the History Trust Alliance

The History Trust is a regional alliance that mentors its members, supports collections management, and engages the public with our shared histories. Governing Member organizations of The History Trust carry out this work in communities adjacent to Maine’s coastal waters of Blue Hill Bay or Frenchman Bay. These communities overlap in their histories, and their geographic focus promotes face-to-face interactions and in-person collaboration among collecting organizations.

Our membership includes the Odyssey collections management system, allowing us to move from spreadsheet cataloging to a sophisticated online collections management database accessible to all committee members. 

In addition to internal collections management, the software provides an interface to a web-based digital museum that can showcase selected collections and digital exhibits from the collections management system once they are cataloged, scanned, and uploaded. EHS has a seat on the History Trust Governing Board, represented by Holly Hendricks (primary) and Jen Sala (alternate).