AASLH Members Encouraged to Submit Comments on Proposed Change Concerning Deaccessioning Proceeds
For more than twenty years, accounting standards from the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) have been out of alignment with both the [...]
Five Lessons From One Quirky Museum
While on vacation with my family in New England this summer, I had the joy of visiting the Umbrella Cover Museum in [...]
AASLH Announces Election Results
We are proud to announce the election results for four open spots on the AASLH Council, three Council officers, and two spots on [...]
AASLH Response to Federal History Funding Cuts
Dear Members and Friends of AASLH, Yesterday, May 23, President Trump sent a FY2018 budget request to Congress that would [...]
23 AASLH Members Receive Over $4 Million in NEH Grants
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) announced that it will award $21.7 million in grants for more than 200 [...]
100,000 Scans Later: Reflections on a Two-Year Project
Picture a cramped, dusty basement covered wall-to-wall with wooden shelves and metal canisters holding 18th and 19th century documents. Now [...]
5 More Citizen History Projects to Bookmark (Part 3)
Photo of a school supported by the Freedmen's Bureau in North Carolina. Photo shared by the NMAAHC (Source: Learn [...]
What A Small Museum Scholarship Recipient Learned at the 2015 AASLH Annual Conference
I would like to express my sincerest appreciation to the Small Museum Committee for awarding me a Small Museums Scholarship to attend the 2015 American Association [...]
February StEPs certificates
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 for small [...]
22 Ways History Organizations Are Using StEPs to Self-Assess & Improve
I think we can all agree that assessment programs are important, but it’s not always as clear how self-assessment and standards impact an organization’s day-to-day [...]
NCH Advocacy Update: Federal Funding for History Holds Steady
This article was written by Lee White, Executive Director of the National Coalition for History. We are sharing it in order to make sure important [...]
The AASLH Emerging History Professionals Affinity Community
Emerging History Professionals Affinity Community The Emerging History Professionals (EHPs) Affinity Community supports, connects, and unites the newest generation of state and local history practitioners. [...]
AASLH Leaders Participating in Consensus Webinars on Environmental Sustainability
Are you interested in the role of environmental sustainability in the museum profession? Do you have ideas or questions about sustainability commitments, or the role [...]