Top Takeaways from the #AASLH2017 Navigating Career Pathways Session
Thank you to everyone who joined us at the Annual Meeting in Austin for our session "Next Steps: Navigating Career Pathways with [...]
Apply for an AASLH Hurricane Cultural Relief Fund Mini-Grant
Program The Hurricane Cultural Relief Fund was developed to offer cultural organizations impacted by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma a gap fund to [...]
Crowdsourcing Transcription and Creating Community
Are you seeking a way to involve community members and schools and, as a bonus, make your document collections easily accessible? To [...]
A Few Simple Tips for Public Historians Working with Confrontational Visitors
An interpreter at Mackinac State Historic Parks, Michigan. This article was originally posted on Exploring the Past and is [...]
My 5 Favorite Props to Use in Programs
One thing that every interpreter has to do to be effective is to get and keep their audiences' attention. If [...]
Visitors and Originality in Historic House Museums: A Look at the Impact of Furnishing Plans
Library: Longfellow’s House – Washington Headquarters National Historic Site; By Daderot (Own work) [CC0] “Is everything original?” “Is [...]
AASLH Welcomes First 30 Academic Program Members
In April 2016, AASLH launched a brand new membership type for Academic Programs. Designed specifically to meet the needs of [...]
Many Voices: Moving Beyond the White Male Interpretation in a NJ Historic House
Recreated YWCA meeting room for clubs in Montclair Historical Society's Crane House, 2014. There’s a saying “it takes a thousand voices to tell [...]
Possibility and Loyalty
Editor’s note: This post is part of a series to highlight AASLH members in the state of Kentucky who are are real-world examples of the [...]
Locking in Louisville! Early Bird Registration Ends Today
Don’t wait! Early Bird Registration Ends TODAY, July 24 2015 AASLH Annual Meeting September 16-19 Museum Row Nothing can replace the opportunities that [...]
Are You Still on the Fence?
Early Bird registration for AASLH’s annual meeting in Louisville, KY, comes to an end tomorrow, July 24. If you’re on the fence about whether or [...]
Things to See During the 2015 Annual Meeting: Shaker Village at Pleasant Hill
Centre Family Dwelling In January 1805, three Shaker missionaries, members of The United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing, left their home, [...]
Five Things You Didn’t Know About Wendell Berry
Photo by Guy Mendes. With only two months til the Annual Meeting and the early bird registration deadline of July 24 fast approaching, [...]