Kettle Creek Battlefield: A Laboratory for Exploring Layers of Relevance
Symbolic Revolutionary War veterans’ cemetery at Kettle Creek. The Kettle Creek Revolutionary War Battlefield, located between modern Tyrone and Washington, [...]
AASLH President and CEO’s Address 2017
President and CEO’s Address (Excerpt) AASLH Meeting of the Membership Austin, TX, September 8, 2017 Getting to Austin was difficult for many [...]
New Book Series from AASLH: Exploring the Stories of America’s Historic Treasures
This new series is aimed at paid and unpaid public history professionals as well as history lovers, particularly those who wish they [...]
Visitors and Originality in Historic House Museums: A Look at the Impact of Furnishing Plans
Library: Longfellow’s House – Washington Headquarters National Historic Site; By Daderot (Own work) [CC0] “Is everything original?” “Is [...]
AASLH Welcomes First 30 Academic Program Members
In April 2016, AASLH launched a brand new membership type for Academic Programs. Designed specifically to meet the needs of [...]
Reconsideration of Memorials and Monuments
This article will be published in the upcoming Fall 2016 issue of History News, the official magazine of AASLH. To receive [...]
StEPs Spotlight: The New London Public Museum is Planning for the Future
Exciting changes are happening at the 800+ organizations taking part in AASLH's StEPs program (Standards and Excellence Program for History Organizations). Our [...]
Musings from a Historic Shaker Village During the 1940s
2015 marks AASLH's 75th Anniversary Year. For the occasion, AASLH has created a blog series for members to share their unique history and memories. Contributions [...]
Invite Congress to Visit Your Museum Week
The American Alliance of Museums has declared the week of August 8-15 as the fourth annual "Invite Congress to Visit Your Museum Week." During the August [...]
Running at AASLH?
Time is winding down to #AASLH2015! I could go on and on about how excited I am about the professional development opportunities that await us [...]
Ask FSA: What is Outreach?
History organizations often wonder about what effective outreach is. The business literature is full of a dizzying number of examples. To simplify I often suggest [...]
Many Voices: Moving Beyond the White Male Interpretation in a NJ Historic House
Recreated YWCA meeting room for clubs in Montclair Historical Society's Crane House, 2014. There’s a saying “it takes a thousand voices to tell [...]
Possibility and Loyalty
Editor’s note: This post is part of a series to highlight AASLH members in the state of Kentucky who are are real-world examples of the [...]