Message from the Council Chair
July 18, 2016 Greetings, History matters and needs to be in our conscious present. The tone for summer 2016 across our nation [...]
Bringing Women’s History into the Classroom: The 2016 George Washington Teacher Institute
Since 1999, the George Washington Teacher Institute at Mount Vernon provides teachers across the country with historical thinking skills and in-depth content [...]
War and Peace: Following the Footsteps of the Huron-Wyandot
On Wednesday, September 14 from 8:30am-5 pm, attendees of the AASLH/MMA 2016 Annual Meeting in Detroit will have the chance to attend a [...]
Don’t Miss #AASLH2015 Online!
Don’t Miss the 2015 AASLH Online Conference! It’s an opportunity for you, your colleagues, and volunteers to attend the annual [...]
Granite Falls Historical Society’s City Hall
2015 marks AASLH's 75th Anniversary Year. For the occasion, AASLH has created a blog series for members to share their [...]
Pop-Up Sessions: Here to Serve Your Pressing Needs
It happens every year. Urgent issues—or burgeoning topics—surface at our annual meeting or during the lag time after proposals are [...]
Message from the Council Chair: On AASLH 2015
The 2015 annual meeting theme, “The Power of Possibility,” was crafted by program chair Kyle McKoy of the Indiana Historical [...]
Exhibit Label Basics
Museums are about teaching and learning in different ways. People learn at museums through what they see, touch, hear, smell, and read. Reading is one way [...]
Upcoming Workshops for Managers of Front-line Staff
More often than not, while in conversations with fellow managers of front-line staff, I have found the conversations include moments of venting about staff. Ultimately [...]
More Bang for Your Buck with Pre-Conference Workshops
Have you considered attending a pre-conference workshop at AASLH? Pre-conference workshops are a great way for small museums to make the most of their travel and [...]
Tour Scheduling – Help is on the Way!
Scheduling tours can be a time consuming endeavor that many of us with small museum education staff have little time to dedicate. So when this [...]
Task Saturation in Museum Workers
Paul Thistle is a provocateur. That was his given label as he led an Idea Lounge last spring at the American Association of Museum’s Annual [...]
Education Standards: Complex Physics Algorithm or High School Student Research Skill Blueprints?
You probably recognize the state mandated standard curriculum format: 1SSC1PO1. This algorithm provides directives for research skill development at the high school level in social [...]