ALHFAM - About ALHFAM

About ALHFAM

The Association for Living History, Farm and Agricultural Museums (ALHFAM) is an international organization serving the interests and needs of its individual and institutional members and supporting experiential interpretations of history.

ALHFAM is incorporated in the State of Maryland as a non-profit tax-exempt (501[c][3])
organization, and is governed by a member-elected Board in accordance with member-approved bylaws.

ALHFAM draws its membership from a broad spectrum of individuals and organizations involved in the collection, preservation or interpretation of material culture, traditional skills and historical processes. Members include volunteers, reenactors, institutional staff and vendors of goods or services. ALHFAM’s original focus on farming and agriculture has expanded to embrace disciplines from architecture to zymurgy and many in between. ALHFAM maintains, and seeks to expand relationships with other museum, historical and interpretive organizations with related interests.

Services provided to members include publications, conferences, specialized instructional programs, electronic media, including a website and listserv, and support for regional affiliates. ALHFAM services assist members in fulfilling their professional responsibilities and improving the quality of their public offerings.

The Mission of ALHFAM

The Association for Living History, Farm and Agricultural Museums (ALHFAM) shares practical knowledge and skills among those who make history relevant to contemporary lives. We draw strength from our diverse network of members, sharing experience, research and passion for participatory learning.

ALHFAM & ALHFAMers in the News

Lynne Belluscio, an ALHFAM Past-President, is featured in an installment of "12 Days of Cookies" in the Rochester, NY Democrat & Chronicle. She gives a great background on the use of Jello in many desserts, including cookies - and shares a recipe, too! Unfortunately the on-line version you can see at this link does not include the beautiful picture of her in a chef's hat . . . But it does include a video, narrated by Lynne, that will sharpen your Jello knowledge-base.

The Daily Herald (Northeastern Illinois regional paper) recently ran a fantastic profile on ALHFAMer and "living history farmer" Jon Kuester. Click here to read the story and view a gallery of pictures at ALHFAM Institutional Member Primrose Farm Museum in St. Charles. Click here to hear Jon talk about farming in the 1930s in his own words with an accompanying slide show.

The Monday, November 26 NPR show, Morning Edition featured a story called No Innocent Spice: The Secret Story Of Nutmeg, Life And Death. Our own Kathleen Wall of Plimoth Plantation was interviewed about the values of Nutmeg as a food ingredient. To read or listen to the whole story, go to this NPR link.

ALHFAM member Alisa Crawford was featured in an article in the October 2012 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine about her work as a miller on a windmill. The article is on page 40 in the “Live your Best Life” section.

The November issue of the in-flight magazine US Airways Magazine features ALHFAM Institutional Member Colonial Williamsburg in the article Making It Real. A sidebar to the article profiles Institutional Members Connor Prairie, Old Sturbridge Village and Jamestown Settlement.

The current (December 2012) issue of Early American Life features an article called Life in Early America: Dashing Through The Snow, by ALHFAMer Tom Kelleher.

ALHFAM member Clarissa Dillon was featured in an article in the September 22, 2012 issue of the Philadelphia Inquirer, titled One Cool Colonial. The article mentions ALHFAM and Clarissa gives a nod to ALHFAM member Kathleeen Wall in the article as well. See the online version - with pictures of Clarissa.

ALHFAM Institutional Members Conner Prairie Interactive History Park, Jamestown Settlement, Colonial Williamsburg, The Homeplace at
Land Between The Lakes, and Living History Farms were featured in the Sept. 9-15 edition of the newspaper insert magazine American Profiles article History Comes to Life, and in their online version, 10 Places that Bring History to Life.

ALHFAMer Joyce Henry is featured in an article in the most recent issue (Oct 2012) of Early American Life Magazine. For more about the article go to EAL's online Table of Content.

The Annual ALHFAM Plowing Contest hit the Grapevine Courier, Monday, Jun. 18. Be sure to check-out the great picture of Judith Hoover plowing a furrow in this Annual Meeting & Conference favorite.

ALHFAMer Tom Reitz is featured (and pictured!) in an April 11th story in the Waterloo Record about the Waterloo Region Museum's latest exhibit, "Coming of Age."

The New England Region of ALHFAM picked up some press coverage from their recent regional meeting at Coggehall Farm in Bristol, CT, from The Providence Journal, including pictures of ALHFAMers Judith Sheridan, Lauren McCormack, and Dereck Heidemann