Statement on Mass Shooting in Buffalo
The American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) acknowledges the physical, emotional, and psychological impact that the mass shooting at [...]
Survey Results from the History in Our Parks Task Force
By Tony Pierucci, Chair, History in Our Parks Task Force Thousands of history practitioners work for public parks agencies. The field [...]
Releasing Potential Capital at Museums
By Avi Decter and Ken Yellis For more than two years, the disruptions of the pandemic have challenged America's history organizations. [...]
Adapting to Novelty
By Avi Decter and Ken Yellis If you cannot find the road, then you make a new one. ―Simon [...]
2021 Call for Proposals Now Open
Little Rock Central High School, now a National Historic Site. By Michelle Moon, 2021 AASLH Program ChairThe American Association [...]
A New Professional’s Time at #AASLH2020
The word "sankofa" and its bird symbol from West Africa represent the need to reflect on the past [...]
What “The Plague” Has to Tell Us
By Avi Decter and Ken Yellis Albert Camus’s 1947 novel The Plague, set in Oran, Algeria, seems to anticipate [...]
Research is Respect: the Mt. Zion Memorial Fund for Cemetery Preservation
By T. DeWayne Moore, Executive Director, Mt. Zion Memorial Fund, Oxford, Mississippi The Mt. Zion Memorial Fund is a research and historic preservation group founded in 1989, [...]
AASLH’s National Visitation Survey
Two weeks ago, AASLH announced the opening of a national survey of visitation at history organizations. It marked the beginning of a renewed effort by [...]
Announcing the Featured Speakers for the AASLH 2019 Annual Meeting
AASLH is pleased to announce our featured speakers for the 2019 Annual Meeting. The Annual Meeting, presented in partnership with the International Coalition of Sites [...]
Four Organizations Earn StEPs Certificates in February
We congratulate these members who earned StEPs certificates last month! The Standards and Excellence Program for History Organizations is AASLH’s self-study standards program designed specifically [...]
Book Review: Participatory Heritage
This review originally appeared in the Autumn 2018 issue of History News. Participatory Heritage By Henriette Roued-Cunliffe and Andrea Copeland (eds.) (London: Facet Publishing, 2017) [...]
Continuing Education Grant Is a Work in Progress
In December 2017, AASLH was awarded a National Leadership grant from the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS). This $132,400 federal grant is for [...]