AASLH Receives Nissan Foundation Grant
In June 2023, the American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) received a $49,797 grant from the Nissan Foundation for [...]
Change is Still Required
Participants in a MANY Meet Up discuss questions based on the book Change Is Required at the Francis Lehman Loeb Art [...]
Recent Projects in Women’s History
By Kimberly Robinson, co-chair of the AASLH Women's History Committee A few weeks ago, we sent out a call to historic [...]
Andrea Jones Named Next Director of the AASLH History Leadership Institute
The American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) is pleased to announce that Andrea Jones has been named [...]
Save the Date for Our Virtual Summit About Commemoration and America’s 250th
Save the Date Commemoration Reconsidered: Ethics, Justice, and America’s 250th Anniversary Virtual Summit April 27 – 28, 2023 Sponsored [...]
Keep Moving Forward
In three years, the United States will mark the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, a moment that [...]
Docents as Museum Professionals: Lessons from the Amory Regional Museum
By Bryan Mathison, Senior Library Associate at Mississippi State University and Docent/Research Associate at the Amory Museum The city [...]
How States Are Preparing for the U.S. 250th Anniversary
Across the United States, planning for the U.S. 250th anniversary is gaining momentum. Federal agencies, state museums, local nonprofits, and history organizations of all [...]
Reframing History Podcast Now Available
The new Reframing History initiative provides the field with a set of evidence-backed recommendations to communicate about history more convincingly and to build a [...]
AASLH Statement on Montpelier Board and Montpelier Descendants Committee
AASLH urges The Montpelier Foundation (TMF) to honor its June 2021 commitment to treat the Montpelier Descendants Committee (MDC) as its full partner in [...]
AASLH Acquires the ARCUS Leadership Program
One of the most important things we do at AASLH is connect our members and others in the history community to professional development that [...]
Announcing the 2022 History Leadership Institute Seminar Cohort
The AASLH History Leadership Institute is the nation’s oldest and most prestigious leadership program for professionals in the history museum field. Each year, the [...]
2022 Museums Advocacy Day
By Bethany L. Hawkins, Chief of Operations, AASLH On Tuesday, March 1, hundreds of museum employees and volunteers from all corners of the field [...]