Building Relationships in a Small Community
When I heard the AASLH Annual Meeting was going to be in Austin, Texas in September, I knew I had to figure [...]
StEPs Spotlight: Cleveland Grays Armory Museum
By Aja Bain, AASLH, and Mary Beth Rauzi and Mary Manning, Cleveland Grays Armory Museum Exciting changes are happening at the 960 [...]
Taking History into Our Own Hand(icraft)s: Interpreting a Lost Douglass Site in Rochester
By Hinda Mandell, Associate Professor, Rochester Institute of Technology Sometimes a bit of thread and yarn can offer a temporary fix [...]
The Pequot War and the Founding of Fairfield, 1637-1639
The Pequot War and the Founding of Fairfield, 1637-1639 significantly enhanced and furthered the understanding of Connecticut history through an [...]
Connecticut's Kid Governor
In June 2015, Connecticut’s Old State House’s (CTOSH) education team conceived of Connecticut’s Kid Governor (CKG), the first-ever statewide election [...]
Over There: Washington and the Great War
The Gunn Historical Museum commemorated the World War I centennial with the community curated exhibit Over There: Washington and the [...]
Pacific Worlds
Pacific Worlds explored historical and contemporary connections between the Pacific Islands and California, inviting diverse Californian communities to get to [...]
A Diversity Fellowship Winner’s Perspective of AASLH 2015
2015 was my first time attending the annual AASLH conference and I am unbelievably appreciative to AASLH for awarding me the Douglas Evelyn Diversity Fellowship. [...]
Inspiration Found at the 2015 Annual Meeting
As a young professional and the brand new executive director of a small town history and art museum, I was looking at the 2015 Annual [...]
Chime In: Museum Education in History Museums
The Educators and Interpreters Committee occasionally receives questions from the field at large that we feel should go out to a bigger pool of practitioners to answer. As a result, we've [...]
Trial by Fire: The New Future of History Nonprofits
The American Academy of Arts & Sciences' Humanities Indicators (HI) project just released a detailed report on Not-for-Profit History Organizations and Their Revenues from 1989-2012. [...]
It’s a Wrap! Free Resources and More from #AASLH2015
The annual meeting is not an isolated event; it represents the culmination of innovative ideas that you introduce to the field throughout the year. So [...]
Corporate History at the 2015 Annual Meeting
This year’s conference was a lot of fun, and we had a very strong turnout at the corporate history tour, luncheon, and session. Kentucky is [...]