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Are you and your organization devoted to collecting, preserving, or interpreting the history of your community? Would you like to connect with a statewide network of other local history professionals and volunteers to share ideas, develop new skills, and promote the interests of history and heritage organizations in Ohio? The Ohio Association of Historical Societies & Museums is for you!
Organized in 1959 under sponsorship of the Ohio Historical Society, the Ohio Association of Historical Societies & Museums is composed of local historical societies, historic preservation groups, history museums, archives, libraries, genealogical societies, and local historians throughout the state involved in collecting, preserving, and interpreting Ohio’s history.
The Ohio Association of Historical Societies & Museums coordinates programs and opportunities that help local historians...
...share ideas.
...gain skills.
...preserve and present the history of Ohio’s communities.
...promote local history through a statewide network.
The Ohio Historical Society / Ohio Association of Historical Societies & Museums Partnership
Since its founding, the Ohio Association of Historical Societies & Museums has worked closely with the Ohio Historical Society. Though separate organizations, we share a common goal: to encourage preservation and presentation of Ohio’s heritage. We are linked by this common purpose and by the belief that through affiliation we can be more effective in meeting our shared goals. To that end, the staff of the Ohio Historical Society’s Local History Office provides administrative support and resources for all Ohio Association of Historical Societies & Museums programs. This mutually beneficial relationship is just one example of how cooperation yields positive results for Ohio’s history and heritage community. Joining the Ohio Association of Historical Societies & Museums is another example.
You and your organization can help make history happen - for yourselves and others - by joining the Ohio Association of Historical Societies & Museums in one of the following categories today:
- Organizational Membership
Organizational members of the Ohio Association of Historical Societies & Museums receive six bimonthly issues of The Local Historian, save on registration for yearly regional and statewide local history meetings, get regular e-mail updates, borrow by mail from our organizational Lending Library of resources for local history and heritage organizations, and save on Ohio Historical Society services including speakers, strategic planning, and customized training workshops and tours. Best of all, when you join the Ohio Association of Historical Societies & Museums as an Organizational member, your membership benefits all of your organization’s staff and members. They qualify for discounts when registering for the regional meetings, annual meeting, and other programs, and when purchasing OAHSM publications.
Organizational Members enjoy the same benefits as Individual Members, plus the following additional benefits:
Discounts for Your Members and Staff
Join the Ohio Association of Historical Societies & Museums as an Organizational Member and your membership benefits all of your organization’s members and staff. They’ll qualify for discounts on registration for our regional meetings, annual meeting, and other programs, and on OAHSM publications.
Savings on Professional Services
New! Now your Ohio Association of Historical Societies & Museums Organizational Membership makes you an Associate Partner of the Ohio Historical Society, too, qualifying you to save when you use the Ohio Historical Society’s Speakers Bureau, Strategic Planning Service, or Customized Workshops and Tours. Call 1-800-858-6878.
- Individual Membership
Individual members of the Ohio Association of Historical Societies & Museums receive six bimonthly issues of The Local Historian, save on registration for yearly regional and statewide local history meetings, get regular e-mail updates, and borrow by mail from our organizational Lending Library of resources for local history and heritage organizations.
Individual Members enjoy the following benefits:
The Local Historian
As an Ohio Association of Historical Societies & Museums member, you’ll receive six bimonthly issues of our newsletter, The Local Historian, featuring "how-to" articles, upcoming programs, grant opportunities, news about people active in local history in Ohio, job announcements, and news from local history and heritage organizations throughout the state. And, as an Organizational Member you can have The Local Historian sent to your members or board, too, at the low rate of $15 per subscription. Ask about this service.
Savings on Networking Opportunities at Our Spring Regional Meetings and Fall Annual Meeting and Conference
As an Ohio Association of Historical Societies & Museums member, save when you register for our:
Regional Meetings, held in 10 regions throughout Ohio in March and April. Attend the one near you, or any of the meetings in other regions. Meet and share ideas with others active in local history and heritage organizations, and expand your skills and expertise in such areas as collections management, exhibit design, archival administration, preservation, conservation, and fundraising.
Annual Meeting and Conference, a statewide gathering of Ohioans who share a passion for history and heritage, held in the fall. Attend two days of sessions designed to expand your skills in collecting, preserving, and interpreting local history; visit our Local History Showplace of ideas; and enjoy invaluable opportunities to meet and network with others active in history and heritage organizations from communities throughout Ohio.
Lending Library
Visit our online catalog at www.ohiohistory.org/resource/oahsm/lendlib.html and borrow by mail from hundreds of specialized publications on all areas of history-and-heritage-organization operations, including organizational and board development, fundraising, communications, membership, volunteer development, collections, conservation, preservation, exhibits, and interpretation.
Eligibility for Our Annual Ohio Association of Historical Societies & Museums Awards recognizing outstanding educational projects, programs, and publications produced by history and heritage organizations throughout Ohio and the people who make them happen. Awards are presented during a special event at the Ohio Historical Society / Ohio Association of Historical Societies & Museums Annual Meeting and Conference.
Other Services:
Your membership also helps make the following Ohio Association of Historical Societies & Museums services possible:
- History Project Ideas and Lesson Plans for Teachers and Historical Societies, useful to teachers and organizations planning educational programs to get young people excited about Ohio's past.
- Free OAHSM Self-Help Kits for members, including our New Organization Self-Help Kit and Oral History Introduction Kit.
- www.oahsm.org Visit the Ohio Association of Historical Societies & Museums web site, www.oahsm.org, 24 hours a day for local history resources and information on Ohio Association of Historical Societies & Museums activities.
Join the Ohio Association of Historical Societies & Museums Today!
Organizational Membership
Organization with operating budget over $200,000 a year: $100
Organization with operating budget of $100,000-$200,000 a year: $75
Organization with operating budget of $25,000-$100,000 a year: $60
Organization with operating budget under $25,000 a year: $35
Individual Membership
Local history benefactor: $50 and up
Individual member: $35
Student: $15
Click here to join now, or Click here, print out the membership form, fill it in, and mail it to:
Ohio Association of Historical Societies & Museums
c/o Ohio Historical Society
Local History Office
1982 Velma Avenue
Columbus, Ohio 43211-2497
ph: 1.800.858.6878
fx: 614.297.2233
www.oahsm.org
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