[Heritage] Oregon Heritage News 2023-04-14

Fri Apr 14 15:05:22 PDT 2023

Oregon Heritage News 2023-04-14
In this Issue:

  *   Oregon Heritage MentorCorps seeks mentors!
  *   Volunteer success story featured on the Oregon Heritage Exchange Blog
  *   Sign Up to be a 2023 Blue Star Museum
  *   Smithsonian Places 4.5 Million Historic Images Into the Public Domain
  *   OMA Webinar, April 24: You are not alone! Working with consultants to support your museum
  *   Webinar, May 2: May Day 2023 Where to Find Aid and How to Get Training for Disasters

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Oregon Heritage MentorCorps seeks mentors!
Be the 'Me' in Mentor!
It's that time of year again when Oregon Heritage seeks professionals from all experience backgrounds to join our MentorCorps<https://www.oregon.gov/oprd/OH/pages/mentorcorps.aspx> team. This volunteer team provides one-on-one guidance and advice to heritage organizations around the state that often includes a multitude of collections care topics. It can also mean addressing some more difficult conversations around strategic planning and organizational governance, disaster planning, diversity, equity, & inclusion work, and a plethora of other organizational challenges that we all face.
If you have one year or more of experience conducting heritage work in non-profits, museums, government entities, libraries, archives, or other arena, consider applying today! You don't have to be an expert in all things, you just need to have a desire to help others, awareness of vetted resources, and the ability to listen and support others doing heritage work. Check out this blog post<https://oregonheritage.wordpress.com/2022/07/27/mentorcorps-why-serve/> for some testimonies from mentors.
Apply to be a Mentor today!<https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/c307c9d8d0a94cf886f28353e3b4ef5e>
Want more information on what it looks like to be a mentor before applying? Register for a Drop-In Session with Program Coordinator, Cam Amabile on the following dates:

  *   April 20th at 8AM (Pacific Time)<https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwucOyoqT0pHtVhchSk53XenRMxoCN3ZrhE>
  *   May 11th at 1PM (Pacific Time)<https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIvf-6qqTIqHdUhuO7e2CZEYazk8wry5vfU>
Benefits of Being a Mentor:

  *   Get up-close and personal with heritage organizations around the state and find out what's going on locally in the heritage world
  *   Experience the rewarding feeling of helping an organization fulfill their mission
  *   Mentor-only trainings and skill building opportunities
  *   Paid attendance at Oregon Heritage Summit & Conferences (includes lodging!)
  *   Quarterly networking opportunities with the MentorCorps team
  *   Expand your personal network of heritage professionals

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Volunteer success story featured on the Oregon Heritage Exchange Blog
Many historic cemeteries rely on volunteers to get things done. Check out this volunteer story from a group doing preservation work in Tillamook. Read more<https://oregonheritage.wordpress.com/2023/04/14/cemeteries-rely-on-volunteers/>.
And if you are in the mood to check out another volunteer program related blog, check out this Main Street America blog post: Oh Dear, I Need a Volunteer: How to Build and Manage Your Volunteer Program<https://www.mainstreet.org/blogs/national-main-street-center/2023/04/11/main-spotlight-oh-dear-i-need-a-volunteer-how-to-b?mc_cid=73f623670b&mc_eid=0e501fd357>
ONE MORE THING, if you want to spend a couple days talking about volunteer program challenges, opportunities, and participate in a workshop to help you improve your volunteer program, then definitely come hang out with us April 27-28 at the 2023 Oregon Heritage Virtual Summit, Investing in Your Volunteers: Engage, Sustain, Value<https://www.oregon.gov/oprd/OH/Pages/Heritage-Summit.aspx>. Registration is just $5 and summit raffle giveaways include a chance to win a $250 mini-grant to go towards volunteer appreciation. Register here<https://www.oregon.gov/oprd/OH/Pages/Heritage-Summit.aspx>.

