We Are All the Spinning Wheel
Throughout the course of my visits to museums, historic houses, and historic sites around New England, I found one specific object repeatedly [...]
Out with the Old, In with the Slightly More Updated and Stimulating Exhibit Experience
The Hezekiah Alexander House on the Charlotte Museum of History's property dates to 1774. By Sara Blanchett Through the AASLH [...]
5 Sites to Celebrate National Poetry Month
National Poetry Month, inaugurated by the Academy of American Poets in 1996, has become a worldwide celebration of the beauty and cultural [...]
Connect with AASLH at the Tennessee Association of Museums Annual Meeting
Are you going to the Annul Meeting of the Tennessee Association of Museums this week? AASLH staff members will be [...]
Managing Volunteers: Lessons Learned Through Experience
A volunteer talking to visitors at the Cincinnati Museum Center. We all know most non-profits run on volunteers. [...]
Save the NEH! Call Your Members of Congress on March 14 for Humanities Advocacy Day
March 14 is Humanities Advocacy Day! A record-breaking number of humanities advocates are in Washington D.C. today, March 13th, meeting [...]
The Path to Cultural Sensitivity? Inclusion and Co-Curation
Exhibition planning meeting in Los Angeles, for Go For Broke National Education Center. Interpretation has come a long [...]
Commission on National Women’s History Museum Seeks Public Input
From the NWHM Congressional Commission Website. The Congressional Commission to Study the Potential for a National Women’s History Museum has been tasked to develop [...]
Food History Television Program “A Taste of History” Films at the Polk Home
AASLH Member Since 1979 On November 16, award-winning chef and culinary historian Walter Staib and his crew arrived at the James K. Polk Home in [...]
What They Don’t Teach You in Grad School: A Historic House Director Fills in the Blanks
A few weeks ago I received a survey request from the National Council for Public History wanting to know what I think is lacking in [...]
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Shaker Museum in New Lebanon, NY Names Lacy Schutz as New Executive Director
(January 4, 2016) The Shaker Museum | Mount Lebanon’s Board of Trustees is pleased to announce the appointment of Lacy Schutz as its new Executive [...]
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