-1976. This is a presentation of her experiences assisting him with the large and small animal care in a 6-county area (Howard, Grant, Tipton, Carroll, Miami and Cass).

The presentation correlates with the Greentown Historical Society exhibit Is there a Doctor in the House?, featuring past and present dentists, physicians and veterinarians of Eastern Howard County.

For more information contact Sue Clouser at (765) 628-7840 or SClouser3@cs.com.

Boxley Cabin Restoration to be Unveiled
Sheridan’s newly restored heritage landmark, the 1828 George Boxley log cabin, will be dedicated on Thu., Apr. 24, at 4 p.m. in Sheridan Veterans Park.

Ceremonies will take place on Pioneer Hill and are open to the public. 

John Gillis will serve as Master of Ceremonies for both the Boxley Cabin Dedication as well as the Sheridan Historical Society’s annual dinner that continues the community-building theme and celebration at the Sheridan Community Center.  The Sheridan Chamber of Commerce will sponsor a reception before dinner.

Sheridan Historical Society’s annual dinner celebration will be held at 6:30 p.m. at the Sheridan Community Center—an event proceeded by a reception at 5:15 p.m. 

Reservations for the dinner are $25 per person and information is available by contacting Ginny Tackitt at (317) 758-0643. 

The cabin, the first settlement in Adams Township in Hamilton County, is now on the National Register of Historic Places and was built by Virginia abolitionist George Boxley.  Boxley was seeking a sanctuary home far away from bounty hunters who had chased him for 12 years after he escaped a Spotsylvania County jail on May 5, 1816, where he was awaiting judgment following a sabotaged slave rebellion in February of that year.  Virginia authorities crushed the bold plans and five slaves were hung while Boxley was incarcerated.  Boxley’s wife, Hannah Jenkins Boxley, had smuggled a spring saw to aid in the jailbreak. 

Trained tour docents will open the cabin to welcome visitors on Fri., Apr. 25, from 1-4 p.m., and on Sat., Apr. 26, from 10 a.m.-noon.

To arrange for special group tours, call the Sheridan Chamber of Commerce at (317) 758-1311 or the Sheridan Historical Society at (317) 758-5054.

For more information visit http://www.sheridanhistoricalsociety.com/.

Daisy Day at the Hinkle-Garton Farmstead in Bloomington
This event will be held on Sat., April 26, from 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

The site opens at 9 a.m. with a fundraising yard sale on the grounds.

Continuing until 4 p.m. in the main house is the ongoing quilt exhibit, Family Patterns of Tradition, featuring 32 quilts made by two generations of the Brown family from Butler and Ohio Counties in Kentucky.

The Farmstead is free and open to the public and is located at 2920 E. Tenth St. in Bloomington. It is owned and operated by Bloomington Restorations, Inc. (BRI), the historic preservation nonprofit for Monroe County.

For more information call BRI at (812) 336-0909 or visit http://www.bloomingtonrestorations.org/.

2008 National Volunteer Week
This event is scheduled for April 27-May 3, 2008. 

National Volunteer Week is about thanking one of America's most valuable assets, our volunteers, and calling the public's attention to all that volunteers do to improve our communities.  The Week reflects the power that volunteers have to "inspire by example" – volunteers both encourage those they help and motivate others to serve!

This year the President's Council on Service and Civic Participation is asking you to recognize your volunteers' achievement by joining the thousands of organizations working to deliver the President's Volunteer Service Award to deserving volunteers during National Volunteer Week and throughout the year.

For more information on how to recognize your volunteers or to download the 2008 National Volunteer Week toolkit, go to www.pointsoflight.org/programs/seasons/nvw/. The toolkit will help you plan and publicize your recognition activities on the local, state and national levels.

For additional information about National Volunteer Week, please contact John Jowers at (404) 979-2941 or jjowers@handsonnetwork.org.

Head Turning Victorian Fashions: Hats and Hairstyles in the 19th Century
This fashion show and luncheon will be held on Sat., May 3, at noon at the Lincoln Museum in Fort Wayne.

Admission is $10 for members and $12 for non-members.

We’ll enjoy an elegant box lunch while period costume expert, Sue Pfeiffer and 30th Indiana re-enactors give us a glimpse into the hats and hair designs of the 19th century lady and gentleman. A question and answer period will follow. The event is a wonderful reason to call your mother and invite her to a special Mother’s Day for just the two of you!

Reservations are requested by April 25, and can be made by calling (260) 455-6087 or e-mailing diane.savieo@TheLincolnMuseum.org.

The Lincoln Museum is located at the corner of Clinton and Berry Streets in downtown Fort Wayne.

Architecture Day Camp for Kids in Scottsburg
Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana and the Scott County Heritage Center and Museum will offer a two-day camp for children ages 8-12 on June 10 and 11. Participants spend each day discovering the architecture and landmarks—history in 3D—of Scottsburg. The camp runs from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. each day at the Scott County Heritage Center and Museum, located at 1050 S. Main St. in Scottsburg.

