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14 AASLH Members Receive Over $2.5 Million in NEH Grants
This month the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) announced that it will award $18.6 million in grants for 199 humanities projects. “These new [...]
A Student Advocate’s Perspective on Museums Advocacy Day 2018
Museums Advocacy Day in Washington, D.C. in February was an extremely eye-opening experience in the field I plan to dedicate my life [...]
NEH Offers Preservation Assistance Grants for Smaller Institutions
The National Endowment for the Humanities’ Division of Preservation and Access has offered Preservation Assistance Grants for Smaller Institutions since 2000. These [...]
StEPs Spotlight: The Black Heritage Society of Washington State on Becoming Better Stewards of Their Collections
Exciting changes are happening at the 800+ organizations taking part in the StEPs program (Standards and Excellence Program for History [...]
Idealism, Ego, and Wising Up: Having My Idealism Crushed Helped My Career
When I was in my mid-20s I was working on a community engagement grant project that involved bringing K-12 students [...]
Bridging the Divide: Connecting Stagville’s Past to Its Modern Community
Row of original slave dwellings, including one renovated by sharecroppers. Courtesy of Historic Stagville Photograph Archive. By Jayd [...]
4 Ways Historic House Museums Can Create More Meaningful Visitor Experiences
The Ropes Mansion Every year, AASLH receives over 100 nominations for our Leadership in History Awards, which recognize organizations doing [...]
Stitching History from the Holocaust
Six million Jews were murdered during the Holocaust. Each had a story and a life, yet for too many of them, we are left with [...]
West by Orphan Train
It seems incomprehensible that there was a time in America’s not-so-distant past when nearly a quarter of a million children from East Coast orphanages were [...]
A Stone of Hope: Black Experiences in the Fox Cities
In 2014, the History Museum at the Castle and African Heritage, Inc. created a civic engagement initiative to highlight the marginalized history of Black experiences [...]
Civil War Pathways in the Pacific Northwest
In 2014, the Washington State Historical Society debuted Civil War Pathways in the Pacific Northwest, a major exhibition and accompanying online feature, based on the [...]
Tobacco Barns Preservation Project
Recognizing the lack of programs to protect the state’s historic rural and agricultural heritage, Preservation Virginia launched the Tobacco Barns Preservation Program in 2012. The [...]
La Belle: The Ship That Changed History
La Belle: The Ship That Changed History is a 6,000 square foot special exhibition that examines the more than three hundred years of history of [...]