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Moving Luzerne County Historical Society Forward
By Aimee E. Newell, Ph.D., Executive Director, Luzerne County Historical Society with introduction by Cherie Cook, Senior Program Manager, AASLH Assessment programs [...]
AASLH Announces 2019 Small Museums Scholarship Winners
Rocky statue outside the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Now in their thirteenth year, the Small Museums Affinity Community’s annual scholarships help [...]
Ideas for Funding Your Organization’s Visitor Research
By Cherie Cook, Senior Program Manager, AASLH Visitor satisfaction is a “big deal,” writes Colleen Dilenschneider in her blog post "The Three [...]
Six Organizations Earn StEPs Certificates in March
We congratulate these members who earned StEPs certificates in the last month! The Standards and Excellence Program for History Organizations is AASLH’s self-study [...]
Finding the Hidden Women in Iceland’s History
Photo from the Women's Day Off on October 24, 1975, when 95% of all Icelandic women walked out of [...]
Instructions Not Included: Breaking Down Organizational Needs
A fellow archivist disclosed that the most rational approach to archiving is to never treat it like a single-headed beast. [...]
New Webinar Series: History Check-Ins
When you spend your days on practical activities that help your institution thrive, it can be overwhelming to tackle an [...]
Sharing Nashville’s Civil Rights Past with the Police
Supervisors to first-responders attend training offered by staff of the Civil Rights Room of the Nashville Public Library. This article was originally published [...]
Historical Societies and the March of Time
By studying demographics, we can see that life for historical societies is about to change. But will it change on our terms, or not? If [...]
The Power of (Re-)imagination: Promoting Self-Care in the Workplace
Caitlin Williams was awarded a Small Museums Scholarship to attend the 2016 AASLH/MMA Annual Meeting. You can learn more about the AASLH Small Museums Scholarships here. [...]
Grappling with Unfolding Events
This article was originally published in the Summer 2016 issue of History News magazine, the official publication of AASLH. You can read the full article in PDF format [...]
Her Hat Was In The Ring: How Digital Collections Can Transform Our Understanding of the Past
Amid all the discussions about the unprecedented campaign for U.S. president by a woman candidate, it is important to have historical perspective. Until recently, scholarship [...]
A Pivotal Moment in Our History: A Century of Women’s Rights Work and the 2016 Election
Hillary Clinton receives the Alice Award in 2009. Photograph by Doug DeMark. “I want young girls and boys to come here, 10, 20, [...]