Campers strap on hardhats and try their hand with tools from the past and present, decorate their own flowerpots and plant nineteenth century flowers, explore the architecture of downtown Scottsburg and the interurban train car at Lake Iola and build models of their favorite buildings, real or imagined.

Historic Landmarks Foundation’s ArchiCamp program comes to Scottsburg for the first time. Winner of a prestigious award from the American Association of State and Local History, ArchiCamps encourage children to use their imaginations and powers of observation while teaching them about history, architecture and renovation.

Cost of the camp is $30 and includes refreshments, educational materials and souvenirs. Participants should bring a sack lunch.

Enrollment for the camp is limited to 20 children. Reservations must be made by June 4; contact Jeremy Risen at the Scott County Museum and Heritage Center, (812) 752-1050 or jrisen@scottcountyheritagemuseum.org.

Museum Field Expert Position with the Mid-American Arts Alliance
The Mid-America Arts Alliance is seeking a part-time Museum Field Expert to work with MAAA staff and small museums in Arkansas in the training area of museum governance and basic nonprofit compliance.

This position is for the Hands-on Experiential Learning Project (HELP), designed expressly to address the improvement needs of small, rural museums.

We are seeking a consultant who appreciates the many attributes of small museums. Field Experts must understand the virtues and limitations of small museums, and must be able to translate professional practices energetically and effectively.

Position Description:
Over a project term of one year (June 2008-June 2009), the consultant will:

• Attend a two-day Field Expert orientation meeting in Kansas City with Field Experts from other participating states.
• Attend and participate in three museum training workshops (orientation, booster meeting and a final evaluation workshop).
• Complete two on-site museum consultations (one of which will include meeting with the board of directors), totaling 40 on-site visits (2 visits per museum) during the project.
• During these consultations, the Field Expert will help museums establish areas for improvement and evaluate progress towards their goals.
• Facilitate governance-related learning on the project listserv.
• Complete brief progress reports throughout the year.
• Be an active advocate for each museum's improvement and, as such, be available for project-related phone conversations with museum and project personnel.

Qualifications:
The Field Expert must have more than five years experience working with small nonprofit organizations (museum experience preferable). Qualified candidates must have a bachelor’s degree and:

• Understand the virtues, expectations and limitations of small museums.
• Have a record of providing and translating professional museum practices to this constituency energetically and effectively.
• Ability to travel extensively within their respective state.
• The ability to provide training in program goal setting and evaluation.
• The capability to facilitate positive organizational change in partnership with HELP project manager, participant museums’ staff, board and community.

The ideal candidate is familiar with the basics of nonprofit compliance and with the workings of boards of directors at small museums. Knowledge of museum standards in governance and an understanding of state-specific resources and requirements is preferred. Above all the field expert will be encouraging and friendly, and eager to help museums wanting to improve their organizational behaviors.

The consultant’s annual fee will be $18,000 for all project work. All travel and incidental expenses will be reimbursed separately.

Interested individuals should send an email of interest along with a brief bio or resume to the project manager, Brian Crockett, at brian_crockett@msn.com, by May 9, 2008.

In-person and telephone interviews will be arranged during May 2008. Confirmation will begin as soon as possible; project orientation is tentatively scheduled to occur in early June 2008.

More information about the HELP project can be found at the website of the Mid-America Arts Alliance, www.maaa.org/help. For specific questions about the Field Expert position, please contact Brian Crockett at brian_crockett@msn.com, or Rachel Saalweachter at (816) 421-1388, ext. 225, or rachel@maaa.org.

MuseTech Central: The MCN Project Registry
The Museum Computer Network (MCN) and the Museum Software Foundation (MSF) invite you to visit and use the MCN Project Registry at MuseTech Central, a recently launched space for sharing information about technology-related projects in the cultural heritage sector. From implementations of digital asset management systems to innovative uses of educational interactives, the MCN Project Registry represents the latest technology and information projects in museums, libraries and archives.

This community registry provides new ways to distribute information about your projects, and it opens new possibilities for networking and knowledge sharing. Now, rather than sending a snapshot description via email when responding to an inquiry about a project at your institution, you can register the project at MuseTech Central and direct interested parties there for the most up-to-date and accurate information.

You also can use the MCN Project Registry to learn how colleagues at other institutions are planning, implementing and assessing their technology projects, and to evaluate the latest trends in our sector. In the short time since the registry went live, contributors already have registered a fascinating variety of projects.

To visit MuseTech Central, go to http://www.musetechcentral.org/. You can view some of the records created so far, and enter your own projects and programs (we encourage registration of ongoing programs of work as well as time-limited projects).

The registry also is accessible via a link from the MCN Web site at http://www.mcn.edu/.