Welcome to Speaker Week: Inspiration from Past AASLH Annual Meeting Speakers
This is the first post in a week-long series spotlighting Kansas City and Annual Meeting topics leading up to the announcement of [...]
Friday Favorites: Three Things I’m Listening To
I have a very long commute to the AASLH office each morning and home each afternoon. This provides ample time for me [...]
Book Review: A Practical Guide to Museum Ethics
This review originally appeared in the Spring 2017 issue of History News. A Practical Guide to Museum Ethics By Sally Yerkovich (Lanham, [...]
Civil Rights Sites Gain National Funding, Status
The Medgar Evers House The week leading up to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s national holiday brought good [...]
Storify of the Jan 2017 #AASLHchat: Building Better Boards
On January 24, AASLH held our fourth #AASLHchat on Twitter. These monthly discussions are shaping up to be a great way [...]
Warnersville: Our Home, Our Neighborhood, Our Stories
This collaborative exhibit focused on Warnersville, the first planned African American community in Greensboro, NC. The project had three primary [...]
Starring North Carolina!
Starring North Carolina!, an 8,400-square-foot exhibit featuring more than 600 artifacts, ran at the North Carolina Museum of History from November [...]
Max Starkloff and the Fight for Disability Rights
In the 1970s, Max Starkloff and other disability rights leaders formed what became known as the Independent Living Movement, enabling thousands of disabled people to [...]
National Archives Awards $1.8 Million in Grants for Historical Records Projects
Archivist of the United States David S. Ferriero has awarded 32 grants totaling $1,822,946 to projects being undertaken in 26 states and the District of [...]
Accessible Tech Options for Small Museums Session Proposal Needs Your Help!
Liz Shultz at the Oberlin Heritage Center in Oberlin, Ohio, is looking for other folks from small museums to join a panel discussion at the 2016 [...]
Meet a Member: Gil Gott
We are excited to launch this new biweekly blog series called “Meet a Member.” AASLH has 5,500 fascinating members working hard for state and local history, [...]
New Exhibition Explores Puerto Rican and Latino Art and Heritage in Philadelphia
The Philadelphia History Museum has been a member of AASLH since 2003. PHILADELPHIA, PA, November 10, 2015 — The Philadelphia History Museum will explore the [...]
Naugatuck Historical Society Recognized in Local News for StEPs Achievements
The Naugatuck Historical Society (AASLH Member since 1996) was recognized by Citizen's News for earning certificates for two StEPs sections (Bronze in "Mission, Vision, and Governance" [...]