41 AASLH Members Receive Over $9 Million in NEH Grants
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) announced that it will award $39.3 million in grants for 245 humanities projects and programs this summer. [...]
NARA Wants You to Contribute Local WWI Content
The recently completed US National Archives’ (NARA) Remembering WWI tablet app invites teachers and institutions to engage with NARA’s extensive collection of [...]
Preserving Neighborhood History in a Growing City
Photo by Susie Trexler. Demolition of historic buildings and the construction of new, sleek, modern ones is a trend in [...]
We’re Moving! AASLH Office Closed October 11-14
Our new office building! We’re Moving! From the afternoon of October 11 through the morning of the 14th, [...]
Magical Awards Banquet: A Small Museums Scholarship Experience
Elizabeth Marston, Director of the Elgin History Museum (Elgin, IL), was awarded a scholarship to attend the 2016 AASLH/MMA Annual Meeting. You [...]
Recap: Corporate History at the 2016 AASLH Annual Meeting
Thank you to all those that attended our Corporate History tour, session, and luncheon. It turned out to be a [...]
Guests are People Too: Avoiding Toxic Behind-the-Scenes Venting
Photo courtesy of the Minnesota Historical Society Anyone have school tours running around lately? Anyone tired from [...]
An Illuminating Proposal: How a Small Museum Saved Big by Going Green
Waving a sheet of tablet paper covered with figures, Ted Yahraus came into our small museum one day in March and said, “I’ve figured out [...]
Public Historian, Corporate Historian
When I was invited to guest-write a blog post relating to corporate history, my first thought was: am I a corporate historian? Or am I [...]
Something Old, Something New: Sharing History During Weddings & Rentals
How do you share the history of your historic house or site during rental events? At Indiana Landmarks’ 1865 Morris-Butler House we've been asking ourselves the [...]
What I Look For In A Museum Visit
What I Look for in a Museum Visit is an on-going series in which museum visitors of all ages, backgrounds and interest levels are invited [...]
That Book Idea You’ve Been Thinking About? We’ve Got an Outlet for That!
After a long (and often very snowy winter), spring has sprung. With spring comes new life and new possibilities. Perhaps it’s time to give life [...]
Posters from the Front and Back
I’ve been working with a new acquisition that keeps reminding me why sometimes I practice corporate history, sometimes federal government history, and many times both. [...]