Seven Lessons for Reopening Post-COVID From a Visitor’s Perspective
By Bethany Hawkins, AASLH COO After months of being at home due to the coronavirus pandemic, my fourteen-year-old son and I [...]
Framing History with the American Public
At AASLH's 2017 Annual Meeting in Austin, Texas, museum evaluation expert and History Relevance initiative contributor Conny Graft organized a session [...]
AASLH Statement on a Critical and Open Examination of History
Free societies demand honest, open, and critical engagement with the past. When government restricts what history professionals should study or polices [...]
The More the Merrier? Or Why I Don’t Want Historic Sites to Be Like Disney World on a Holiday
By Bethany L. Hawkins, Chief of Operations My family and I recently visited Walt Disney World. Due to timing, we [...]
History Shark Tank: New for #AASLH2019!
(Yes, we know these are dolphins. Keep reading and it will all make sense.) By Tim Grove Have [...]
The Inclusive Historian’s Handbook: Creating an Open Digital Resource
By Sheila A. Brennan, Advisory Committee Member, The Inclusive Historian’s Handbook As a member of The Inclusive Historian’s Handbook advisory [...]
The Inclusive Historian’s Handbook: A Resource for Collaborative History-Making
By Denise D. Meringolo, UMBC, The Inclusive Historian’s Handbook Advisory Committee In order to achieve broader relevance in the [...]
Coming to Terms with History at #AASLH17
September 6-9, the week of the AASLH Annual Meeting in Austin, Texas, was a heavy one. Being inundated with images of natural disasters and of [...]
AASLH Celebrates Members Receiving Small Museum Pro! Certificate
AASLH is proud to announce the first participants to complete the Small Museum Pro! certificate program. In 2017, AASLH has been able to offer all [...]
A First-Time Attendee’s Experience at #AASLH17
As a winner of one of the Douglas Evelyn Scholarships for Diversity, I felt extremely honored and excited to attend my first AASLH Annual Meeting. [...]
2017 Annual Meeting Wrap Up & Resources
First of all, thank you. Thank you to our program committee, the host committee and local institutions, our onsite volunteers, speakers, tour guides, [...]
Adding Star Power to the Fight for the NEH
The outlook for the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is far more positive now than it was nine months ago when news leaked that [...]
Five Organizations Earn StEPs Certificates in September
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 [...]