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Sign Up to be a 2023 Blue Star Museum
The Blue Star Museums program provides free admission to museums for active-duty members of the military and their families. The program begins on Armed Forces Day, May 20, and runs through Labor Day. For more information, and to sign up your museum to participate, visit the National Endowment for the Arts website.<http://458rl1jp.r.us-east-1.awstrack.me/L0/http:%2F%2Fwww.arts.gov%2Finitiatives%2Fblue-star-museums/1/010001877155ba7d-882630cb-8fd6-4c7b-8bfc-5e8cabebec8b-000000/k6LiH4x8u_TfJxspJUYyy7CptjI=317>

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Smithsonian Places 4.5 Million Historic Images Into the Public Domain
Available on a platform called Smithsonian Open Access, anyone can download, reuse, and remix these images at any time-for free under the Creative Commons Zero license. Read more.<https://458rl1jp.r.us-east-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F%2Fmymodernmet.com%2Fsmithsonian-open-access-public-domain%2F/1/010001877155ba7d-882630cb-8fd6-4c7b-8bfc-5e8cabebec8b-000000/YQt3ocqvrCd-q0z8cpmiBFZAnls=317>

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OMA Webinar, April 24: You are not alone! Working with consultants to support your museum
Tuesday, April 25, 2023, 11:30 am - 1:00 pm PST
Join our panel of experts in the Oregon museum community to hear about how to work with consultants: how to find them, fund them, work with them and get the expert support you want. We'll also hear from a small, all-volunteer museum on their experience with consultants.
Attendees will have at least 30 minutes to ask questions and talk with consultants in breakout groups. Come prepared with your questions!
Presenters

  *   Kyrie Kellet, Mason Bee Interpretive Planning<https://www.oregonmuseums.org/EmailTracker/LinkTracker.ashx?linkAndRecipientCode=gbnhpL9bPfOzax%2baNoilnN6LWjxlmC4wa08JuhmN%2bzNDqSIGik9AaI334l7qf3G%2bQwcxXmSs9q%2bEVCdhriC3i6218Q6zwd0rQZN%2b0%2bdpqTQ%3d>
  *   Alan Ransenberg, Alchemy of Design<https://www.oregonmuseums.org/EmailTracker/LinkTracker.ashx?linkAndRecipientCode=obpX3rSP5LMRIvHaCNcAfan2p%2fLm47OTaPZ4mP4KxAHNG1ZjTpRaz6%2b0EKBWQEkY%2fF3l6%2bG8pfREZFOzAh7MyZiSyLkVhzwCNztCePxOy%2b4%3d>
  *   Kathleen Sligar, Oregon Military Museum<https://www.oregonmuseums.org/EmailTracker/LinkTracker.ashx?linkAndRecipientCode=JJ0x7mV89aYOrUC4YeHV4%2bLQT4PZAOBNbgyxsMr291BRNFVIjcavw1cIJ5T11ZbbY1O3I4NK8cmuIfoECFkHAg9j1R6%2fYX1YC6V1q8BabqY%3d>
  *   Patti Ball, Jefferson Historical Society and Museum<https://www.oregonmuseums.org/EmailTracker/LinkTracker.ashx?linkAndRecipientCode=eFmJfic9NdNgFTcgVxuPPO83176mzfSPxFBu0A8vPRoj6TfWzN4onxL%2f9rupKAz0IDDoqVgqiYSnRFeuntSl%2bLqSkPPvJwAdjLjGdpm%2fAqc%3d>
Registration

  *   OMA members: $15
  *   Non-members: $25

Register here<https://www.oregonmuseums.org/event-5183352>.

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Webinar, May 2: May Day 2023 Where to Find Aid and How to Get Training for Disasters
Connecting to Collections Webinar: Where to Find Aid and How to Get Training for Disasters
May 2, 2023
2pm-3pm ET
As part of the annual #MayDayPrep program sponsored by FAIC, this C2C Care Webinar spotlights where small and mid-sized organizations can access resources immediately after they experience a disaster, what entities with trained volunteers can offer assistance to these organizations, and finally, training that collections professionals can attend to prepare their institutions and communities for disasters in the future.
Register here<https://connectingtocollections.org/may_day_2023_aid/>

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Oregon Heritage News is a service of Oregon Heritage, a division of the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. The news editor can be contacted at heritage.info at oregon.gov<mailto:heritage.info at oregon.gov>.
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