Networking with a Purpose: StEPs Groups Help Small Organizations Take a Leap Forward
It’s called StEPs (Standards and Excellence Program for History Organizations) and it is AASLH’s entry level assessment program for small- to mid-sized [...]
Two Organizations Earn StEPs Certificates in November
We congratulate these members who earned StEPs certificates in the last month! The Standards and Excellence Program for History Organizations is AASLH’s self-study standards program [...]
Will You Support AASLH?
DONATE TODAY Today is #GivingTuesday—a day dedicated to giving back. AASLH joins charities, nonprofits, social service organizations and others all over the [...]
Cohn High School: How We Love Thee
In the summer of 2014, the West Baton Rouge Parish School board announced that the Cohn High School (1949-1969) would [...]
Purchased Lives: New Orleans and the Domestic Slave Trade, 1808–1865
Purchased Lives: New Orleans and the Domestic Slave Trade, 1808–1865 was a special project presented by The Historic New Orleans [...]
4th Graders' QR Codes for Historic Sites in Lecompton, Kansas
What happens when a fourth grade teacher in a small town brings together the local elementary school, community volunteers, and [...]
First in the Nation: Shaping Presidential Politics Since 1972
The exhibit First in the Nation: Shaping Presidential Politics since 1972 at the State Historical Museum of Iowa explains the [...]
A Diversity Fellowship Winner’s Perspective of AASLH 2015
2015 was my first time attending the annual AASLH conference and I am unbelievably appreciative to AASLH for awarding me the Douglas Evelyn Diversity Fellowship. [...]
Inspiration Found at the 2015 Annual Meeting
As a young professional and the brand new executive director of a small town history and art museum, I was looking at the 2015 Annual [...]
Chime In: Museum Education in History Museums
The Educators and Interpreters Committee occasionally receives questions from the field at large that we feel should go out to a bigger pool of practitioners to answer. As a result, we've [...]
Trial by Fire: The New Future of History Nonprofits
The American Academy of Arts & Sciences' Humanities Indicators (HI) project just released a detailed report on Not-for-Profit History Organizations and Their Revenues from 1989-2012. [...]
It’s a Wrap! Free Resources and More from #AASLH2015
The annual meeting is not an isolated event; it represents the culmination of innovative ideas that you introduce to the field throughout the year. So [...]
Corporate History at the 2015 Annual Meeting
This year’s conference was a lot of fun, and we had a very strong turnout at the corporate history tour, luncheon, and session. Kentucky is [...]