Introducing the History Leadership Institute
We are excited to announce a major re-envisioning of the Seminar for Historical Administration. Effective immediately, SHA will become the History Leadership [...]
AASLH Annual Meeting 2019 Call for Posters
AASLH has partnered with the National Council on Public History (NCPH) to invite proposals for an NCPH‐sponsored Poster Session at the 2019 AASLH Annual [...]
History in Progress: The One Orlando Collection
This project is the recipient of a 2017 History in Progress Award. June 12, 2016 saw the massacre of forty-nine individuals at [...]
Villanova University Opens Lepage Center for History in the Public Interest
Villanova University has officially opened the Albert Lepage Center for History in the Public Interest, a new center that will [...]
Interpreting Slavery with Children and Teens: Researchers Seek Input from the Field for a New AASLH Book
A school tour at Gunston Hall. In our travels to promote our first book, Interpreting Slavery at Museums [...]
Joining the Fray: Emerging Museum/History Professionals and the Future of our Fields
SEMC EMPs, courtesy James Quint The establishment of new emerging professional groups in museums, history, and related fields, [...]
WW1 Poppy Program Raises Money for National WW1 Memorial in DC and Your Community
AASLH is pleased to be working with our colleagues at the U.S. World War One Centennial Commission to promote the WW1 [...]
State Historical Museum of Iowa’s Award Winning Education Program Recognized in Media
The Des Moines Register published an article today about the Community Based Learning Program run by the State Historical Museum of Iowa. This collaboration between [...]
Many Faces, One Community
In 2002, the Midway Village Museum (MVM) faced a crisis. Community focus groups viewed MVM less as Rockford’s history museum and more as a place [...]
Women Who Motor
Women Who Motor expanded interpretation at the Ford House beyond stories of the Ford family to examine the interactions and transformations of women and cars [...]
Built By the River
In 2009, the Detroit Historical Society began a five-year fundraising campaign to renovate and reinterpret the Dossin Great Lakes Museum. Built By the River represents [...]
Stitching History Program
For the War of 1812 bicentennial, Maryland Historical Society wanted to do something bigger than an exhibit or book: something different enough to capture the [...]
Industrial Eden: The Legacy of Haywardville
Industrial Eden was a yearlong multi-community program designed to heighten awareness of area residents to a local vanished mill village known as Haywardville. This nationally [...]