Deaccessioning and Capitalization of Collections
In late July, news broke in The New York Times, Boston Globe, and National Public Radio about the Berkshire Museum in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, [...]
#AASLH17 Session: Commemorating Tragedy, Healing Wounds
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 [...]
Ask FSA: Introducing The Coalition of State Museum Associations (COSMA)
There are 46 state museum associations throughout the United States. Like field services staff, these associations work to provide assistance and service to [...]
Center for Home Movies Searching for Public Holdings of Amateur Films
The Center for Home Movies is undertaking, thanks to support from the Library of Congress and CLIR, a survey of home [...]
Museums Working with Communities: The Book
I am pleased to announce that my colleague Beth Bollwerk and I have a new book that will be available [...]
We’re Moving! AASLH Office Closed October 11-14
Our new office building! We’re Moving! From the afternoon of October 11 through the morning of the 14th, [...]
Magical Awards Banquet: A Small Museums Scholarship Experience
Elizabeth Marston, Director of the Elgin History Museum (Elgin, IL), was awarded a scholarship to attend the 2016 AASLH/MMA Annual Meeting. You [...]
Not Just Another Event Center
The Historic Ambassador House and Heritage Gardens, Inc. in Fishers, Indiana is a rehabilitated historic home owned by the City of Fishers and managed as [...]
Science in a History Museum
Science in To Do No Harm I've always been a little jealous of the interactives in science museums. They have so many opportunities [...]
Remaining Relevant with New Construction
At the James Whitcomb Riley Museum Home (JWR Home) in Indianapolis, we find ourselves with an exciting opportunity. We just built a new Visitors Center. [...]
Millenials in the Museum
Many corporations across the United States are starting to target a millennial audience. Generally millennials are less prone to spend and have a little less [...]
Interpretive Planning in the 21st Century
I am in the process of figuring out what a new interpretive plan should look like for an organization with two historic estates. As I [...]
I Remember When – Part 8
Outwitting a Computer It’s important to remember that a computer, despite all its power, speed and capability, is really a dumb plastic and/or metal box [...]