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Local History Resources

Welcome to our new weekly email!

We know that you're facing a variety of new challenges right now, and the Local History Office is committed to helping you face them.

Look for a new email each week with resources, things we like, and webinars we're planning just for local history organizations as you face this challenging new normal. We'd love to hear from you about how you're adapting and what questions you have for us.

Local History Helps Webinar:
Covid-19 Grants in Support of History and the Humanities

Ohio History Connection, Ohio Humanities, and the National Endowment for the Humanities all have grants available to local history organizations. Join us on May 1st at 1 pm for more information about all three programs. The presenters are Julia Nguyen, Senior Program Officer, National Endowment for the Humanities; David Merkowitz, Assistant Director, Ohio Humanities; and Andy Verhoff, Ohio History Fund Manager, Ohio History Connection.

Register here.

Ohio History Connection Covid-19 Relief Grants (available May 1, due June 1).
NEH CARES Act Grants (due May 11).
Ohio Humanities OH CARES Act Grants (available May 1, due May 15).

Upcoming Events

Ohio Museums Association

Ohio Museum Mixer, April 30, 4-5 pm. Register here .

American Association for State and Local History

Live Webinar: Insurance Best Practices (Sponsored by National Trust Insurance Services), April 29 (TODAY), 3 pm. Register here.
Live Webinar: How to Spot Opportunity When it is Disguised as Chaos ($40/$65 registration fee), April 30, 3 pm. Register here.
Live Webinar: AASLH Conversations: Planning for Reopening ($5/$10 registration fee with a free option), May 5, 3 pm. Register here.

Ohio History Connection

Local History Helps Webinar: Three Case Studies in Planning to Reopen Your Museum, May 8, 3 pm. Register here.
Local History Helps Webinar: HR Implications of Reopening, May 15, 1 pm. Registration information coming next week.

Research, Funding and News You Can Use

While Ohio's Responsible Restart begins Friday, museums and historic sites are listed among Continued Business Closures without a set reopening date.
Travel Intentions and Ohio Economic Impact: A Wrap-Up of the Latest Research from the Ohio Travel Association.
Facebook Small Business Grants Program
Ohio Community Foundations COVID-19 responses and resources compiled by the Ohio Museums Association.
Recorded webinar from the American Alliance of Museums: Lessons Learned from SARS: How Museums Emerge After Crisis

Inspiration from around Ohio

Virtual Puzzles from the Belmont County Tourism Council
COVID-19 Lorain History and Journaling Project by the Lorain Historical Society
Ohio Historical Marker Tours by the Butler County Historical Society and the Clinton County History Center.