Resources for Disaster Relief
Updated December 19, 2022 National Guard photo by Lt. Zachary West Tornadoes, floods, hurricanes, wildfires, and snow storms are [...]
Bats in the Basement, Bees in the Parlor: When Your Historic Home Has Unexpected Visitors
Morris-Butler House in Indianapolis. At Indiana Landmarks’ 1865 Morris-Butler House in Indianapolis, Indiana, we’ve had our share of animal sightings inside [...]
#AASLH17 Session: Sharing the Stage with Theaters and Schools
As we prepare for the 2017 Annual Meeting in Austin, the Educators and Interpreters Affinity Group Committee is trying an experiment. We’re giving presenters who are [...]
Historical Societies and the March of Time
By studying demographics, we can see that life for historical societies is about to change. But will it change on [...]
The Power of (Re-)imagination: Promoting Self-Care in the Workplace
Caitlin Williams was awarded a Small Museums Scholarship to attend the 2016 AASLH/MMA Annual Meeting. You can learn more about the [...]
Grappling with Unfolding Events
This article was originally published in the Summer 2016 issue of History News magazine, the official publication of AASLH. You can read the [...]
Her Hat Was In The Ring: How Digital Collections Can Transform Our Understanding of the Past
Amid all the discussions about the unprecedented campaign for U.S. president by a woman candidate, it is important to have [...]
Nomenclature 4.0 – Available For Pre-Order
Order Nomenclature 4.0 for Museum Cataloging directly through Rowman & Littlefield Ordering Nomenclature 4.0 The Nomenclature Task Force is pleased and excited to [...]
Spirituality After Religion
During the course of a week I wear many hats, including those of: history professional, who examines and interprets the past; museum futurist, who tracks emerging [...]
Public History Employer Survey
Even as job prospects for historians have improved with the passing of the Great Recession, questions about the overall health of public history remain. [...]
Interpreting Slavery
This March, I and my colleagues from Belle Grove Plantation and the Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park in Middletown, Virginia had the [...]
Distance Learning: A Teacher’s Perspective, Part 2
Recently Dan Jones, an 8th grade social studies, reading, and language arts teacher at the Richland Academy School of Excellence in Mansfield, OH wrote about [...]
IKEA’s New Museum
I love industrial design and admire IKEA for making it accessible to the general public. Apparently, I’m not the only one. When IKEA opened its [...]