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 [...]
An Outward Museum: Building Community at the Levine Museum of the New South
Photo by James Willamor Museums serve in a unique yet vital manner as stewards of humanity’s cultural heritage. [...]
We Are at the Center of What It Means to Be Americans: A Letter from the AASLH Council Chair
Dear Members, AASLH is helping lead our local and national discussions about the importance of historic context, the value of content [...]
Recognizing the Rainbow: The National Park Service’s Quest to Include LGBTQ Americans in Telling All Americans’ Stories
Tim Gill, founder of the Gill Foundation, holds up a copy of the 1200 page theme study at the [...]
Finding Eleanor Pack: Challenges and Methods in Researching Domestic Staff at Nemours
Kitchen at Nemours, undated. Nemours Estate Archive. Historic estates are living in a post-“Downton Abbey” world and visitors [...]
Registration Open for the 2015 AASLH Online Conference
Registration Open for the 2015 AASLH Online Conference! Register Now! Held every year in conjunction with the Annual Meeting, the AASLH Online Conference provides an [...]
Why Should it Matter if We Have Women on U.S. Currency?
Take a moment to open up your wallet, and look closely at the paper bills and coins contained within. What common features do you notice? [...]
Musings from a Historic Shaker Village During the 1940s
2015 marks AASLH's 75th Anniversary Year. For the occasion, AASLH has created a blog series for members to share their unique history and memories. Contributions [...]
Invite Congress to Visit Your Museum Week
The American Alliance of Museums has declared the week of August 8-15 as the fourth annual "Invite Congress to Visit Your Museum Week." During the August [...]
Running at AASLH?
Time is winding down to #AASLH2015! I could go on and on about how excited I am about the professional development opportunities that await us [...]
Ask FSA: What is Outreach?
History organizations often wonder about what effective outreach is. The business literature is full of a dizzying number of examples. To simplify I often suggest [...]