Water Has a Memory: The Impact of Sea Level Rise on the Historical Resources of Strawbery Banke Museum
Strawbery Banke Museum, located four hundred feet from the banks of the Piscataqua River in downtown Portsmouth, New Hampshire, is a nine-acre [...]
AASLH Visited 38 National Park Sites in 2017
Glacier National Park in Montana Recently, the National Park Service announced that in 2017, they had a total of 330,882,751 [...]
4 AASLH Members Among Finalists for IMLS National Medal
The Institute of Museum and Library Services has announced twenty-nine finalists for the 2018 National Medal for Museum and Library Service. The [...]
StEPs Spotlight: The Black Heritage Society of Washington State on Becoming Better Stewards of Their Collections
Exciting changes are happening at the 800+ organizations taking part in the StEPs program (Standards and Excellence Program for History [...]
Idealism, Ego, and Wising Up: Having My Idealism Crushed Helped My Career
When I was in my mid-20s I was working on a community engagement grant project that involved bringing K-12 students [...]
Bridging the Divide: Connecting Stagville’s Past to Its Modern Community
Row of original slave dwellings, including one renovated by sharecroppers. Courtesy of Historic Stagville Photograph Archive. By Jayd [...]
4 Ways Historic House Museums Can Create More Meaningful Visitor Experiences
The Ropes Mansion Every year, AASLH receives over 100 nominations for our Leadership in History Awards, which recognize organizations doing [...]
Many Faces, One Community
In 2002, the Midway Village Museum (MVM) faced a crisis. Community focus groups viewed MVM less as Rockford’s history museum and more as a place [...]
Women Who Motor
Women Who Motor expanded interpretation at the Ford House beyond stories of the Ford family to examine the interactions and transformations of women and cars [...]
Built By the River
In 2009, the Detroit Historical Society began a five-year fundraising campaign to renovate and reinterpret the Dossin Great Lakes Museum. Built By the River represents [...]
Stitching History Program
For the War of 1812 bicentennial, Maryland Historical Society wanted to do something bigger than an exhibit or book: something different enough to capture the [...]
Industrial Eden: The Legacy of Haywardville
Industrial Eden was a yearlong multi-community program designed to heighten awareness of area residents to a local vanished mill village known as Haywardville. This nationally [...]
Worcester Revolution of 1774
On September 6, 1774, 4,622 militiamen from throughout Worcester County, Massachusetts, marched into the town and closed the Royal Courts, forcing officials to defy Parliament [...]