Georgia Historical Society Honors Robert L. Brown, Jr.
AASLH Member Georgia Historical Society Honors Robert L. Brown, Jr. with John Macpherson Berrien Award “In grateful recognition of a lifetime of achievement [...]
AASLH Announces IMLS Grant to Improve Our Continuing Education Program
We are excited to announce that AASLH is the recipient of a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services to improve and [...]
Kettle Creek Battlefield: A Laboratory for Exploring Layers of Relevance
Symbolic Revolutionary War veterans’ cemetery at Kettle Creek. The Kettle Creek Revolutionary War Battlefield, located between modern Tyrone and Washington, [...]
Reconsideration of Memorials and Monuments
This article will be published in the upcoming Fall 2016 issue of History News, the official magazine of AASLH. To receive [...]
StEPs Spotlight: The New London Public Museum is Planning for the Future
Exciting changes are happening at the 800+ organizations taking part in AASLH's StEPs program (Standards and Excellence Program for History Organizations). Our [...]
#AASLH2017 Session Proposals Due Dec 9
The deadline to submit a proposal for the 2017 AASLH Annual Meeting is December 9. For specific instructions, see the Call [...]
How Exhibitions Develop Collections
It all began with a small ski slope on Long Island. Yes, there was some skiing on Long Island, New [...]
From Historic House Museum to 21st Century Museum
The Woodrow Wilson Family Home: A Museum of Reconstruction While never leaving your house, office or hometown most of you reading this post probably took [...]
History vs. Heritage – What stories are museums sharing?
Margaret Biser’s recent Vox.com article, “I used to lead tours at a plantation. You won’t believe the questions I got about slavery,” outlines some of [...]
Are you coming to the 2015 Annual Meeting?
The deadline for the “Early Bird” rate for the 2015 AASLH annual meeting is fast approaching. The Religious History Affinity Group invites you to register [...]
The Value of the Lexicon and the Quest for Museum Documentation
Every object has a story. When an object is acquired by a museum and the accession process is underway, the quest for documenting the object [...]
From an Academic Perspective: Why Do I Care about the AASLH Annual Meeting?
I can't wait for the 2015 AASLH meeting in Louisville. Really…I am conference excited. For me, this year, that is something special, since this will [...]
Taming Your “Wild” Docents
It seems you can't go a week without encountering a museum-related article in mainstream media. While this should be good for our "industry," generally speaking, [...]