Seven African American Museums Selected for First NMAAHC StEPs Cohort
Over the next twelve months, seven African American history organizations will form a cohort while receiving guidance in the areas of management [...]
Crowdsourcing Slavery Interpretation Challenges
By Kristin Gallas, Interpreting Slavery Ever feel like there is a lot of potential that goes untapped at conferences? Let’s change that. [...]
Stopping Stones and the Slave Dwelling Project Are Coming to Kansas City
There are a couple of unique opportunities for attendees at the upcoming AASLH conference in Kansas City. These events are not officially [...]
Five Organizations Earn StEPs Certificates in July
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 [...]
The Woodlands Grave Gardeners: Volunteers and Partnerships in Historic Cemeteries
By Starr E. Herr-Cardillo The Woodlands Cemetery is a 54-acre National Historic Landmark in the University City neighborhood in Philadelphia. Formerly [...]
Lonnie G. Bunch, III to Receive 2017 AASLH Award of Distinction
The American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) proudly announces that historian, author, curator, and educator Lonnie G. Bunch, [...]
AASLH Annual Meeting 5K Registration Now Open
5K Runners at the 2016 AASLH/MMA Annual Meeting. Are you a runner? Do you like to run with [...]
Cracking the Nut to Reach Large Urban School Districts
As outreach educators in the museum world, many of us dream of taking our programs to large urban school districts in our regions but often [...]
New AASLH Books for History Professionals (Spring 2016)
We are proud to announce the newest spring 2016 titles in the AASLH Series from Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. View the full list of titles here, [...]
Welcome to Michigan: A Message from the Michigan Museums Association
Michigan is filled with a wide array of people, communities, and landscapes. From the tiny towns of the Upper Peninsula to the vacation hotspots of [...]
A Prototype of the Colorado Encyclopedia is Now Online
Colorado Humanities, in collaboration with Colorado State University Libraries, the University Press of Colorado, and History Colorado, is pleased to announce a prototype version of [...]
Enroll in StEPs in May and Get a Special Get-the-Ball-Rolling Bonus
Has your organization been waiting for the right time to enroll in AASLH's Standards and Excellence Program for History Organizations (StEPs)? Now is the time [...]
A Tale of Two Strategic Plans: Setting Realistic Goals at the Chemung County Historical Society
Once again, the Chemung County Historical Society (CCHS) has begun a strategic planning process. Having been through this several times in my career, I was [...]