Statement on Texas “Bathroom Bill” and AASLH Annual Meeting
Texas State Capitol. Photo by Larry D. Moore, CC BY-SA 3.0. Dear AASLH Community, We look forward to seeing you [...]
AASLH Call for Book Reviewers
Four times a year, History News magazine brings you the latest discussions, developments, and innovations in the field of state and local [...]
Artful Encounters with Women’s History at the National Gallery of Art
Judith Leyster, Self-Portrait, c. 1630. National Gallery of Art. Women Artists at the National Gallery The National Gallery of Art’s [...]
Notes to Self or When to Stay Up Late at Conferences
AASLH conference time is almost here! Last year was such a great conference, and I even wrote a few notes [...]
Telling a Good Story Makes for a Better Tour
The guided tour... people either love them or hate them. A good guided tour can captivate an audience. A bad [...]
What is the Religious History Affinity Group doing in Detroit?
The 2016 Annual Meeting is just around the corner and many AASLH members will be taking in the sites, catching [...]
Nomenclature Query: Classifying a “Permanent Machine”
We received a query from Diane Kester at the Wayne County Historical Association & Museum in Goldsboro, North Carolina: What do you [...]
A New Twist on Hidden Curriculum
When I saw this blog, "8 Lessons about Teaching from the Canadian Museum of Human Rights History," on Art Museum Teaching, it really got me [...]
Why I LOVE Gunston Hall
When I was a young boy growing up in suburban Philadelphia, two of the things I loved most were baseball and history. I loved watching [...]
We’re All in This Together
Last week I attend AASLH’s Historic House Museum Issues and Operations workshop hosted by the Historic Charleston Foundation. Twenty-five museum professionals and volunteers gathered from [...]
Apply Now for the AASLH Small Museums Scholarship
Small Museums Scholarship Application 2015 AASLH Annual Meeting and Online Conference Louisville, Kentucky DEADLINE: 12 June 2015 The American Association for State and Local History [...]
Apply Now for Developing History Leaders @SHA Class of 2015
“SHA was the best learning experience of my career. I learned more about issues facing all of us and strategies. It was inspirational.” “Getting out [...]
The TAH Hangover
If you worked at a moderately sized history museum between 2001 and 2011 you are probably familiar with the Teaching American History (TAH) grant program [...]