Resources and Funding for History Organizations
(Your collections probably don't need masks, but you do need to think about their safety in other ways!) As [...]
How History Organizations are Meeting Community Needs in a Crisis
(We like the spirit of this image, but cannot vouch for it being good glove protocol or social distancing practice.) [...]
Here We Go Again
By W. Todd Groce, President and CEO, Georgia Historical Society, Savannah, GA “Here we go again.” That was my first thought [...]
You Start By Meeting Your Audience
NPS photo. By Mike Hudson, Director, Museum of the American Printing House for the Blind, Louisville, KY When I [...]
New StEPs Group Forms in Missouri
By Elizabeth Pickard, Director, Education and Interpretation, Missouri Historical Society Last month, the Missouri Historical Society launched its new StEPs working [...]
Book Review: Moving Image and Sound Collections for Archivists
This review originally appeared in the Autumn 2018 issue of History News. Moving Image and Sound Collections for Archivists By [...]
Local Government: Who and What Is It?
Read part one of the advocacy series here. Memorial City Hall in Auburn, New York. By Sean Blinn, Programming [...]
Here’s Why Your History Museum Should Get Out the Vote
A 1916 women’s suffrage billboard. Image from the Records of the National Woman's Party, Library of Congress. It’s easy to see museum civic [...]
14 Ways Organizations Are Using Visitors Count Data to Better Understand their Visitors
Visitors Count! is accepting organizations for summer/fall gate visitor surveying until June 14. For the upcoming teacher survey, the deadline to sign up is August [...]
AASLH Begins Project to Update and Enhance Standards and Excellence Program for History Organizations (StEPs)
Seven years ago, AASLH introduced the Standards and Excellence Program for History Organizations (StEPs) to its members and to history organizations nationwide. We are proud [...]
EXTENDED Through June! Enroll in AASLH’s Standards and Excellence Program and Get Four Free Webinars
Join AASLH’s Standards and Excellence Program for History Organizations (StEPs) now through May 31 June 30 and receive four of our most popular recorded webinars ($60 [...]
Four Organizations Earn StEPs Certificates in May
We congratulate these members who earned StEPs certificates in the last month! The Standards and Excellence Program for History Organizations (StEPs) is AASLH’s self-study standards program designed [...]
What It’s Like to Work with a Marketing Agency on Your Annual Fundraiser
The annual fundraiser at the Napa Valley Museum Year after year museums and historical societies and countless other nonprofit organizations host an annual [...]