What’s Your New Year’s Resolution?
January 1. The start of a new year. In my work life, most of my planning revolves around July 1 as the [...]
Join AASLH at Museums Advocacy Day 2018
Members of the AASLH Council, AASLH President John Dichtl, and External Relations Coordinator John Marks invite you to join them at 2018 [...]
Twitter, Taylor Swift, and a Crash Course in Women’s History
Montage of famous women: Hatshepsut, first female pharaoh of Ancient Egypt; Ieshia Evans, peaceful protester in Baton Rouge, LA; Harriet Tubman; [...]
New AASLH Member Benefit: Special Deal on HistoryIT Services
We are pleased to announce a new benefit for AASLH Institutional Members. Members are now able to receive, at a [...]
Believing in Community Outreach: A Lesson in Shared Authority
Second Saturday Program Audience at the York County History Center My organization recently drafted a new strategic plan [...]
52 AASLH Members Receive Over $2 Million in NEH Grants
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) announced that it will award $16.3 million in grants for 290 humanities projects [...]
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 [...]
Embracing Audience Engagement: A Small Museums Scholarship Recipient’s Experience
By Claire Blaylock, Clackamas County Historical Society, Oregon City, OR This past September, thanks to the Small Museums Scholarship, I was honored to attend 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 [...]