Minnesota Dugout Canoe Project
“As the land of more than 10,000 lakes; home to the headwaters of the Mississippi River; and host to nearly 200 miles [...]
People on the Move: 50 Years of Documenting and Researching Migration Experiences at the Immigration History Research Center & Archives
People on the Move: 50 Years of Documenting and Researching Migration Experiences at the Immigration History Research Center & Archives presented broad [...]
The Haymarket Project
The Haymarket Project features the film and exhibition, Haymarket: the Soul of the City, a Haymarket publication, and tours of Haymarket. The [...]
Latest Addition to Brooklyn Historical Society’s Digital Curriculum Investigates Dutch “Breukelen”
The Brooklyn Historical Society (AASLH member since 1999) recently announced the release of Dutch Breukelen: Where Brooklyn Began, the latest publication in BHS’s [...]
When History Doesn’t Matter
I was recently thrown for a loop when a member of my team suggested that I present at an upcoming [...]
Spend the Night with History: The Making of the C&O Canal Quarters Program
Tucked along the C&O Canal (which runs through DC, MD, and WV) are over twenty stone structures that pay testament [...]
Nomenclature 4.0 – Why the change from “Classification” to “Class”?
New Nomenclature 4.0 users that are familiar with Revised Nomenclature or Nomenclature 3.0 will notice a change in the naming of [...]
Hidden Collections Rock!
Minnesota Historical SocietyThe headline grabbed me instantly, "Tiny Minnesota museum's canoe a 1,000-year-old historic find." I absolutely love to see these stories. Often the stories [...]
Top 10 Reasons why you should be in Little Rock this June!
In case you didn’t know it, from June 2-5, 2014, the Presidential Sites and Libraries community will host a conference at the Clinton Presidential Center [...]
Pop-Up Museum at Eastern State Penitentiary: Temporary Exhibit of Rare Prison Artifacts
AASLH Member Since 2000 Pop-Up Museum The archives of Eastern State Penitentiary are packed with historic treasures that the public rarely sees. Thousands of photographs, [...]
Barned Again, Re-purposing a Historic Structure
Close the eye a moment and look at the picture fancy paints. Every field in Georgia is there, every field in the South is there. [...]
Museum honored with PA Museums’ Director’s Award
AASLH Member Since 2013 The Gettysburg Seminary Ridge Museum—Gettysburg’s newest museum—earlier this week received the Director’s Award from PA Museums as recognition for opening as [...]
10 Reasons to Visit St. Paul
History Matters to Minnesota, and the Twin Cities is excited to host the AASLH Annual Meeting this September. To help whet your appetite, we've put [...]