Nomenclature Available as Open Data
Nomenclature for Museum Cataloging is now free for download in a number of formats! The Canadian Heritage Information Network (CHIN) and AASLH [...]
Open Now: the 2020 National Visitation Survey
By John Marks, Senior Manager, Strategic Initiatives, AASLH AASLH is calling on all history organizations to complete the 2020 National Visitation Survey. [...]
Women’s Suffrage Centennial in Ohio
“Woman Suffrage Headquarters,” Cleveland, Ohio, 1912. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. By Megan Wood, Director of Cultural Resources, Ohio [...]
AASLH Welcomes New Council Officers and Members
NASHVILLE, TN— The American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) welcomed the following history professionals to the AASLH Council [...]
Book Review: Managing Previously Unmanaged Collections: A Practical Guide for Museums
This review originally appeared in the Summer 2018 issue of History News. Managing Previously Unmanaged Collections: A Practical Guide for [...]
Five Organizations Earn StEPs Certificates in September
We congratulate these members who earned StEPs certificates last month! The Standards and Excellence Program for History Organizations is AASLH’s self-study standards program [...]
Book Review: Fostering Family History Services: A Guide for Librarians, Archivists, and Volunteers
This review originally appeared in the Summer 2018 issue of History News. Fostering Family History Services: A Guide for Librarians, [...]
The Origins of National Women’s History Month
The iconic Rosie the Riveter is frequently used as a symbol throughout National Women’s History Month. Image: J. Howard Miller, “We Can Do It!,” [...]
Five AASLH Member Museums Awarded Accreditation by AAM
The American Alliance of Museums announced this week the accreditation of fifteen museums across the nation, six being newly accredited and nine achieving re-accreditation. The list [...]
AASLH Announces a New Logo Based on the Values of Community, Inclusion, and Creativity
AASLH is excited to introduce a new logo that symbolizes a forward focus while remaining rooted in both the past and in a sense of [...]
14 New Museum and Public History Books from AASLH
The AASLH Series at Rowman and Littlefield Publishers is off to a great start. It's only March, and already in 2017 we've released fourteen new [...]
5 Citizen History Projects You Should Know About (Part 2)
Libraries, museums, and other academically oriented non-profits often collaborate with each other on research efforts. Recently, they are reaching out the public for help as [...]
Call for Posters: 2017 AASLH Annual Meeting
AASLH has partnered with the National Council on Public History to invite proposals for an NCPH‐sponsored Poster Session at the 2017 AASLH Annual Meeting in [...]