Educators and Interpreters Gearing Up for the Annual Meeting
By Megan Wood, Director of Museum and Library Services, Ohio History Connection and Chair, Educators and Interpreters Committee At the Annual Meeting this [...]
“It’s Never Been This Hot” – Addressing Climate Change
On July 31, AASLH joined We Are Still In (WASI), a national effort to mobilize state and local organizations “to reduce emissions [...]
AASLH Partners with Literacy KC to Bring History Home
By Rachel Lambert, AASLH Annual Meeting Intern AASLH is proud to announce that we have partnered with Literacy KC for our 2018 [...]
Public History and American Civil Religion
When I tell people I study religious history, the conversation frequently turns to the state of religion in the United [...]
2017 AASLH Annual Meeting Speakers: Darren Walker and Joaquin Castro
Attendees of the 2017 AASLH Annual Meeting can look forward to hearing from two great speakers this year: Darren Walker, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
How do you best prepare for university?
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WWII Museum Announces Plan to Return Restored Patrol-Torpedo Boat to Home Waters
NEW ORLEANS – The National WWII Museum this week announced plans to return restored patrol-torpedo (PT) boat PT-305 to her home waters of Lake Pontchartrain, where she was originally [...]
Pulitzer Prize Winner Annette Gordon-Reed Elected Trustee of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (March 4, 2016) – The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (AASLH members since 1989) board of trustees has elected Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and legal scholar [...]
When Baseball Went to War: U.S. Navy Baseball History Exhibit Opens at Puget Sound Navy Museum
The Puget Sound Navy Museum (AASLH members since 2015) in Bremerton, Washington is excited to announce the opening of a new exhibit on March 4th. [...]
The Heritage Society in Houston Receives Large Grant for Marketing
Award Encourages Visitors to Tour, Touch and Live Houston's Storied Past Houston, TX - March 1, 2016 - Historians and preservation enthusiasts now have a [...]
“Error” Is Not an Accepted Term
One of the great benefits of Nomenclature 4.0 is that it corrects the errors that we found after Nomenclature 3.0 was published. But, wouldn’t you [...]