Navigating Discussions About Collections as Financial Assets
By Cherie Cook, Senior Program Manager, AASLH Last week, the AASLH Council adopted a revised and re-titled position paper to replace [...]
Phone Calls and Lip Balm: Small Museums Taking Care of Volunteers During COVID-19
A volunteer-led tour at the Center for Colorado Women’s History at the Byers-Evans House in Denver, Colorado. By Jacqui [...]
Are We Stronger Together?
By Avi Decter and Ken Yellis In a recent blog, Randi Korn and Paul Pearson underscored the importance of each museum [...]
How to Be a Great Grant Reviewer
This post is brought to you by our Field Services Alliance Affinity Community. By Andy Verhoff, Coordinator, Ohio History Fund, [...]
2018 Online Conference Recordings Now Available (Including a Freebie!)
The AASLH Online Conference is a yearly component of our Annual Meeting where six of our most popular sessions are [...]
Douglas Evelyn Scholarship for Diversity Now Accepting Applications
The Douglas Evelyn Scholarship for Diversity is named in honor of Douglas Evelyn, AASLH president from 1992-1994, and recognizes Evelyn’s [...]
Five Organizations Earn StEPs Certificates in March
We congratulate these members who earned StEPs certificates last month! The Standards and Excellence Program for History Organizations is AASLH’s [...]
Artful Encounters with Women’s History at the National Gallery of Art
Judith Leyster, Self-Portrait, c. 1630. National Gallery of Art. Women Artists at the National Gallery The National Gallery of Art’s collection focuses largely [...]
Beyond Passion Projects: Rethinking the Economic Models of Public History
Mural designed by Daisy Salto and painted by the sixth grade class at Mark Twain Elementary School, Chicago IL, 2016. Unveiled at the Chrysler [...]
Leveraging Technology to Do Better History
Digital technology is vast, constantly changing, and increasingly necessary to understand and utilize if your site wants to stay relevant. Here are four ideas from [...]
Call for Articles: Emerging History Professional Takeover of History News Magazine
Emerging History Professionals are taking over the Winter 2018 issue of AASLH’s History News magazine! The issue will be guest co-edited by emerging history professionals [...]
Service in Cultural Heritage
Elizabeth Cruzado Carranza (center) with students from the Maria Parado de Bellido Nº 88104 school in Nivín, Peru. (This blog was originally published [...]
Got Icelandic? This Project is Cataloging Icelandic Immigrant Manuscripts at U.S. Historical Organizations
During the late 19th Century and early 20th Century, thousands of Icelanders immigrated to North America. The majority settled in Canada—mostly in a Winnipeg, Manitoba colony called [...]