5 Ways to Make Your Historic House Museum Visitors Feel at Home (Even with Uncomfortable Topics)
By Bethany L. Hawkins, Chief of Operations, AASLH One common criticism of historic house museums is they are static and impersonal. [...]
AASLH Committees at Work (Part 1)
Once or twice a year we ask the chairs of AASLH committees to summarize what their group has been working on [...]
History Museums and Trust
By John Garrison Marks, Director, AASLH Public History Research Lab Americans trust history museums—or so we like to tell ourselves. Back [...]
Understanding the New Valuing History Collections Position Paper
By AASLH Standards and Ethics Committee The AASLH Standards and Ethics Committee has compiled FAQs to help explain the [...]
Field Services Alliance Tips: Re-opening Museums During COVID-19
By Laura Casey, Museum Services Coordinator, Texas Historical Commission, Austin, TX The Problem: The arrival of COVID-19 in January [...]
How Do You Document Nothing?
By Harry Klinkhamer The COVID-19 pandemic has gripped the nation and the world. It has shut down economies and [...]
Episodes of Change: A Long View of Museum-Making in America
By Avi Decter and Ken Yellis The long-term impact of the pandemic on American museums is hard, if not [...]
Eight Organizations Earn StEPs Certificates in October
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 [...]
AASLH Announces the HLI Class of 2018
By Max van Balgooy, HLI Director AASLH welcomes the Class of 2018 to the History Leadership Institute (HLI) next week in Indianapolis. HLI is a three-week residential [...]
Creativity Starts at Home
AASLH has long been the home for history. Our community brings together the curators, volunteers, administrators, educators, researchers, and many others who share the goal [...]
Humanities for All: Publicly-Engaged Humanities Database for History Organizations
A newly-launched database by the National Humanities Alliance, Humanities for All helps showcase how institutions of higher education have partnered with local cultural organizations throughout the [...]
AASLH Welcomes New Council Officers and Members
NASHVILLE, TN— The American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) welcomed the following history professionals to the AASLH Council and the Leadership Nominating Committee [...]
Book Review: Managing Previously Unmanaged Collections: A Practical Guide for Museums
This review originally appeared in the Summer 2018 issue of History News. Managing Previously Unmanaged Collections: A Practical Guide for Museums By Angela Kipp (Lanham, [...]