By Nicholas Redding, President & CEO Preservation Maryland My work leading an organization committed to preserving physical and cultural heritage allows me to dig in – sometimes literally – to rich history and help write new chapters to very old stories. As a history enthusiast, …
How one museum got over 45,000 items out of storage, published to the web, and discoverable
Did you know that on average, over 95% of most museums’ collections are not on public display at any given time? With so many historic and important objects in storage held in the “public trust,” museums everyday are faced with the question of how to …
How We Stumbled Upon and Saved One of Western Maryland’s Oldest Buildings
By Nicholas Redding, President & CEO Preservation Maryland On a rainy evening in 2018, a police cruiser lost control and slammed into a small, 1,000-square-foot home at 417 North Jonathan Street in Hagerstown, a small city in rural Washington County, Maryland. The resulting damage was …