#AASLH17: Interpreting Historic Landscapes
As we prepare for the 2017 Annual Meeting in Austin, the Educators and Interpreters Affinity Group Committee is trying an experiment. We’re giving presenters who are [...]
#AASLH17 Session: Lessons Learned from Broadway’s Hamilton
As we prepare for the 2017 Annual Meeting in Austin, the Educators and Interpreters Affinity Group Committee is trying an experiment. We’re [...]
#AASLH17 Conversation Areas
New this year at the Annual Meeting are the AASLH Conversations Areas (located in the Exhibit Hall), where all attendees are invited to [...]
Nomenclature Conundrum: When is a Model Not Really a Model?
28 Within Nomenclature 4.0 there are a few variations on the term "Model," which falls under the classification of Documentary [...]
Training Future Leaders: Lessons Learned from the National Guard Memorial Museum’s Intern Program
Photo via www.ngef.org The National Guard Memorial Museum is a 6,000 square foot series of galleries located in [...]
Natural History Specimens and Nomenclature 4.0
When Nomenclature was first written it was designed to represent objects that are man-made. So, how do natural history collections [...]
Blogging Public History: An Interview with Zac Cowsert, Civil War Blogger and Emerging History Professional
I find that many Emerging History Professionals (EHPs) these days have blogs of some sort. They traditionally consist of self-promoting [...]
Things to See During the 2015 Annual Meeting: Shaker Village at Pleasant Hill
Centre Family Dwelling In January 1805, three Shaker missionaries, members of The United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing, left their home, [...]
Five Things You Didn’t Know About Wendell Berry
Photo by Guy Mendes. With only two months til the Annual Meeting and the early bird registration deadline of July 24 fast approaching, [...]
From Historic House Museum to 21st Century Museum
The Woodrow Wilson Family Home: A Museum of Reconstruction While never leaving your house, office or hometown most of you reading this post probably took [...]
History vs. Heritage – What stories are museums sharing?
Margaret Biser’s recent Vox.com article, “I used to lead tours at a plantation. You won’t believe the questions I got about slavery,” outlines some of [...]
Are you coming to the 2015 Annual Meeting?
The deadline for the “Early Bird” rate for the 2015 AASLH annual meeting is fast approaching. The Religious History Affinity Group invites you to register [...]
The Value of the Lexicon and the Quest for Museum Documentation
Every object has a story. When an object is acquired by a museum and the accession process is underway, the quest for documenting the object [...]