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HAI’s Reel History explores the real Halloween

The Halloween edition of HAI’s Reel History is all about—what else?—Halloween, the 1978 slasher film that made Michael Myers a household name. A sequel to that film is in theaters now and
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What Does Digital Museum Exhibit Content Development Look Like?

The outward-facing content of your museum’s collections should, ideally, be well-organized, effectively presented, and facilitate your viewers’ understanding. An excellent digital exhibit provides increased access to your museum’s collections, allows for ongoing
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Reasons Every Enterprise Company Needs An Official Corporate History

Your company has a compelling story to tell. The people and enterprises that your company serves need to hear that story. At HAI, we believe that every company, association, and agency has
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Can Your Museum Take Its Collections Digital?

As a museum director or curator, you know the value of your collections, in terms of both historical significance and emotional impact on your visitors. Digitizing your existing collections can make them
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(Re)building Museums: Reflections on the Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums 2021 Symposium

By Megan Anderson, Manager of Exhibits & Interpretive Planning As we approach the end of March and the sprint towards April, everyone in the museum or institutional field has hit their pandemic
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Chronicling Health and History: HAI’s Decades-Long Collaboration with the NIH

Originally posted on March 13, 2020 By Scott Vierick, Historian For the past few months, HAI has been working with historians at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) on a panel presentation
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Lean In and Let Go: Creative Team Building in Small Museums

By Dr. Stephanie Fuglaar Statz, Senior Historian My first day as director of a very small museum in a rural town was unlike any first day I had ever had. There was
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Bringing History On Demand Services to Digital Consumers

By Laura Starr, Engagement Strategist, and Jen Giambrone, Historian A Historical Retrospective of On Demand Services Need a ride? Groceries? Beer? A meal from your favorite restaurant? Want to read a new
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How to Transform Your Digital Assets to Drive Online Engagement

Guest post by Chris Cummings, Pass It Down Turn history into your greatest storyteller! Our favorite tips for optimizing online engagement with your digital assets. In the first post of our partner
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