Nine Organizations Earn StEPs Certificates in September
We congratulate these members who earned StEPs certificates last month! The Standards and Excellence Program for History Organizations is AASLH’s self-study standards program designed specifically [...]
Advocacy Alert: IMLS Reauthorization Introduced in Congress
IMLS Reauthorization Introduced in Congress Contact Your Senators Today Last week, Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) introduced S. 3391, the Museum and Library [...]
Change and Grow or Shut Your Doors: A Volunteer-Run Museum’s Conference Takeaway
Kathy McDonald, President and Curator of the Sebastian Area Historical Society, was awarded a scholarship to attend the 2016 AASLH/MMA Annual Meeting. You can [...]
Greeneville-Greene County History Museum Recognized for StEPs Achievements by Local News
AASLH Member Since 1995 The Greeneville-Greene County History Museum was featured in an article in local paper The Greeneville Sun. The article, [...]
38th Voyage of the Charles W. Morgan
This project brought an 1841 whaleship and accompanying outdoor exhibit to historic New England ports to raise awareness of maritime [...]
SubUrbanisms: Casino Company Town/ China Town
SubUrbanisms documents the development of a suburban Chinatown surrounding the Mohegan Sun casino in Connecticut and how workers, many recent [...]
Castle on the Cove: the Connecticut State Prison and Wethersfield
Castle on the Cove explores the Connecticut State Prison while it operated in Wethersfield between 1827 and 1963 and its [...]
Collecting Memories from Visitors
This is an expanded version of a post that originally appeared on the blog EngagingPlaces, which regularly shares news, ideas, and opinions about connecting people to [...]
“Honk for History” OR “Want Truth? Get History.”
Do we need a brand for history? I just attended an UnConference Session at the American Alliance of Museums Conference in Baltimore, where a group [...]
Pinterested Yet?
If you haven’t yet fallen under the spell of Pinterest yourself, it might be easy to overlook the possibilities of this simple social bookmarker. But [...]
Paying it Forward…
Any worker in a small museum can find an excuse not to participate in professional development opportunities. “I don’t have enough time,” or “They can’t [...]
Why Am I an AASLH Individual Member?
As you may know, this blog is an initiative of AASLH's Educators and Interpreters Committee. Our mission is to address the needs of educators and [...]
Growing Your Social Media Presence
Looking for ways to increase interactions with your organization's Facebook friends? Read on!