The Value of Small Museum Experience, or Why I Don’t Have a “Better” Job
By Aimee E. Newell, Ph.D., Executive Director, Luzerne County Historical Society, Wilkes Barre, PA I met someone a couple of months ago who, [...]
Educators and Interpreters Gearing Up for the Annual Meeting
By Megan Wood, Director of Museum and Library Services, Ohio History Connection and Chair, Educators and Interpreters Committee At the Annual Meeting this [...]
“It’s Never Been This Hot” – Addressing Climate Change
On July 31, AASLH joined We Are Still In (WASI), a national effort to mobilize state and local organizations “to reduce emissions [...]
Three Ways History Organizations Can Talk About Environmental History
Image from Ursus Among Us exhibit. Want to explore the intersection between the natural sciences and history at [...]
Volunteers Needed to Research and Write Biographical Sketches of Women Suffrage Activists
Women Suffragists picketing the White House, February 1917. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Since March 2015 [...]
#AASLH17 Current Issues Forum: Call for Participants
Want to have your voice heard at the 2017 AASLH Annual Meeting? Current Issues Forum (CIF) chairs are looking for [...]
Advocacy Alert: Act Today to Preserve History Funding Across the Nation
Before the 4th of July passes, House members will begin building a tomorrow with or without crucial federal programs that [...]
14 AASLH Members Receive Over $1 Million in NEH Grants
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) announced today that it will award $21.1 million in grants for 248 humanities projects. “NEH grants bring the humanities [...]
Curtains Without Borders Has Created a National Database of Historic Stage Scenery
Curtains Without Borders is a small non-profit organization that has been documenting and restoring historic stage scenery for almost 20 years. We've found 500 grand [...]
Leadership Matters at Every Level
I wasn’t the typical student in the most recent Leadership and Administration in History Organizations online course through AASLH. I’m not a director of a museum. [...]
Visitors Studies Association 2016 Conference Open for Registration
July 19-23, Hyatt Regency Boston With 14 in-depth workshops ranging from introductory statistics to data visualization and reporting, over 45 presentations of papers, roundtables, [...]
CCAHA Offering Free Assistance for NEH Humanities Collections and Reference Resources Grant Applications
Development assistance from the Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts (CCAHA) is now available for your NEH Humanities Collections and Reference Resources grant application. The National [...]
How Much Did That Meeting Just Cost?
We’ve all been there, sitting in a two-hour meeting that seems to be going nowhere, the all-day meeting with consultants that produces minimal results, or [...]