Top Takeaways from the #AASLHMMA2016 Mentoring Roundtable
Thank you to everyone who joined us in Detroit for our Emerging History Professionals Mentoring Roundtable (and for our Happy Hour aftewards, [...]
What AASLH Attendees Want to Learn at the 2017 Annual Meeting
We sent all attendees of the 2016 Annual Meeting a survey to find out what we did right and what we could [...]
Can I Call It A Coozy? Classifying the Iconic Beverage Holder in Collections
Shortly after Nomenclature 4.0 was released, a colleague of mine John Neill, Riley County Historical Museum contacted me through social media asking, “Not sure [...]
Accessible Tech Options for Small Museums Session Proposal Needs Your Help!
Liz Shultz at the Oberlin Heritage Center in Oberlin, Ohio, is looking for other folks from small museums to join [...]
Meet a Member: Gil Gott
We are excited to launch this new biweekly blog series called “Meet a Member.” AASLH has 5,500 fascinating members working hard [...]
New Exhibition Explores Puerto Rican and Latino Art and Heritage in Philadelphia
The Philadelphia History Museum has been a member of AASLH since 2003. PHILADELPHIA, PA, November 10, 2015 — The Philadelphia [...]
Naugatuck Historical Society Recognized in Local News for StEPs Achievements
The Naugatuck Historical Society (AASLH Member since 1996) was recognized by Citizen's News for earning certificates for two StEPs sections (Bronze [...]
Heritage Health Index II Coming Soon
by Heritage Preservation AASLH Institutional Member since 1990 Heritage Preservation, working in cooperation with IMLS, will conduct a second Heritage Health Index. The original survey, [...]
A “Senior” Moment on Guided Tours
By 2015, AARP forecasts that 45% of the United States population will be age 50 or older. This segment of our population has grown sizably [...]
Teen Program Success – The Big 10 List from Museum Teen Summit
The Museum Teen Summit - a group of youth leaders representing different museums in New York City – is dedicated to improving and promoting the role of youth in museums.
Re-think, Adapt, and Change
How many teachers attend your teacher workshops? Do you have the same teachers & schools attending each workshop? How can you adapt, change, or even [...]
Need More Time?
Most of us have a very small staff - or no staff at all - so we're supposed to wear many hats. As executive director of [...]
What I’m Looking For in a Museum Visit…
Museums make family memories - like getting "lost" in the Colonial Williamsburg hedge labyrinth. I grew up in Maine. My mom was an [...]