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New Ideas and New Colleagues at #AASLH18
By Alyssa Jones, Blythewood Historical Society & Museum and South Carolina Department of Natural Resources My name is Alyssa Jones and the 2018 [...]
Crowdsourcing Slavery Interpretation: Challenges and Responses
Courtesy of Montpelier Foundation. By Christian Cotz, Kristin Gallas, Linnea Grim, Richard Josey, and Joseph McGill During the 2018 AASLH [...]
Nomenclature: Now Available Online!
By Heather Dunn, Canadian Heritage Information Network Nomenclature for Museum Cataloging is a standard for classifying and naming objects in cultural collections. [...]
#AASLH17 Educators and Interpreters Sessions
As we prepare for the 2017 Annual Meeting in Austin, the Educators and Interpreters Affinity Group Committee is trying an [...]
Emerging History Professionals at the 2017 Annual Meeting
EHPs enjoying last year’s Annual Meeting mixer in Detroit. Image courtesy of Hannah Hethmon. On behalf of the [...]
And Then They Booed: Emergency Planning for Outdoor Events
Brucemore hosts the Cedar Rapids, Iowa community for 9 signature events and 32 specific performances annually. Emergency planning is [...]
41 AASLH Members Receive Over $9 Million in NEH Grants
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) announced that it will award $39.3 million in grants for 245 humanities projects and programs [...]
NEH helps fund major public programming and publishing initiative to mark the 100th anniversary of the U.S. entry into World War I
New York, NY. — Library of America has been awarded a $550,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities in partial support of World [...]
Using Front Line Staff to Build the Best Visitor Experience
Do a quick Google search for the definition of Visitor Experience. Go ahead. You won’t find one. Primarily because we, as institutions, define what the [...]
Two AASLH Members Receive 2016 National Medal
The Institute of Museum and Library Services has announced the ten recipients of the 2016 National Medal for Museum and Library Service, the nation's highest [...]
Earth Day and History Organizations: Making Green Connections
Every year it surprises you - Earth Day, again!? Should you join in? Can you find the time? Can you connect history to environmental sustainability? [...]
New AASLH Book: Art of the Amistad and the Portrait of Cinqué
The Amistad incident, one of the few successful ship revolts in the history of enslavement, has been discussed by historians for decades, even becoming the [...]
AASLH Annual Meeting: Call for Posters 2016
This year the American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) is holding our annual meeting in partnership with the Michigan Museums Association in Detroit, [...]