Meet the Staff–Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens/Akron Public Schools Place-Based Education Curricula
From October 2014 to November 2015, 736 fifth grade students participated in “Meet the Staff,” an experiential learning curriculum created in partnership [...]
Carillon Brewing Company
Carillon Brewing Company (CBC) is the first licensed production brewery in a museum. Dayton History’s newest project, this 10,000 square foot living [...]
The Old North State at War: The North Carolina Civil War Atlas
The Old North State at War: The North Carolina Civil War Atlas is a comprehensive study of the impact of the war [...]
WWII Museum Announces Plan to Return Restored Patrol-Torpedo Boat to Home Waters
NEW ORLEANS – The National WWII Museum this week announced plans to return restored patrol-torpedo (PT) boat PT-305 to her home waters of Lake [...]
Pulitzer Prize Winner Annette Gordon-Reed Elected Trustee of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (March 4, 2016) – The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (AASLH members since 1989) board of trustees has elected Pulitzer [...]
When Baseball Went to War: U.S. Navy Baseball History Exhibit Opens at Puget Sound Navy Museum
The Puget Sound Navy Museum (AASLH members since 2015) in Bremerton, Washington is excited to announce the opening of a [...]
The Heritage Society in Houston Receives Large Grant for Marketing
Award Encourages Visitors to Tour, Touch and Live Houston's Storied Past Houston, TX - March 1, 2016 - Historians and [...]
The Historical Society of Michigan Receives Kellogg Grant
AASLH Member Since 1995 The Historical Society of Michigan (HSM) is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a grant by the W.K. Kellogg [...]
We’re Looking for Good Writers! Do You Have a Book in You?
It's summer, we know you're busy always but we also know that our minds never stop in the history/museum world (have you seen this post [...]
Why our museum is an institutional member of AASLH
Although I worked around museums for the past 25 years, I had not worked in a museum until 2007 when I was hired as the [...]
Souvenirs: How Nomenclature 3.0 Helped Make Sense of My Personal Collection
Carving from Chichen Itza When I was a graduate student in museum studies, my class was assigned what should have been an easy [...]
Connecting to Educators – Back to Basics: Research
Recently I was asked to lead a webinar on connecting with educators for Ohio History Connection's Creative Learning Factory. (They have a whole series of [...]
A History of XYZ in ### Objects
In April, Slate’s culture blog Brow Beat showed how the meme started by Neil MacGregor’s excellent book A History of the World in 100 Objects [...]