Five Organizations Earn StEPs Certificates in July
We congratulate these members who earned StEPs certificates in the last month! The Standards and Excellence Program for History Organizations is AASLH’s self-study standards program [...]
The Woodlands Grave Gardeners: Volunteers and Partnerships in Historic Cemeteries
By Starr E. Herr-Cardillo The Woodlands Cemetery is a 54-acre National Historic Landmark in the University City neighborhood in Philadelphia. Formerly the estate [...]
Lonnie G. Bunch, III to Receive 2017 AASLH Award of Distinction
The American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) proudly announces that historian, author, curator, and educator Lonnie G. Bunch, III will [...]
Little Fish, Big Pond: One Small Museum Curator’s Conference Experience
Downtown Charlevoix, MI Jacob Thomas was awarded a Small Museums Scholarship to attend the 2016 AASLH/MMA Annual Meeting. You [...]
The Self-Directed Nature of Interpretation
This article was originally published in the Spring 2015 issue of History News magazine. You can read the article, which is part of [...]
Placing Family History in Context: A Personal Example & Ideas for Museums
There’s no missing Americans’ passionate interest in genealogy today. Aging baby boomers have greater free time for research and deepened [...]
Storify from #AASLHchat on Incorporating Pop Culture into Tours and Programming
Last week, AASLH hosted our very first #AASLHchat on Twitter. Our guest hosts, the Educators and Interpreters Affinity Community, created [...]
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 [...]