Keynote Speakers at AASLH/OLHA 2025
The opening keynote speaker at this year’s AASLH Annual Conference is a familiar face from history television shows and podcasts. Attend [...]
Build Leadership Skills at AASLH/OLHA 2025
By Bethany L. Hawkins There are only a few weeks left before the early bird deadline for registering for the 2025 [...]
Announcing the AASLH 2025 Leadership in History Award Winners
For eighty years, the American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) has presented Leadership in History Awards to establish and [...]
Contact Congress: Save Agencies that Support History Orgs and Nonprofit Tax Status
In this update: Contact Congress: Reject the president’s budget proposal and support IMLS, NEH, and NPS Contact Congress: Don’t [...]
New AASLH Book: Think Like a Curator
Now Available! Think Like a Curator: A Guide to Curatorial Practice in History Organizations By Donna R. Braden Paperback [...]
Advocacy Update: Congressional Support for U.S. 250th Funding
We again need your voice to ask for 250th anniversary funding to the IMLS and the U.S. Semiquincentennial Commission, [...]
Impact of Federal and State Actions on History Organizations
Recent federal and state actions are creating a difficult and uncertain environment for the history field. With your help, [...]
Announcing The Stewardship Archive: Safeguarding Essential Information to Protect America’s Public Lands, Waters, and Places of Cultural Heritage
David Harmon, Executive Director, George Wright Society There are growing concerns about the removal of public information related to climate change and other topics [...]
Forward Together: an Update on IMLS
Last week was another busy week of federal challenges to museums and history organizations. The American Alliance of Museums (AAM) and the eight other [...]
Defend the Institute of Museum and Library Services—Take Action Now!
The Trump administration is threatening deep cuts to the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), an agency that provides essential funding and leadership [...]
Creating a Safe Workplace
Editor’s Note: This is the fourth post in a series of posts written by members of the AASLH Gender Discrimination and Sexual Harassment Task [...]
Through the Lens of Experience: Witnessing Gender and Sexual Harassment in Real Time
Editor’s Note: This is the fourth post in a series of posts written by members of the AASLH Gender Discrimination and Sexual Harassment Task [...]
Defending Whole History at NPS and Historic Sites
Last week, following President Trump’s executive orders on gender ideology, references to transgender and queer people were removed from the websites of the National [...]