Humanities for All: Publicly-Engaged Humanities Database for History Organizations
A newly-launched database by the National Humanities Alliance, Humanities for All helps showcase how institutions of higher education have partnered with local cultural [...]
AASLH Welcomes New Council Officers and Members
NASHVILLE, TN— The American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) welcomed the following history professionals to the AASLH Council and the [...]
Book Review: Managing Previously Unmanaged Collections: A Practical Guide for Museums
This review originally appeared in the Summer 2018 issue of History News. Managing Previously Unmanaged Collections: A Practical Guide for Museums By [...]
AASLH Announces 3 New Books from Rowman & Littlefield
The AASLH Series at Rowman & Littlefield Publishers is proud to announce three new titles for summer. Covering a wide [...]
StEPs Spotlight: Essex Historical Society is Achieving Success Through Change and Risk-Taking
Exciting changes are happening at the 900 organizations taking part in the StEPs program (Standards and Excellence Program for History [...]
AASLH Announces 2017 Small Museums Scholarship Winners
Now in their eleventh year, the Small Museums Affinity Group's annual scholarships help colleagues from small museums across the country [...]
Deaccessioning and Capitalization of Collections
In late July, news broke in The New York Times, Boston Globe, and National Public Radio about the Berkshire Museum in [...]
Five Opportunities to Take a House Tour from “Meh” to Great
Since the AASLH offices were closed for Memorial Day, I decided to take my son on an outing–just the two of us. Nick is ten [...]
3 Organizations Earn StEPs Certificates in May
We congratulate these members who earned StEPs certificates last month! The Standards and Excellence Program for History Organizations is AASLH’s self-study standards program designed specifically for small to [...]
Bonus Feature for Nomenclature 4.0
For those of you who purchased Nomenclature 4.0 you'll be receiving a surprise in the mail in the near future, or perhaps you've already received [...]
AASLH/MMA 2016: Host Committee Offering 10 Fellowships for Minority Professionals to Attend the Conference
The 2016 AASLH/MMA Annual Meeting Host Committee is pleased to offer ten fellowships to minority professionals to increase culturally diverse participation at the AASLH/MMA Annual Meeting (September [...]
Nebraska State Historical Society Names Trevor Jones as New Director/ CEO
The Nebraska State Historical Society (NSHS) Board of Trustees has appointed Trevor M. Jones of Frankfort, Kentucky, as Director/CEO of NSHS. Jones is a long-time [...]
Up in Flames: The Importance of Having a Good Relationship with Your Local Fire Department
Wow! What a day! For the last several hours we’ve had 5 fire trucks and about 20 men and women in turnout gear crawling all [...]