Same Skills, New Tech: Social Media Lessons from a 1967 AASLH Technical Leaflet
Image by Queens of Vintage At AASLH, we don't like to reinvent the wheel. We are constantly looking back through History News, [...]
Seven Organizations Earn StEPs Certificates in December and January
We congratulate these members who earned StEPs certificates in the last two months! The Standards and Excellence Program for History Organizations is AASLH’s self-study [...]
Anticipating the Future Of Religious History
World’s Parliament of Religions, 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition We can’t predict the future. Yet as historians thinking critically about the [...]
Is Your Organization Ready for MayDay?
Every year, cultural organizations take time on May 1st to assess their emergency preparedness. This MayDay, the American Association for [...]
Have a Great Book Idea? The AASLH Editorial Board Is Seeking Book Proposals
Every year, AASLH partners with Rowman & Littlefield Press to publish practical and relevant books for history professionals. These publications [...]
3 Takeaways from “Interpreting Slavery: Building a Theoretical Foundation”
The Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site (ULSG) in St. Louis, Missouri, preserves and interprets the lives of Ulysses S. [...]
AASLH Launches New Membership Category for Academic Programs
We are excited to announce a brand new membership category for Academic Programs. This membership for Public History, Museum Studies, and [...]
Out With the Old Historic House, In With the New
We've all been reading about fresh and innovative ways historic house museum have met sustainability challenges, and stay relevant and valuable to their community. In [...]
Everybody Has to Eat Lunch, and Other Lessons on Stakeholder Engagement
I’ve written a couple of posts recently about a program at the Alexander Ramsey House in Saint Paul called History Happy Hour. History Happy Hour [...]
When Now Becomes Then
Last year, a local historical society asked me to narrate a video they planned to sell as a fundraiser. The society had digitized, edited and [...]
Invite Congress to Your #History Museum
We have the numbers from IMLS - over half of the active museums in America classify themselves as history organizations. Museums, historical societies, house museums, [...]
Oh, Those Pesky Primary Sources!
One of the conundrums staff faces at the Molly Brown House Museum in Denver, Colorado is surprisingly, a dearth of primary source material on Margaret [...]
Reaching the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Community Through Technology
The Sixth Floor Museum welcomes hundreds of thousands of visitors each year. We strive to make all of our guests feel welcome, and provide an [...]