The Collective Wisdom of LAM at #AASLH17
Thanks to financial support from the Douglas Evelyn Scholarship for Diversity fund, I was able to attend the 2017 AASLH Annual Meeting [...]
Coming to Terms with History at #AASLH17
September 6-9, the week of the AASLH Annual Meeting in Austin, Texas, was a heavy one. Being inundated with images of natural [...]
AASLH Celebrates Members Receiving Small Museum Pro! Certificate
AASLH is proud to announce the first participants to complete the Small Museum Pro! certificate program. In 2017, AASLH has been able [...]
Storify of the #AASLHchat on Serving Communities During Difficult Times
On December 13, AASLH held our third #AASLHchat on Twitter. These monthly discussions are shaping up to be a great [...]
Forgotten Pioneers: The Chinese in Montana
The exhibit Forgotten Pioneers: The Chinese in Montana offers an unprecedented glimpse at a little understood chapter in Montana's past. [...]
A Past Uncovered: The Story of the Enslaved People of Travellers Rest
Travellers Rest was the home of Judge John Overton built in 1799 on the site of a pre-historic Mississippian burial [...]
Artifacts of Outlander: Connecting the Public to History and Archaeology Using Popular Culture
This exhibit interprets local colonial history and archaeology through the lens of an enormously popular book and television series, showcasing [...]
Historical Thinking and Other Unnatural Acts
In its deepest forms, historical thinking is neither a natural process nor something that springs automatically from psychological development. Its achievement goes against the grain [...]
Coalition to Advance Learning Focus Group
You’re Invited! A focus group on Continuing Education/Professional Development needs across the Archives, Library, and Museum communities will be held at the AASLH Annual Meeting [...]
Hang Out With the Ladies at the AASLH Annual Meeting
The AASLH Women’s History Affinity Group is very excited to make its first public appearance at the 2015 Annual Meeting in Louisville. Herp’s a sneak peak [...]
Roll Out the Bourbon Barrel
If you are coming to Louisville for the 2015 Annual Meeting, consider taking one of the special tours offered that give you the true Kentucky [...]
Hack Your Museum: Appealing to Millennials
Museums are facing a whole slew of challenges these days: budget cuts, changing exhibit standards, Common Core, interactive spaces, conservation innovations, changing digital landscapes, social [...]
Desmond Kennard Receives National Australian Honor
AASLH Member Since 1974 Desmond Kennard of Australia was recently honored with a Medal of the order of Australia (OAM) for services to the visual arts, [...]