AASLH Statement on Charlottesville
Rotunda at University of Virginia, Charlottesville. The American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) abhors not only the violence [...]
AASLH Announces 3 New Books from Rowman & Littlefield
The AASLH Series at Rowman & Littlefield Publishers is proud to announce three new titles for summer. Covering a wide range of [...]
StEPs Spotlight: Essex Historical Society is Achieving Success Through Change and Risk-Taking
Exciting changes are happening at the 900 organizations taking part in the StEPs program (Standards and Excellence Program for History Organizations). Our [...]
Four Organizations Earn StEPs Certificates in October
We congratulate these members who earned StEPs certificates last month! The Standards and Excellence Program for History Organizations is AASLH’s self-study standards program [...]
A Golden Age for Historic Properties
In the Summer 2007 History News, John and Anita Durel predicted that "Historic properties are on the verge of a [...]
Grant Opportunity: Civic Engagement Through Literature with the NEA Big Read
Have you heard of the NEA Big Read? The National Endowment for the Arts recently released the application guidelines for [...]
AASLH and NEMA Partner to Strengthen History Organizations in New England
Organizations in the New England region, especially all-volunteer ones, can save money and put their organization on a path to [...]
TrendsWatch 2015
Every year, the American Alliance of Museums' Center for the Future of Museums publishes a forecasting report that summarizes emerging trends in the museum world. The [...]
AASLH Hosts Luncheon at AAM 2015
On April 27, AASLH hosted a luncheon at the American Alliance of Museums annual meeting in Atlanta. Members and friends took time out of their busy [...]
Going Postal: Postcards as Local History
As a student, it isn’t very often that your projects go beyond the classroom and into the community. However, this is one aspect of my [...]
5 Questions I Love To Get From Kids
As we all know every group that comes in for educational programs are different. Each one of them has its own personality and energy. Some [...]
A Tale of Tape: Smithsonian Collects 3M Business History for Exhibition
In a perfect world, museum professionals could magically acquire all of the objects they desire for their exhibitions. Every now and then, the National Museum [...]
A Message From Baltimore — What’s Your Response?
When breaking news brings national attention to explosive issues and when riots and demonstrations break out, museums have work to do. But they must be [...]