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 for State [...]
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 to build [...]
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 our experience [...]
Seizing the Power of the Pen at #AASLH2019
By Tim Grove (timgrove.net) Calling all writers! Whether you write on the job or are working on a manuscript on [...]
Sandra Sageser Clark and John and Anita Durel to Receive Award of Distinction
NASHVILLE, TN—The American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) proudly announces that Sandra Sageser Clark and John and Anita [...]
Moving Luzerne County Historical Society Forward
By Aimee E. Newell, Ph.D., Executive Director, Luzerne County Historical Society with introduction by Cherie Cook, Senior Program Manager, AASLH [...]
AASLH Announces 2019 Small Museums Scholarship Winners
Rocky statue outside the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Now in their thirteenth year, the Small Museums Affinity Community’s annual [...]
Call for Proposals: Monument Culture
Christopher Columbus statue in Providence, Rhode Island Call for Proposals for a new edited volume Monument Culture: International Perspectives on the Future of Monuments [...]
Does Size Matter? What to Consider About Working at Small vs. Large Museums
When it comes to choosing a museum to work or intern at, many questions may come to mind. Where is the museum located? What type [...]
Five Organizations Earn StEPs Certificates in October
We congratulate these members who earned StEPs certificates in the last month! The Standards and Excellence Program for History Organizations is AASLH’s self-study standards program designed specifically for [...]
Building Relationships in a Small Community
When I heard the AASLH Annual Meeting was going to be in Austin, Texas in September, I knew I had to figure out a way [...]
StEPs Spotlight: Cleveland Grays Armory Museum
By Aja Bain, AASLH, and Mary Beth Rauzi and Mary Manning, Cleveland Grays Armory Museum Exciting changes are happening at the 960 organizations taking part [...]
Taking History into Our Own Hand(icraft)s: Interpreting a Lost Douglass Site in Rochester
By Hinda Mandell, Associate Professor, Rochester Institute of Technology Sometimes a bit of thread and yarn can offer a temporary fix when it comes [...]