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#AASLH17 Session: Lessons Learned from Broadway’s Hamilton
As we prepare for the 2017 Annual Meeting in Austin, the Educators and Interpreters Affinity Group Committee is trying an experiment. We’re [...]
#AASLH17 Conversation Areas
New this year at the Annual Meeting are the AASLH Conversations Areas (located in the Exhibit Hall), where all attendees are invited to [...]
AASLH Response to Hurricane Harvey
As Hurricane Harvey and its aftermath continue to unfold on the Gulf Coast of Texas, AASLH staff, Council, and members are preparing [...]
Report on Recent Initiatives of the History Relevance Campaign
The National Archives hosted the second History Relevance Campaign (HRC) meeting with Washington D.C. area history organizations on Monday, October [...]
Cultural Competency: A Powerful Tool for Change
At the 2016 AASLH Annual Meeting, the Educators and Interpreters Committee hosted a session on cultural competency featuring staff from [...]
Welcome to Our House: How Visitor Experience Planning at Pittock Mansion Lead to Record Attendance
Visitors exploring Pittock Mansion’s 16,000 square feet. As many historic house museums across the country experience declining visitation, [...]
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 [...]
Posters from the Front and Back
I’ve been working with a new acquisition that keeps reminding me why sometimes I practice corporate history, sometimes federal government history, and many times both. [...]
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 [...]