Visitation to History Organizations Increased in 2021 — But There’s a Long Way to Go
By John Garrison Marks, Director, Public History Research Lab This week, the American Association for State and Local History Public History [...]
2022 Virtual Conference Educator and Environment Sessions
The 2022 AASLH Virtual Conference is November 1-3. The pre-registration deadline is October 26. Registration is only $60 for AASLH members [...]
A National Conference with a Small Town Feel
By Sarah Adams, Edwards Place Historic House, Springfield, IL I was fortunate to attend the 2022 AASLH Annual Conference in Buffalo, [...]
NCPH and AASLH Publish First-of-its-Kind Report on Gender Discrimination and Sexual Harassment in History Organizations
Today, the National Council on Public History (NCPH) and AASLH are releasing a first-of-its-kind report on the prevalence of [...]
Women on Your Money: Female Representation on U.S. Currency
By Kimberly Robinson, WHAC Co-chair Another year, another Women’s History Month on the books! The Women’s History Affinity Community [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
Three Organizations Earn StEPs Certificates in March
We congratulate these members who earned StEPs certificates in the last month! The Standards and Excellence Program for History Organizations is AASLH’s self-study standards program designed [...]
After the Pandemic: Thinking Ahead
By Avi Decter and Ken Yellis In the midst of the pandemic, our museums, sites, and organizations are preoccupied with loss of income, layoffs, [...]
Field Services Alliance Tips: Collections Care During COVID-19
By Samantha Forsko, Preservation Specialist, Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts, Philadelphia, PA The Problem: COVID-19 is changing the way we do everything. [...]
COVID-19 Resources for History Organizations
As history organizations around the country adapt to the rapidly evolving public health situation, we'll be sharing resources and ideas from across the field [...]
How the History Community is Responding to the COVID-19 Crisis
As history organizations around the country adapt to the rapidly evolving COVID-19 outbreak and prepare to confront an uncertain future, AASLH will share resources [...]
Public History, Generation by Generation
This column originally appeared in the Winter 2020 issue of History News, AASLH's member magazine. Access a digital copy of the issue for free [...]