The Power of Place: My Experience at the AASLH Conference
Historic marker describing an Underground Railroad stop in Niagara Falls. By Cathy Runnels, George Washington Carver Museum, Cultural and Genealogy [...]
The Pre-Registration Deadline for the 2022 Virtual Conference is Wednesday
The pre-registration deadline for the 2022 Virtual Conference is this Wednesday! Registration is only $60 for AASLH members and $80 for [...]
Join Us at the Table in Boise for the 2023 AASLH Annual Conference
“I, Too, Am America” is the theme of the 2023 AASLH Annual Conference, which will be held in Boise, Idaho, September [...]
Meet the New AASLH Book Series Editor
Dr. Rebekah Beaulieu is the new AASLH book series editor. The book series editor works with the AASLH Editorial [...]
Educating Your Board About History Work
By Bethany L. Hawkins, AASLH Chief of Operations I have worked full-time in the history field for over twenty-seven [...]
Frederick Law Olmsted in Buffalo
Cazenovia Park By Bethany L. Hawkins, AASLH Chief of Operations April 26 is the 200th birthday of [...]
How Civic Season Can Help History Organizations Serve the Next Generation
The American Association for State and Local History is a partner of Made By Us, an initiative of history [...]
The View From Here: Coronavirus and the Small Museum
By Elizabeth P. Stewart and the members of the AASLH Small Museums Committee: Jacqui Ainlay-Conley, Alison Bruesehoff, Aimee Newell, Ann Bennett, Brian Failing, Bruce [...]
So Much Trouble in the World
By Avi Decter and Ken Yellis The way earthly thin's are goin' Anything can happen. – “So Much Trouble in The World” Bob Marley and [...]
Resources and Funding for History Organizations
(Your collections probably don't need masks, but you do need to think about their safety in other ways!) As history organizations around [...]
How History Organizations are Meeting Community Needs in a Crisis
(We like the spirit of this image, but cannot vouch for it being good glove protocol or social distancing practice.) As history [...]
Here We Go Again
By W. Todd Groce, President and CEO, Georgia Historical Society, Savannah, GA “Here we go again.” That was my first thought when I watched [...]
New Tool Available from the History Relevance Initiative
By Tim Grove, Grove History Consulting Relevance is a concept that can be hard to grasp. Most organizations assume they are relevant, but often [...]