Two AASLH Conferences in 2021
Arkansas State Capitol in Little Rock. Building on the reach and success of last year’s online annual meeting, we [...]
What Are the Legislative Issues Facing the Field in 2021? A Report from Museums Advocacy Day
By Bethany L. Hawkins, AASLH Chief of Operations On February 22-23, AASLH staff joined hundreds of museum advocates from around the [...]
Where Are Our Think Tanks?
By Avi Decter and Ken Yellis This is what you shall do…re-examine all you have been told at school or church [...]
Museums and Creative Aging
By Bill Tramposch, Aroha Senior Fellow for Museums and Creative Aging, American Alliance of Museums The American Alliance of Museums, [...]
Making Connections with Women’s History at #AASLH2019
"Making the Private Public" tour group photo with Justina Barrett (front row, left) from the Philadelphia Museum of Art. [...]
Exhibit Hall Inspiration at #AASLH2019
By Michelle Podkowa, DuPage County Historical Museum, Wheaton, IL This spring, I was asked by AASLH to be on the [...]
Sponge on a Mission: an Emerging Professional’s #AASLH2019 Experience
By Schillica Howard, Banneker-Douglass Museum, Annapolis, MD When I learned about the Douglas Evelyn Scholarship for Minority Professionals, I knew [...]
Six Organizations Earn StEPs Certificates in January
We congratulate these members who earned StEPs certificates in the last month! The Standards and Excellence Program for History Organizations is AASLH’s self-study standards program designed specifically for [...]
I Said Bang! A History of the Dirt Bowl, the Crown Jewel of the Most Basketball-Obsessed City in America
This project is the recipient of a 2017 History in Progress Award. Inaugural Dirt Bowl, 1969 In 1969, after the loss of Martin [...]
StEPs Spotlight: The Lillian E. Jones Museum
Exciting changes are happening at the nearly 1,000 organizations taking part in the StEPs program (Standards and Excellence Program for History Organizations). Our “StEPs Spotlight” blog [...]
Book Review: The Past and Future City
This review originally appeared in the Spring 2017 issue of History News. The Past and Future City: How Historic Preservation is Reviving America’s Communities By [...]
History Relevance in Canada
Tim Grove is Chief of Museum Learning at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, a founding member of the History Relevance initiative, and Chair [...]
Welcome to #NightmareAtTheMuseum Week
A policy a day keeps the chaos away. Does your organization have policies and procedures in place to deal with the stickier aspects of running [...]