Planning for the Evolving COVID-19 Situation
By Jennifer Kilmer, Washington State Historical Society, Tacoma, WA As Director of the Washington State Historical Society, I have been working [...]
Feeling Overwhelmed by COVID-19 Preparations? Here Are 4 Steps You Can Take Today
By Erin Carlson Mast, CEO and Executive Director, President Lincoln’s Cottage, Washington, D.C. For the past two weeks, the Executive Directors [...]
Five Organizations Earn StEPs Certificates in February
We congratulate these members who earned StEPs certificates in the last two months! The Standards and Excellence Program for History Organizations is AASLH’s [...]
From Student to Small Museum Manager at #AASLH18
By Cora Arney, Historical Consultant/House Manager, Delhi Historical Society, Cincinnati, OH This year, it was my pleasure to attend the AASLH Annual [...]
Six Organizations Earn StEPs Certificates in November
We congratulate these members who earned StEPs certificates last month! The Standards and Excellence Program for History Organizations is AASLH’s [...]
Reflections on the 2018 AASLH Annual Meeting
By Lori Osborne, Director, Frances Willard House Museum, Evanston, IL It is always a pleasure to attend the AASLH Annual [...]
New Webinar Series: History Relevance Coffee Breaks
AASLH, in partnership with the History Relevance initiative, is proud to present a new webinar series: History Relevance Coffee Breaks. [...]
Real World History: Formal Learning in Museums and Historic Sites
A Real World History student at the Phillips Collection The idea for Real World History came to me on a bus, and like so many [...]
Public History and the Changing Nature of Faith
Central Synagogue in the Lexington Avenue, New York City As a Divinity school student with a focus on public history and the history [...]
Women Who Mentor: Gemma Birnbaum, Assistant Director of Curriculum, The National WWII Museum
The National WWII Museum’s U.S. Freedom Pavilion: The Boeing Center. One of the founding objectives of the Women’s History Affinity Group at AASLH [...]
Reimagining Historical Societies: A Community Collaboration
Moore-Youse Home Museum in Muncie, Indiana Last Fall, the Delaware County Historical Society approached Ball State University for help in reimagining their organization. [...]
A New Way to Hire Interpreters: Lessons from Old World Wisconsin
Members of the Madison Theater rehearse for the one-act play, "Over the Teacups." 1950. WHS Collection. We’re standing in a circle. I make [...]
AASLH Joins Over 100 Organizations Around the Country Endorsing the Values of History Relevance
Nashville, TN (March 15, 2017) — The American Association for State and Local History today joins more than 100 historical organizations around the country [...]