AASLH Members Receive More Than $500K in IMLS Grants
Nine AASLH member institutions dedicated to preserving African-American and Native American history and culture have been awarded prestigious grants from the Institute for Museum and [...]
Create.Connect: The Development of an Interdisciplinary History and STEM Exhibition at Conner Prairie
As the formal and informal education fields turn increasing attention to STEM, finding new venues for informal STEM learning (particularly in areas [...]
IMLS Launches Community Catalyst Initiative Focused on Community-Centric Approaches for Museums and Libraries
A new initiative of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) will help libraries and museums develop a deeper understanding of [...]
Managing Interpreters– Presentations as Road Maps
Managing Interpreters: Presentations as Road maps Meandering. Wandering aimlessly. Lost. Confused. Does this describe your worst road trip? Maybe it [...]
Deaccessioning Demystified!
Are you wary of starting a deaccessioning project–or even mentioning the need to deaccession to your board? Does it sound [...]
Preregistration for Louisville Ends Friday 8/21
Preregistration Ends This Friday, August 14 Deadline Extended to Friday, August 21! 2015 AASLH Annual Meeting Louisville, Kentucky September 16-19 [...]
Nomenclature 4.0 – What Makes This Edition Great
Nomenclature 4.0 is the most up-to-date print edition of one of North America’s most popular controlled vocabularies for classifying and [...]
“… or a building full of old stuff.”
The blog below is the first of several postings by Gene Bering. I asked him to share his experiences working in a small rural museum. Small [...]
Online History Resources: A World of Ideas!
As someone who has been a museum professional for the better part of 15 years, I periodically wonder how we ever made a move before [...]
Too Many Nonprofit Organizations?
All nonprofits - whether they are food banks, hospitals, day care facilities, drug rehabilitation centers, museums, or historical societies - share the same core mission: [...]
Exhibitions of Student Art
I bet all of us can remember having some art work or writing piece we did as a child placed on display in a public [...]
Welcome to the Arrrrducation Blog!
Welcome to AASLH’s Educators and Interpreters Affinity Group blog. The Arrrrducation Blog is place to feed your inner pirate where you can “steal” ideas and [...]
Accessibility and the Arts
At the invitation of the Oklahoma Arts Council and the Mid-America Arts Alliance, I recently attended a workshop, "Accessibility in the Arts," held at the National Archives [...]