Artful Encounters with Women’s History at the National Gallery of Art
Judith Leyster, Self-Portrait, c. 1630. National Gallery of Art. Women Artists at the National Gallery The National Gallery of Art’s [...]
Beyond Passion Projects: Rethinking the Economic Models of Public History
Mural designed by Daisy Salto and painted by the sixth grade class at Mark Twain Elementary School, Chicago IL, 2016. Unveiled [...]
Leveraging Technology to Do Better History
Digital technology is vast, constantly changing, and increasingly necessary to understand and utilize if your site wants to stay relevant. Here are [...]
Telling a Good Story Makes for a Better Tour
The guided tour... people either love them or hate them. A good guided tour can captivate an audience. A bad [...]
What is the Religious History Affinity Group doing in Detroit?
The 2016 Annual Meeting is just around the corner and many AASLH members will be taking in the sites, catching [...]
Nomenclature Query: Classifying a “Permanent Machine”
We received a query from Diane Kester at the Wayne County Historical Association & Museum in Goldsboro, North Carolina: What do you [...]
How to Connect with the Educators & Interpreters at the AASLH/MMA Annual Meeting
Educators & Interpreters…Start Planning! Holy cow—September is here! Forget about back to school, Labor Day, the end of another delightful [...]
AASLH Offering Two Webinars on Volunteer Management in March
Build the Best Volunteer Staff You Can With AASLH’s Online Training in Volunteer Management Are You Ready For Volunteers? Many volunteer programs have existed with [...]
A New Twist on Hidden Curriculum
When I saw this blog, "8 Lessons about Teaching from the Canadian Museum of Human Rights History," on Art Museum Teaching, it really got me [...]
Why I LOVE Gunston Hall
When I was a young boy growing up in suburban Philadelphia, two of the things I loved most were baseball and history. I loved watching [...]
We’re All in This Together
Last week I attend AASLH’s Historic House Museum Issues and Operations workshop hosted by the Historic Charleston Foundation. Twenty-five museum professionals and volunteers gathered from [...]
Apply Now for the AASLH Small Museums Scholarship
Small Museums Scholarship Application 2015 AASLH Annual Meeting and Online Conference Louisville, Kentucky DEADLINE: 12 June 2015 The American Association for State and Local History [...]
Apply Now for Developing History Leaders @SHA Class of 2015
“SHA was the best learning experience of my career. I learned more about issues facing all of us and strategies. It was inspirational.” “Getting out [...]