Pacific Worlds
Pacific Worlds explored historical and contemporary connections between the Pacific Islands and California, inviting diverse Californian communities to get to know their [...]
Coloring Independently: 1940s African American Film Stills from the Collection of the California African American Museum
Coloring Independently: 1940s African American Film Stills from the Collection of the California African American Museum featured a selection of more than [...]
We Remember Them: Acts of Love and Compassion in Isla Vista and the May 23, 2014 Isla Vista Memorial Archive
On May 23, 2014, six UCSB undergraduate students were killed and fourteen other individuals were injured in a crime spree that took [...]
Commission on National Women’s History Museum Seeks Public Input
From the NWHM Congressional Commission Website. The Congressional Commission to Study the Potential for a National Women’s History [...]
Food History Television Program “A Taste of History” Films at the Polk Home
AASLH Member Since 1979 On November 16, award-winning chef and culinary historian Walter Staib and his crew arrived at the [...]
What They Don’t Teach You in Grad School: A Historic House Director Fills in the Blanks
A few weeks ago I received a survey request from the National Council for Public History wanting to know what [...]
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Historical Society of Washington D.C. Names John Suau Executive Director
AASLH Member Since 1995 John Suau, a widely recognized global expert in arts and collections management, cultural partnerships, and diversity will join The Historical Society of Washington, [...]
Gilder Lehrman Online Graduate Course Creates New Digital History Archive
AASLH Member Since 2002 An enterprising group of 700 teachers recently completed an innovative online graduate course, “Understanding Lincoln,” presented jointly by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of [...]
Let’s Move Museums and Gardens Webinar: Wednesday, March 19
For AASLH Member Information Let’s Move Museums and Gardens Webinar: Wednesday, March 19 Learn How Museums and Gardens Can Use the USDA’s MyPlate in Programming [...]
Diversity scholarship available for the Program in New England Studies
AASLH Member Since 1999 This year, Historic New England launches a diversity scholarship to support a mid-career museum professional or graduate student from a diverse [...]
What I’m Looking For in a Museum Visit…
Wouldn't it be great to know what our visitors want? Well, periodically the authors of this blog ask museum goers to tell us what they [...]
Advocating for Small Museums – from Memphis to Washington
I recently attended the sixth annual – and my second - Museum Advocacy Day held in Washington, D.C., and hosted by the American Alliance of [...]