Call for Public Comment: 2020 Woman Suffrage Value Statement
By Rebecca Price, President/CEO, Chick History, Inc. The AASLH Women’s History Affinity Group is developing a 2020 Suffrage Value Statement, with best [...]
Seven Organizations Earn StEPs Certificates in July
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 designed specifically [...]
Conference Context: White Flight and Civil Rights in Johnson County, Kansas
Conference Context is a blog series discussing local history and contemporary topics in our next Annual Meeting destination: Kansas City, Missouri. We [...]
AASLH Begins Project to Update and Enhance Standards and Excellence Program for History Organizations (StEPs)
Seven years ago, AASLH introduced the Standards and Excellence Program for History Organizations (StEPs) to its members and to history [...]
EXTENDED Through June! Enroll in AASLH’s Standards and Excellence Program and Get Four Free Webinars
Join AASLH’s Standards and Excellence Program for History Organizations (StEPs) now through May 31 June 30 and receive four of our [...]
Four Organizations Earn StEPs Certificates in May
We congratulate these members who earned StEPs certificates in the last month! The Standards and Excellence Program for History Organizations (StEPs) [...]
What It’s Like to Work with a Marketing Agency on Your Annual Fundraiser
The annual fundraiser at the Napa Valley Museum Year after year museums and historical societies and countless other [...]
Baby Boom: Motherhood & Museums
Among my little circle of friends, the last year has been quite the baby boom—three close friends added little ones to their families. Aunt Melissa [...]
Survey-Based Initiative Seeks to Better Understand Professional Development in Museum, Library, and Archives Sectors
If you are a library, archives, or museum professional, your voice is needed in a national project to better understand continuing education/professional development (CE/PD). The Mapping [...]
Welcome New AASLH Members (Feb. 2016)
AASLH is pleased to welcome all the individuals and institutions who became members in February. We are so glad you chose to make AASLH [...]
5 Tips for Making the Most Out of Your First Conference
Attending your first conference? Feeling overwhelmed or intimidated? Don't worry; it's natural. Conferences can definitely be intimidating. They are held in crowded cities and attended by hundreds [...]
Turns Out Well-Behaved Women Do Make History
We’ve all seen the above phrase plastered on bumper stickers, key chains, and mugs, right? That famous slogan comes from women’s history pioneer Laurel Thatcher [...]
Playing With History: The New Civil Rights Era American Girl Doll
© American Girl/Mattel Last week, American Girl (AASLH members since 1996) announced their latest character and story collection that will debut this summer. In honor [...]