Plans are well underway for the 2008 ALHFAM Conference. The Conference will take place in Ottawa, Ontario. Situated on the historic Ottawa River, this “lumber town” was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1857 to become Canada’s National Capital. The region is home to Canada’s National Museums including the Canada Agriculture Museum, as well as several other federal nstitutions and historic sites. Co-hosting the conference is Upper Canada Village, one of Canada’s oldest and most omprehensive living history museums representing an 1860’s rural community.

2008 Annual Meeting & Conference Call for Papers:
The 2008 Conference will explore Loyalty in Living History. This theme engages all of us. Historically, loyalty was a quality often sought out by political, religious and military leaders. How did they understand loyalty and its importance? What was the price of this loyalty? What was the role and impact of the so-called “Loyalists” within North America? As living history, farm and agricultural museums, have we remained loyal to the aims of our founders? To what fundamental ideas were they loyal? Has our sense of purpose changed or evolved? How do we engender visitor loyalty? What strategies are or could be used?