Call for Papers: Interpreting Labor History at Museums and Historic Sites
Interest in and support for labor unions is on the rise in the United States, especially among millennials. Younger Americans tend to view [...]
Managing Interpreters: Presentations as Road Maps
Meandering. Wandering aimlessly. Lost. Confused. Does this describe your worst road trip? Maybe it describes the conversations between the public and your [...]
“Here’s a chance for that historian to do something”
“Here's a chance for that historian to do something…. what's her name?” -- James T. Kirk, “Space Seed,” Star Trek This is [...]
AASLH’s John Dichtl Visits DC to Discuss the Humanities Indicators Project, History Relevance
AASLH President & CEO John Dichtl meets with the Humanities Indicators team in DC. I didn’t feel like [...]
The Wright Lesson: How a Small Historical Society Took a Risk and Generated Local Recognition, Community, and Financial Support
Front of Glencoe Historical Society This article was orginally published in the Autumn 2016 issue of History News, the official magazine [...]
AASLH’s 2016 Annual Report (PDF)
Here at AASLH, 2016 was a year of building upward and outward. In order to best share all the changes [...]
The Courageous and Faithful: The Cavalry at Jefferson Barracks
The Courageous and Faithful: The Cavalry at Jefferson Barracks was a local history project centering on an exhibition in the [...]
New-York Historical Society’s Center for the Study of Women’s History is First of Its Kind for a U.S. Museum
Collection of Tiffany Lamps to be Displayed in a Dazzling Glass Gallery Center for the Study of Women’s History is First of Its Kind for [...]
IMLS Notices of Funding Opportunity Now Online (Deadline Dec. 1)
The FY2016 Notices of Funding Opportunity for all five Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) grant programs for museums are now posted on their [...]
Greeneville-Greene County History Museum Recognized for StEPs Achievements by Local News
AASLH Member Since 1995 The Greeneville-Greene County History Museum was featured in an article in local paper The Greeneville Sun. The article, titled "History Museum Takes ‘StEPs’ For [...]
38th Voyage of the Charles W. Morgan
This project brought an 1841 whaleship and accompanying outdoor exhibit to historic New England ports to raise awareness of maritime heritage and issues of ocean [...]
SubUrbanisms: Casino Company Town/ China Town
SubUrbanisms documents the development of a suburban Chinatown surrounding the Mohegan Sun casino in Connecticut and how workers, many recent immigrants, have transplanted their cultural [...]
Castle on the Cove: the Connecticut State Prison and Wethersfield
Castle on the Cove explores the Connecticut State Prison while it operated in Wethersfield between 1827 and 1963 and its significant influence on the town [...]