Seven Organizations Earn StEPs Certificates in October
We congratulate these members who earned StEPs certificates last month! The Standards and Excellence Program for History Organizations is AASLH’s self-study standards [...]
From Oklahoma to Philly: A Scholarship Winner’s Perspective on #AASLH2019
By Natalie Wadle, Shawnee Tribe Cultural Center, Miami, OK This year I was fortunate enough to attend the AASLH Annual Meeting in [...]
Best Practices for StEPs Success
By Cherie Cook, Senior Program Manager, AASLH When I think about best practices for museums, my curatorial work from years ago kicks [...]
Coming Soon: Forgotten Fortunes
By Donovan Jacobs Does your state, county, city, or other region have a story about a historically important, valuable, or [...]
A Crisis of Faith: Interpreting Leonard Bernstein’s Music and Religion
Photos courtesy of Jessi Melcer. By Barbara Franco, independent scholar, museum consultant, and co-editor of Interpreting Religion at [...]
Explore Women’s History in Kansas City at #AASLH18!
Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration. By Megan Byrnes, incoming co-chair, AASLH Women's History Affinity Group [...]
Historic Prayers in Historic Churches
By Spencer W. McBride, Ph.D. One of my favorite historical sites to visit whenever I am in Philadelphia is Christ [...]
Advocacy Alert: Ask Your Legislators to Fund the ESSA
Last year, AASLH worked with the National Coalition for History to advocate for the reauthorization of the Every Student Succeeds Act. Signed into law in [...]
Liberty to Go to See
“Liberty to Go to See” is a dramatic encounter with one hundred years in the history of Cliveden and the topics of slavery, indentured servitude, [...]
Mentors, Learners, Power
This article was originally published in November 2016 on the blog of Developing History Leaders @SHA, a three-week historic administration seminar AASLH puts on every [...]
Maryland Governor Restores Funding to Maryland’s Historic Preservation Grant Programs
Historic Maryland State Capitol in Annapolis Maryland Governor Larry Hogan included in his fiscal year 2018 budget over $979,000 to support grant funding [...]
StEPs Spotlight: The Pioneer Museum is Learning How to Better Serve their Audience
Exciting changes are happening at the 800+ organizations taking part in the StEPs program (Standards and Excellence Program for History Organizations). Our "StEPs Spotlight" series [...]
We Can Do It! WWII
While many Americans are familiar with World War II events such as Pearl Harbor or D-Day, most are less familiar with aspects of the war that [...]