Magical Awards Banquet: A Small Museums Scholarship Experience
Elizabeth Marston, Director of the Elgin History Museum (Elgin, IL), was awarded a scholarship to attend the 2016 AASLH/MMA Annual Meeting. You can learn [...]
Recap: Corporate History at the 2016 AASLH Annual Meeting
Thank you to all those that attended our Corporate History tour, session, and luncheon. It turned out to be a great crowd! [...]
Guests are People Too: Avoiding Toxic Behind-the-Scenes Venting
Photo courtesy of the Minnesota Historical Society Anyone have school tours running around lately? Anyone tired from a busy [...]
NY Governor Announces Launch of New “Path Through History” Website
Albany, NY (November 4, 2015) – On Monday, November 2, 2015, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo introduced the new Path Through [...]
The Columbus Museum in Columbus, GA Announces Upcoming Events
The Columbus Museum has been an AASLH member since 1979. The Columbus Museum (Columbus, GA) Calendar of Events November- December [...]
Visitor Studies Association: Call for Session Proposals Now Open
The Visitor Studies Association's annual conference will be held in Boston July 19-23, 2016! The Data Revolution theme will challenge [...]
Historic Madison Raises Matching Funds and Qualifies for Jeffris Foundation Challenge Grant
November 10, 2015, MADISON, IN - Historic Madison, Inc. announces a significant milestone in its $2.5 million Capital Campaign to [...]
UPDATE: Approaching Docent Training
Last July, I wrote a post called “Approaching Docent Training.” I talked about how we were in the middle of a massive renovation at the [...]
What I’m Looking for… (thoughts from a nine-year-old museum visitor)
Tyler (right) and her sister Ryan with Harry Potter's robe at the Smithsonian. This post is the second from my in-house (literally) focus [...]
Stop! Collaborate and Listen!
Collaboration is the key to survival in today's economic environment. It's no longer enough to do what you've always done, no matter how well you [...]
It’s Worth It! Hosting a Summer Camp
This post is by Kate Baldwin, Curator of Education at the Litchfield Historical Society in Litchfield, Conn. The Civil War Experience is the most [...]
A Touchy Subject
Leading tours in a historic house filled with objects and furnishings has its benefits and drawbacks. While it gives us an opportunity to immerse visitors [...]
Taking Your Museum to the Streets – Chandler Edition
Every so often it becomes necessary to close a museum building. Maybe it's because of a facility issue, or a lack of funding, or an [...]