Virtual Networking with the E&I Community
By AASLH's Educators and Interpreters Affinity Community On April 21, the Educators and Interpreters group held their latest meet-up via Zoom [...]
State Historical Administrators Meeting
By John Dichtl, President and CEO, AASLH The American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) once again has hosted its [...]
AASLH Statement on Recent Anti-Transgender/LGBTQ Legislation in Arkansas
Given that AASLH’s in-person, onsite annual conference will take place in Little Rock, Arkansas (September 22-25), we have been following recent [...]
Call for Survey Participants at House Museums in CA, FL, MO, OK, SC, and TX
By Rachel Wilson, Clemson University, Clemson, SC As a Historic Preservation graduate student at Clemson University, I am conducting a [...]
More Visits to Paid-Entry Institutions
By John Garrison Marks and W. Maclane Hull This is post number four in our series exploring the National Visitation Report. [...]
Visitation at Historic House Museums
By John Garrison Marks and W. Maclane Hull This is post number three in our series exploring the National [...]
Small is Mighty: Visitation Growth Strongest at Small History Organizations
By John Garrison Marks and W. Maclane Hull Over the course of this week, we will be providing deeper dives on [...]
Instructions Not Included: Breaking Down Organizational Needs
A fellow archivist disclosed that the most rational approach to archiving is to never treat it like a single-headed beast. You will never cut off [...]
New Webinar Series: History Check-Ins
When you spend your days on practical activities that help your institution thrive, it can be overwhelming to tackle an unfamiliar topic. Whether you’re simply [...]
Water Has a Memory: The Impact of Sea Level Rise on the Historical Resources of Strawbery Banke Museum
Strawbery Banke Museum, located four hundred feet from the banks of the Piscataqua River in downtown Portsmouth, New Hampshire, is a nine-acre living history museum [...]
AASLH Visited 38 National Park Sites in 2017
Glacier National Park in Montana Recently, the National Park Service announced that in 2017, they had a total of 330,882,751 recreation visits. This [...]
4 AASLH Members Among Finalists for IMLS National Medal
The Institute of Museum and Library Services has announced twenty-nine finalists for the 2018 National Medal for Museum and Library Service. The National Medal is [...]
What do you call…/Commen s’appelle-t’il…?
The Nomenclature Task Force of the American Association for State and Local History (AASLH), the Canadian Heritage Information Network (CHIN) and Parks Canada have collaborated [...]