Grant-Sponsored Training in Scientific Imaging Technologies for History and Museum Professionals
Here's an opportunity for historians, archivists, and museum professionals to receive grant-sponsored training in scientific imaging technologies: Who is CHI? Cultural Heritage [...]
Resources for Heritage Institutions Affected by Flooding in Louisiana
AASLH is reaching out to our constituents in the recent flood affected areas in Louisiana. As a member of the Heritage Emergency [...]
How to Choose an Object Name for Cataloging an Abstract of Title
Lynne Sylvester of the Winter Garden Heritage Foundation in Florida has posed this question: I have to catalog an Abstract of Title and do [...]
Chime In: Museum Education in History Museums
The Educators and Interpreters Committee occasionally receives questions from the field at large that we feel should go out to a bigger pool of practitioners to [...]
Trial by Fire: The New Future of History Nonprofits
The American Academy of Arts & Sciences' Humanities Indicators (HI) project just released a detailed report on Not-for-Profit History Organizations [...]
It’s a Wrap! Free Resources and More from #AASLH2015
The annual meeting is not an isolated event; it represents the culmination of innovative ideas that you introduce to the [...]
Corporate History at the 2015 Annual Meeting
This year’s conference was a lot of fun, and we had a very strong turnout at the corporate history tour, [...]
The Power of Partnerships
Partners from President Lincoln’s Cottage and Polaris Project celebrate the opening of Can You Walk Away? Lewis and Clark. Batman and Robin. John, [...]
Go Ahead, Teach Local
"Shop Local, Buy Local." These buzzwords (especially during this shopping season) show a growing desire to support local resources rather than to depend on national [...]
God(s) A User’s Guide 2.0 – Have Your Say
My contribution is related to the somewhat unexpected success of a Web 2.0 initiative in a Canadian Museum of Civilization exhibition. I will first speak about [...]
Managing the Hands-On Collection
We all know that hands-on learning opportunities are engaging, and result in meaningful visitor experiences. Visitors enjoy experiencing “the real thing”, and putting it into [...]
Do History Museums Still Need Objects? I’m Not Sure
I’ve been pondering the central question of Rainey Tisdale’s article (“Do History Museums Still Need Objects?”), since History News published it last summer. Our museum [...]
The Immortal Museum
You've got a chance at immortality by giving one item to a museum. What item would you pick and why?