Feeling Overwhelmed by COVID-19 Preparations? Here Are 4 Steps You Can Take Today
By Erin Carlson Mast, CEO and Executive Director, President Lincoln’s Cottage, Washington, D.C. For the past two weeks, the Executive Directors [...]
Five Organizations Earn StEPs Certificates in February
We congratulate these members who earned StEPs certificates in the last two months! The Standards and Excellence Program for History Organizations is AASLH’s [...]
New Report Outlines National Planning for “America 250”
By John Marks, Senior Manager, Strategic Initiatives, AASLH Earlier this month, the United States Semiquincentennial Commission published its report to the President laying [...]
From Student to Small Museum Manager at #AASLH18
By Cora Arney, Historical Consultant/House Manager, Delhi Historical Society, Cincinnati, OH This year, it was my pleasure to attend the AASLH Annual [...]
Six Organizations Earn StEPs Certificates in November
We congratulate these members who earned StEPs certificates last month! The Standards and Excellence Program for History Organizations is AASLH’s [...]
Reflections on the 2018 AASLH Annual Meeting
By Lori Osborne, Director, Frances Willard House Museum, Evanston, IL It is always a pleasure to attend the AASLH Annual [...]
New Webinar Series: History Relevance Coffee Breaks
AASLH, in partnership with the History Relevance initiative, is proud to present a new webinar series: History Relevance Coffee Breaks. [...]
Remembering WWI at the US National Archives
Women's Machine Gun Squad Police Reserves April 2017 marks the 100-year anniversary of the United States entering WWI. To commemorate this anniversary, the [...]
Hesitant to Discuss Religious History? Not at Kalaupapa
Kalaupapa Peninsula In our relationships with co-workers, friends, and family, there are generally two topics we’re inclined to avoid: politics and religion. For museums [...]
Real World History: Formal Learning in Museums and Historic Sites
A Real World History student at the Phillips Collection The idea for Real World History came to me on a bus, and like so many [...]
Public History and the Changing Nature of Faith
Central Synagogue in the Lexington Avenue, New York City As a Divinity school student with a focus on public history and the history [...]
Women Who Mentor: Gemma Birnbaum, Assistant Director of Curriculum, The National WWII Museum
The National WWII Museum’s U.S. Freedom Pavilion: The Boeing Center. One of the founding objectives of the Women’s History Affinity Group at AASLH [...]
Reimagining Historical Societies: A Community Collaboration
Moore-Youse Home Museum in Muncie, Indiana Last Fall, the Delaware County Historical Society approached Ball State University for help in reimagining their organization. [...]