12 Lessons Learned about Virtual Programming during the Pandemic
Educators lead live programming while hundreds of miles apart during lockdown. Photo credit: Liberty Hall Museum. By Hannah Gaston, [...]
2021 Leadership in History Award Winners
The American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) proudly announces the winners of the 76th annual Leadership in History Awards, [...]
Why We Need a Civic Season
Courtesy Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center, photographer Boyd Lewis. By Claire Haley and Kristian Weatherspoon, Atlanta History [...]
Open Now: the 2020 National Visitation Survey
By John Marks, Senior Manager, Strategic Initiatives, AASLH AASLH is calling on all history organizations to complete the 2020 National [...]
Women’s Suffrage Centennial in Ohio
“Woman Suffrage Headquarters,” Cleveland, Ohio, 1912. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. By Megan Wood, Director of Cultural [...]
The AASLH National Visitation Report: The View from Small Museums
By Sean Blinn, Bedminster Township (NJ) Historic Preservation Commission and AASLH Small Museums Committee Recently, AASLH featured a series of [...]
Taking a Breath at Mid-Career
Bethany and her son visiting Historic Granville in Tennessee. Some people buy fancy cars or get a new [...]
5 Sites to Celebrate National Poetry Month
National Poetry Month, inaugurated by the Academy of American Poets in 1996, has become a worldwide celebration of the beauty and cultural value of poetry. [...]
14 AASLH Members Receive Over $2.5 Million in NEH Grants
This month the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) announced that it will award $18.6 million in grants for 199 humanities projects. “These new NEH-supported projects deepen [...]
A Student Advocate’s Perspective on Museums Advocacy Day 2018
Museums Advocacy Day in Washington, D.C. in February was an extremely eye-opening experience in the field I plan to dedicate my life to. I was [...]
NEH Offers Preservation Assistance Grants for Smaller Institutions
The National Endowment for the Humanities’ Division of Preservation and Access has offered Preservation Assistance Grants for Smaller Institutions since 2000. These grants help smaller [...]
Relevancy, Fun, Engagement: Focusing on Visitors at the Harriet Beecher Stowe House
Locust Grove in Louisville, Kentucky What do Locust Grove in Louisville, Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill, and the Harriet Beecher Stowe House in [...]
Museum Education Roundtable Announces 2017 Award Winners
The Museum Education Roundtable is pleased and proud to announce the 2017 recipients of its inaugural Awards for Writing Excellence and Editorial Excellence for the Journal [...]