Is This 1904? In Praise of the History Enterprise
By David Grabitske, Castroville, TX Thursday, December 29, 1904, was a fair-weather day in Chicago, cold and clear. Henry E. Bourne [...]
Book Review: Te Papa to Berlin
The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. By Bill Tramposch, Mendocino, CA I have just had the pleasure [...]
Curating During a Pandemic: A Lesson in Democracy and Fresh Air
The reimagined exhibition was installed outside, offering visitors a safe, open air experience free of charge. By Beth Maloney [...]
AASLH 2020 Call for Proposals
By Omar Eaton-Martínez, 2020 AASLH Program Chair The American Association for State and Local History will present its 2020 Annual [...]
Becoming a More Inclusive AASLH
By Richard M. Josey Jr., AASLH Diversity and Inclusion Committee Vice-Chair and Member of Council In September 2018, John Dichtl, [...]
The Way We Do the Things We Do: Making History-Making Visible
Photos of Sami people and others dressed as Sami at the Nordic Museum. By Benjamin Filene, North Carolina [...]
Immigration and Counterculture History Sites of South Philadelphia
Mother Bethel A.M.E. Church By McKenna Britton, Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia South Street There’s a lot going on [...]
Welcome to #NightmareAtTheMuseum Week
A policy a day keeps the chaos away. Does your organization have policies and procedures in place to deal with the stickier aspects of running [...]
In Memoriam: Laura Hockaday
In Kansas City, people of color got little recognition for their civic contributions until Laura Hockaday saw an opportunity and acted. As the self-proclaimed “people [...]
Field Services Alliance Tips: Emergency Preparedness
The Problem: Cultural institutions often lack the ability to develop comprehensive emergency preparedness and response measures, which has put many of the country’s most prized [...]
U.S. 250, Career Diversity, and Other Takeaways from the AHA Annual Meeting
Last week, I had the opportunity to attend the American Historical Association’s annual meeting as thousands of historians braved the bitterly cold temperatures and biting [...]
34 AASLH Members Receive Over $2.5 Million in NEH Grants
In December, the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) announced that it will award $12.8 million in grants for 253 humanities projects and programs. “The humanities offer [...]
StEPs Spotlight: La Crosse County Historical Society
Exciting changes are happening at the 980 organizations taking part in the StEPs program (Standards and Excellence Program for History Organizations). Our “StEPs Spotlight” blog series [...]