[Regia-NA] New England Living History?

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Sounds like a great idea.  Good luck with it!

--charlotte mayhew


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>     Off & on for the past 3 years I have been looking into starting a Non
> Profit Center for Medieval Studies in New Hampshire.  I have been talking
> with some people in New Hampshire about the possibility of seeking federal
> and state grants to buy the land to establish the center.   The plan is to
> open it up to provide a place for schools to bring students & for classes
to
> be given
> in the history & crafts of the period.  Additionally it would provide a
> place to hold events for the SCA, Regia or other history oriented groups.
> Pax,
> Olaf
>
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>
> > Quabbin?  Central Mass, are you?
> >
> > Perhaps a phone call to the Sturbridge Village folks to see where they
tap
> > for funding might help?  We had several (CT) school fieldtrips to that
and
> > Mystic Seaport (as well as a few family day trips to both places).
> >
> > I'd say the main difference is that Sturbridge and Mystic count for
> American
> > History, while it's probably a harder sell for an English History site
to
> > American school systems.  (Then again, you are in *New* England.)  Since
I
> > know of no other medieval living history sites in this country, and most
> > schools do study the medieval period, there might be potential from that
> > angle.
> >
> > Perhaps you'd be allowed to thin enough timber to make a spot for a hall
> in
> > a forest?  If you opened it up to the public for specific demonstrations
> on
> > specific weekends/weeks of the year, perhaps that would work?
> >
> > I suspect there are other folks on this list who have much more
experience
> > with such things.  I'm just speculating!  But if you've got the land
> you're
> > way ahead of a lot of us.
> >
> > --charlotte mayhew
>
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