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Restorative Justice at #AASLH2020
By Janaye Evans, 2020 Douglas Evelyn Scholarship for Diversity recipient Two things I know to be true. I believe in restorative [...]
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 [...]
The 250th Anniversary Is Just Seven Years Away
“Revolution 250 event in Boston Harbor.” Credit: Jim Collins Photography/Revolution 250 By John Marks, Senior Manager of Strategic [...]
First Group of Entries in “The Inclusive Historian’s Handbook” Coming in August
By Modupe Labode, Will Walker, and Robert Weible, Editors of "The Inclusive Historian’s Handbook" We are excited to announce that [...]
“Opportunity Disguised as Chaos” – A Q&A with Brooke Salvanto of Tuckerton Seaport, Small Museums Luncheon Speaker
By Brooke Salvanto, Executive Director, Tuckerton Seaport & Baymen’s Museum and Aimee E. Newell, Executive Director, Luzerne County Historical Society [...]
AASLH Receives Grant to Study Americans’ Attitudes Towards History
By John Marks, PhD., Senior Manager, Strategic Initiatives, AASLH AASLH learned this week that we have received a major grant [...]
AASLH Statement on Charlottesville
Rotunda at University of Virginia, Charlottesville. The American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) abhors not only the violence of the clash [...]
AASLH Announces 3 New Books from Rowman & Littlefield
The AASLH Series at Rowman & Littlefield Publishers is proud to announce three new titles for summer. Covering a wide range of subjects from project [...]
StEPs Spotlight: Essex Historical Society is Achieving Success Through Change and Risk-Taking
Exciting changes are happening at the 900 organizations taking part in the StEPs program (Standards and Excellence Program for History Organizations). Our "StEPs Spotlight" blog series [...]
AASLH Announces 2017 Small Museums Scholarship Winners
Now in their eleventh year, the Small Museums Affinity Group's annual scholarships help colleagues from small museums across the country join us at our Annual [...]
Deaccessioning and Capitalization of Collections
In late July, news broke in The New York Times, Boston Globe, and National Public Radio about the Berkshire Museum in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, deciding to deaccession [...]
#AASLH17 Session: Commemorating Tragedy, Healing Wounds
As we prepare for the 2017 Annual Meeting in Austin, the Educators and Interpreters Affinity Group Committee is trying an experiment. We’re giving presenters who are chairing sessions with [...]