Welcome to #NightmareAtTheMuseum Week
A policy a day keeps the chaos away. Does your organization have policies and procedures in place to deal with the stickier [...]
In Memoriam: Laura Hockaday
In Kansas City, people of color got little recognition for their civic contributions until Laura Hockaday saw an opportunity and acted. As [...]
Field Services Alliance Tips: Emergency Preparedness
The Problem: Cultural institutions often lack the ability to develop comprehensive emergency preparedness and response measures, which has put many of the [...]
Storify of the Jan 2017 #AASLHchat: Building Better Boards
On January 24, AASLH held our fourth #AASLHchat on Twitter. These monthly discussions are shaping up to be a great way [...]
Warnersville: Our Home, Our Neighborhood, Our Stories
This collaborative exhibit focused on Warnersville, the first planned African American community in Greensboro, NC. The project had three primary [...]
Starring North Carolina!
Starring North Carolina!, an 8,400-square-foot exhibit featuring more than 600 artifacts, ran at the North Carolina Museum of History from November [...]
The Spirit of New York: Defining Events in the Empire State's History
The Spirit of New York: Defining Events in the Empire State's History, by Dr. Bruce W. Dearstyne, published in 2015 [...]
Meet a Member: The Texas Archive of the Moving Image
We are excited to launch a new biweekly blog series called “Meet a Member.” AASLH has 5,500 fascinating members working hard for the field of [...]
Coins, Coins Everywhere!
For some reason, and I still can't figure out why I did this, I made the assumption that working with a military-centric collection would mean [...]
Community Museum Leads Community Recovery
Tuckerton Seaport and Baymen’s Museum, an IMLS National Medal of Honor 2015 Finalist for community service, holds as one of its primary goals to provide [...]
Arthur and Edith Lee House Project
The Arthur and Edith Lee House Project documents and interprets the history behind a series of menacing protests that enveloped 4600 Columbus Avenue in South [...]
Why Treaties Matter: Self-Government in the Dakota and Ojibwe Nations
The Why Treaties Matter project represents a real and important “absent narrative” about the genesis of current culture. The goal of this project is to [...]
Montana Women’s History Matters
On November 3, 1914, Montana joined nine other western states in extending voting rights to non-Native women. One hundred years later, the Montana Historical Society [...]