Past, Present, and Future on Display at #AASLH17
Briscoe Center for American History By Zachary Stocks Like many attendees of the AASLH Annual Meeting in Austin this year, [...]
Calling All Writers: AASLH Wants Your Ideas #AASLHWRITES
The Editorial Board for AASLH’s book series with Rowman & Littlefield Press is actively seeking new book proposals. If you’re a good writer and have [...]
2017 StEPs Graduate: Fort Nisqually Living History Museum
Exciting changes are happening at the 900 organizations taking part in the StEPs program (Standards and Excellence Program for History Organizations). Our [...]
Peb Yog Hmoob—We Are Hmong Minnesota
In 1975, the Hmong—a distinct ethnic group with origins in China, who by the twentieth century were concentrated in northern [...]
Life & Death on the Border 1910–1920
Life & Death on the Border 1910–1920, a groundbreaking exhibition of the Bullock Texas State History Museum, brings new voices [...]
Storify of the #AASLHchat on Serving Communities During Difficult Times
On December 13, AASLH held our third #AASLHchat on Twitter. These monthly discussions are shaping up to be a great [...]
Forgotten Pioneers: The Chinese in Montana
The exhibit Forgotten Pioneers: The Chinese in Montana offers an unprecedented glimpse at a little understood chapter in Montana's past. [...]
Hack Your Museum: Appealing to Millennials
Museums are facing a whole slew of challenges these days: budget cuts, changing exhibit standards, Common Core, interactive spaces, conservation innovations, changing digital landscapes, social [...]
Desmond Kennard Receives National Australian Honor
AASLH Member Since 1974 Desmond Kennard of Australia was recently honored with a Medal of the order of Australia (OAM) for services to the visual arts, [...]
National Museum of the Marine Corps Breaks New Ground
AASLH Member Since 2007 Triangle, VA -- The National Museum of the Marine Corps (NMMC) already tells more than 200 years of the Corps’ rich history, [...]
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, [...]