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2020-04-06
Smallpox in Boston: Inoculation and the Revere Family
As the Covid-19 pandemic began to spread in Boston, museum interpreters at the Paul Revere house looked to the archives to learn more about how Boston has responded to wide-spread illness in the past. This blog post from The Revere Express blog explains how the smallpox epidemic effected the Revere Family and ways that 18th century medicine responded to the illness. -
2020-04-30
Living in an Epidemic: What Did Abigail Do?
A blog post from the Massachusetts Historical Society blog The Beehive, this post studies how Abigail Adams responded to the 1776 smallpox epidemic. Looking through primary sources in Adams' own words, the author studies how Abigail Adams responded to an epidemic in her own time period. -
2020
Witness to History
This webpage invites audiences to include their perspectives of the Covid-19 pandemic. Individuals can write a few sentences about their experiences and help build a database of responses. Functioning as a digital journal, the Massachusetts Historical Society collects how Boston residents respond to certain prompts pertaining to the Covid-19 pandemic. -
2020-04
#ArtsMatter
This memo was released in the beginning of the stay at home orders in Massachusetts (April 2020). As a response to the state-wide quarantine, MASSCreative released this statement explaining ways they will continue to support the cultural communities. This message is important as it is from the start of the Covid-19 responses in the state. -
2020
Create the Vote
An initiative that started in 2014, Create the Vote is a nonpartisan public education campaign that encourages voters and lawmakers to support art and culture. The Create the Vote Campaign 2020 serves to encourage citizens to support arts and culture with their vote to encourage creativity in Massachusetts -
2020
MASSCreative Action Alert
Supporters of artists and cultural institutions, MASSCreative asks their Twitter audience to write to their federal lawmakers and urge them to remember the creative community when creating pandemic relief. This tweet specifically discusses the Heroes Act and the Heals Act -
2020
Policy Update
Engaging with audiences during the Covid-19 pandemic, MASS Creative shares regular company policy updates and encourages audiences to educate themselves about legislation passed during the Covid-19 pandemic. -
2020
What We Offer
This page explains the basic education opportunities offered by the Paul Revere Memorial Association. The page mentions ways to contact staff to craft virtual learning experiences during the Covid-19 pandemic. -
2020-07-29
Salem History Through the MHS Archive
This advertises a virtual event held by the Massachusetts Historical Society. This webinar discusses the history of collections about Salem, MA within the Massachusetts Historical Society. This webinar covers the history of Salem from its founding up until the present. -
2020-04
JFK Library From Home
This webpage explains to audiences how they can experience the John F. Kennedy Library and learn about the legacy of President Kennedy from home. By following the museum via the suggested social media platforms, audiences can see the highlights of the museum holdings. The library email digest, including museum opening updates and events, is also advertised on this page. -
2020-03-18
John F. Kennedy Library COVID-19 News Release
This news release from the John F. Kennedy Library explains that members of the staff had completed their 14-day quarantine. However, the release maintains that the museum will stay closed. As an example of inter-organization communication and response to the COVID-19 pandemic, this news release shares the timeline for closure and response at the JFK Library -
2020-04-16
JFK35 Podcast
Although it existed before the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the JFKLibrary Twitter account introduced the next season of the JFK35 podcast as a discussion about how President Kennedy's legacy is being carried out in the face of the pandemic. This Tweet not only includes the name and logo of a museum podcast, but also the a ways that podcast, and the the mission of the museum, stay relevant during the pandemic. -
2020-03-30
John F. Kennedy Library Virtual Tour
The JFK Library engaged audiences by sharing a virtual tour of the Columbia Point Museum via a Tweet on Twitter. Individuals on Twitter can explore the exterior of the museum, beginning with President Kennedy's yacht, "Victura," sitting on the museum's lawn. Although museum-goers can't visit the museum in the conventional sense, individuals can still see what the museum looks like on its point in Dorchester, MA -
2020-04
John F. Kennedy Library Virtual Backgrounds
These virtual backgrounds are used as a way to engage audiences of the John F. Kennedy Library during the COVID-19 pandemic.