2017 Annual Meeting Wrap Up & Resources
First of all, thank you. Thank you to our program committee, the host committee and local institutions, our onsite volunteers, [...]
Adding Star Power to the Fight for the NEH
The outlook for the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is far more positive now than it was nine months ago when [...]
Five Organizations Earn StEPs Certificates in September
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 [...]
The Legacy of Seattle Hip-Hop
The Legacy of Seattle Hip-Hop was on view at MOHAI from September 2015 through May 2016, curated by community members [...]
A Death in the Family
The W.H. Stark House in Orange, Texas, was occupied from 1894-1936 by W.H. and Miriam Stark, and since 1981, the [...]
Project 2-3-1: Two Boxcars, Three Blocks, One City: A Story of Elgin’s African-American Heritage
Project 2-3-1: Two Boxcars, Three Blocks, One City: A Story of Elgin’s African-American Heritage is a documentary film and traveling [...]
2015 Students Opposing Slavery International Summit
President Lincoln’s Cottage (PLC) opened in 2008 as a historic site and museum in northwest Washington, D.C. While in residence, [...]
Jewish Historical Society and Skirball Museum Forge Relationship
AASLH Member Since 1990 and 2014 Leadership in History Award Winner © Ori Resheff As part of an historic agreement between the Jewish [...]
Iowa State Curator Jerome Thompson Retires
AASLH Member Since 1985 and 2014 Leadership in History Award Winner for Individual Achievement DES MOINES – The Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA) announced the [...]
Moving Historical Interpretation Forward–The International Conference on Heritage Interpretation
Interpretation should always aim to have something important to say. Interpreters seek to capture visitors’ attention, to reveal new meanings about our people, our places, [...]
ADVOCACY ALERT: Funding for History and Civics Education
Dear AASLH Friends- The National Coalition for History and the AASLH urge you to contact your Member of the House of Representatives and ask him [...]
What to expect when running the Nomenclature 4.0 update to PastPerfect 5
Last week, I installed the Nomenclature 4.0 update to the Wisconsin Veterans Museum's PastPerfect 5 database and converted the lexicon from Nomenclature 3.0 to Nomenclature 4.0. It [...]
Are Religious Objects Controversial? You bet! Learn How to Address Them in Louisville
As I browsed the preliminary program for the 2015 Annual Meeting in Louisville, Kentucky, the session "Controversial Objects" caught my attention. If you have any religious/controversial [...]