2017 AASLH Annual Meeting Speakers: Darren Walker and Joaquin Castro
Attendees of the 2017 AASLH Annual Meeting can look forward to hearing from two great speakers this year: Darren Walker, President of [...]
Here’s Why Your History Museum Should Get Out the Vote
A 1916 women’s suffrage billboard. Image from the Records of the National Woman's Party, Library of Congress. It’s easy to [...]
14 Ways Organizations Are Using Visitors Count Data to Better Understand their Visitors
Visitors Count! is accepting organizations for summer/fall gate visitor surveying until June 14. For the upcoming teacher survey, the deadline to sign [...]
How Heritage Museums & Gardens Use Visitors Count to Make Unforgettable Visitor Experiences
Working on the Visitors Count project for the last couple of years has been a satisfying experience of learning where [...]
What Taking History to Underserved Communities Taught Me About Museum Education
This summer, I am completing a fellowship program through The Columbus Foundation at the Ohio History Connection. I have been [...]
Catalina Island Museum Announces Executive Director Transition
The Catalina Island Museum in Avalon, California (members since 2001) announces the upcoming departure of its Executive Director, Dr. Michael [...]
Why Religious History is Essential to a Thriving Democracy
Old abandoned white wooden chapel on prairie at sunset with cloudy sky. In 1822, Thomas Jefferson wrote a [...]
Witches of Pennsylvania: Occult History and Lore
During the 17th century, the draw of religious freedom led large numbers of Germans to William Penn’s colony where their belief in folk magic and [...]
The Historic Tibbals House – 1842
The city of Erie, Pennsylvania has long had troubles with preserving historic buildings and sites. One of those buildings, the Tibbals House, was in danger [...]
Northern Lights: The Stories of Minnesota's Past
In 2013 the Minnesota Department of Education implemented new academic standards for social studies requiring that all Minnesota sixth graders complete a year-long course of [...]
Border Crossings: The Detroit River Region in the War of 1812
Border Crossings: The Detroit River Region in the War of 1812 is the result of a year-long collaboration between the Detroit Historical Society and Wayne [...]
Wheel Fever: How Wisconsin Became a Great Bicycling State
Wheel Fever: How Wisconsin Became a Great Bicycling State presents a history of early bicycling in Wisconsin beginning with the "velocipede mania" of 1869 to the [...]
The Dakota Prisoner of War Letters: Dakota Kaŝkapi Okicize Wowapi
The U.S. – Dakota War of 1862 was a traumatic event in Minnesota’s history, and its lasting effects are still felt among the Dakota people. [...]