As the nation is looking toward a gradual reopening of businesses, what should small to mid-sized cultural institutions consider to assure patrons your team is doing all it can to make it safe to return to your place of business. What precautions have you taken, and what procedures have you instituted going forward? How have you adapted your content to virtual platforms and utilized social media to engage your audiences? During this conversation, we hope to uncover solutions small to mid-sized organizations can implement as they begin to reopen their doors to the public. 

Many of us are scrambling to figure how to bring our historic houses and sites back on line. Where do you turn for Federal and State laws and regulations? What do you need to do to protect your visitors, volunteers, and staff? Will you phase your opening, limit visitation etc.? Join Ellen Busch, Sean Sawyer, and Kenneth Turino as they seek to offer these and other questions while offering practical information and guidelines for reopening. 

Join the State Historical Society for a series of webinars about the past lives of Iowans. Various topics will be addressed while looking at history through the lenses of work, play and home.

This week Leo Landis, State Curator, will focus on farming, specifically looking at Iowa's history with farming corn. 

Join us Thursday, May 14 from 10:30 to 11:00 AM for this webinar packed with real strategies you can put to work immediately.    

How to Shift Your Tourism Sales & Marketing Efforts NOW: It's a confusing and scary time to be in tourism. Our country came to a standstill, and since then, we've all been looking for ways to move through the crisis, keep our organizations afloat, and prepare for what's next. Unfortunately, there's been a flood of tone-deaf communications and an overload of monotonous emails from companies who just don't know what to do or say.

Shawna Suckow, CSP, CMP, will share her latest research and case studies from destinations, hotels, and industry organizations who have successfully shifted their communication strategies and risen above the noise. What can you do to stand out, send out appropriate yet effective communications, and keep top-of-mind for when the world re-opens for business? And how can you do it with zero budget and a staff that's all working from home? 

• Aid is meant to bolster a spectrum of activities in museums and libraries through the end of 2020, from hiring and retaining staff, community access projects, digital efforts, and scholarly research.
• Period of performance 09/2020 - 08/2022
• Deadline for applications is June 12, 2020.