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Book Review: The Stages of Memory: Reflections on Memorial Art, Loss, and the Space Between
This review originally appeared in the Spring 2018 issue of History News. The Stages of Memory: Reflections on Memorial Art, Loss, and [...]
Applications Being Accepted for NMAAHC StEPS Program
Photo courtesy of National Museum of African American History and Culture The National Museum of African American History & Culture [...]
AASLH Announces New Institutional Membership Dues Structure
Starting July 1, AASLH will change the dues structure for institutional memberships. For institutional members renewing after July 1, 2018, the cost [...]
Liberating Threads, Liberating Histories
Michelle D. Flamer with her quilt New Century Poll Tax. As a history student at Morgan State University, [...]
AASLH Announces Election Slate for Council and Leadership Nominating Committee
We are proud to announce the slate of candidates for four open spots on the AASLH Council and two spots [...]
Women Who Mentor: Laurel Miller, Interpretive Exhibits Manager, Draper Spark!Lab, National Museum of American History
The Draper Spark!Lab, Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American [...]
Remembering WWI at the US National Archives
Women's Machine Gun Squad Police Reserves April 2017 marks the 100-year anniversary of the United States entering WWI. [...]
Nomenclature 4.0: New Terms for Mobile Devices
Today’s world is increasingly inundated with new models of mobile devices. This increase of various technological devices prompted the Nomenclature Task Force to think about [...]
A High-Water Mark for History, When the Community Is the Museum, and Other Highlights from History News’ Autumn 2015 Issue
It’s always exciting to get the first box of the new History News at the AASLH offices. Though we may have talked about the articles [...]
Peabody Essex Museum Receives $750K Grant to Expand Native American Fellowship
The Boston Globe reported this morning that the Peabody Essex Museum (AASLH member since 2002) has received a $750,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in [...]
Institute for the Editing of Historical Documents Welcomes Applications for 2016
The Association for Documentary Editing (ADE) welcomes applications for the 45th Institute for the Editing of Historical Documents, to be held 31 July – 4 [...]
Interpreters and Customer Service: The Importance of Good Service in Museums
We’ve all experienced it at one time or another: horrible customer service. For those of us in the museum world, it is especially offensive when [...]
Federal Funding Bill Passes, Includes Increased Spending on History
The history community fared well in the FY2016 federal funding bill that Congress passed on December 18, 2015. This $1.15 trillion omnibus appropriations package increased [...]