Apply for an AASLH Hurricane Cultural Relief Fund Mini-Grant
Program The Hurricane Cultural Relief Fund was developed to offer cultural organizations impacted by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma a gap fund to [...]
Crowdsourcing Transcription and Creating Community
Are you seeking a way to involve community members and schools and, as a bonus, make your document collections easily accessible? To [...]
Georgia Historical Society Honors Robert L. Brown, Jr.
AASLH Member Georgia Historical Society Honors Robert L. Brown, Jr. with John Macpherson Berrien Award “In grateful recognition of a lifetime of achievement [...]
2015 Students Opposing Slavery International Summit
President Lincoln’s Cottage (PLC) opened in 2008 as a historic site and museum in northwest Washington, D.C. While in residence, [...]
Finding Ways to Channel a Passion for History and Museums after Leaving the Field
In 2012, I made a difficult but necessary decision. After six years of undergrad and graduate school followed by an [...]
An Outward Museum: Building Community at the Levine Museum of the New South
Photo by James Willamor Museums serve in a unique yet vital manner as stewards of humanity’s cultural heritage. [...]
We Are at the Center of What It Means to Be Americans: A Letter from the AASLH Council Chair
Dear Members, AASLH is helping lead our local and national discussions about the importance of historic context, the value of content [...]
Iowa State Curator Jerome Thompson Retires
AASLH Member Since 1985 and 2014 Leadership in History Award Winner for Individual Achievement DES MOINES – The Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA) announced the [...]
Moving Historical Interpretation Forward–The International Conference on Heritage Interpretation
Interpretation should always aim to have something important to say. Interpreters seek to capture visitors’ attention, to reveal new meanings about our people, our places, [...]
ADVOCACY ALERT: Funding for History and Civics Education
Dear AASLH Friends- The National Coalition for History and the AASLH urge you to contact your Member of the House of Representatives and ask him [...]
What to expect when running the Nomenclature 4.0 update to PastPerfect 5
Last week, I installed the Nomenclature 4.0 update to the Wisconsin Veterans Museum's PastPerfect 5 database and converted the lexicon from Nomenclature 3.0 to Nomenclature 4.0. It [...]
Are Religious Objects Controversial? You bet! Learn How to Address Them in Louisville
As I browsed the preliminary program for the 2015 Annual Meeting in Louisville, Kentucky, the session "Controversial Objects" caught my attention. If you have any religious/controversial [...]
Part 2 – Things to See During the 2015 Annual Meeting: Shaker Village at Pleasant Hill
One of the greatest treasures to be found at Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill is its collection of historic buildings. Thirty-four original buildings remain today, [...]