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 Museums and [...]
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 Whether you [...]
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 Church. Beyond [...]
Creative Audience Engagement Techniques from Award Winners
If your organization is looking for creative ways to engage your audience, here are four Leadership in History Awards winning projects [...]
What You Can Do on Summer Vacation
Did you ever have to write the typical “What I Did on Summer Vacation” essay on the first day of [...]
Master Local Historian: AASLH Launches Historian Training Program for the Public
A photograph of the Tennessee State Library and Archives building taken on July 17, 1956, a few short years [...]
To Do Rightly: Congregations as Incubators of American Activism
Photo by Victor Manuel Ramos. Courtesy of Arch Street Meeting House. Last year, the Arch Street Friends Meeting [...]
Increasing Accessibility for Visitors Who Are Visually Impaired: Simple Solutions for Small Museums
The 25thanniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) has provided museums and museum associations the opportunity to review and reflect on the ways in [...]
Greetings from Detroit: A Message from the 2016 AASLH Annual Meeting Host Committee
In the waning days of the year 1900, Detroit mayor William C. Maybury had an idea. He wanted to create a time capsule that contained [...]
Re-Imagining the Historic House Museum: A Workplace for Women
In recent years, discussions about the future of the historic house museum have ebbed and flowed. A watershed moment may have occurred with the May [...]
March StEPs Certificates
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 [...]
Meet the Emerging History Professionals Committee
The AASLH Emerging History Professionals (EHP) Affinity Community supports, connects, and unites the newest generation of state and local history practitioners. To get in touch with [...]
Want to Improve Society? Take a Look Around the Office
Our work in the not-for-profit sector focuses on making society better. We strive to improve the lives of those in our communities. But how often [...]