100,000 Scans Later: Reflections on a Two-Year Project
Picture a cramped, dusty basement covered wall-to-wall with wooden shelves and metal canisters holding 18th and 19th century documents. Now imagine climate-controlled [...]
5 More Citizen History Projects to Bookmark (Part 3)
Photo of a school supported by the Freedmen's Bureau in North Carolina. Photo shared by the NMAAHC (Source: Learn NC, University [...]
Why We Give: Members Share Why They Donate to AASLH
To sustain the fabric of culture, inclusion, memory, and conversation in the United States, it is more important than ever to support [...]
There’s Still Time to Join the Blue Star Museums Program This Summer
Summer is definitely here, but it’s not too late to join the Blue Star Museums program. Sponsored by the NEA [...]
Educator Run, Lesson Development Startup for Museums/National Parks/Historic Homes Begins
Hello! My name is Chris Bickel. I currently am the Supervisor of Social Studies for Livingston Public Schools in [...]
Celebrating Detroit’s Arab Heritage at the AASLH/MMA Annual Meeting
Hello from Dearborn! This suburb of Detroit is mainly known for two things: Henry Ford and his car company, and [...]
Historians in Motion, the Draw a Scientist test, and the 2016 AASLH 5K Fun Run
For the second year in a row when I registered for the AASLH/MMA Annual Meeting in Detroit, I also signed up [...]
Watergate: Political Scandal & the Presidency
As the 40th anniversary of the Watergate scandal approached, staff at the North Carolina Museum of History realized that a comprehensive exhibit about Watergate and [...]
The Left Front: Radical Art in the "Red Decade," 1929-1940
In the wake of the stock market crash of 1929 and the ensuing Great Depression, artists united with writers and other cultural producers to make [...]
Kent State University May 4 Visitor Center
On May 4, 1970, thirteen students at Kent State University were gunned down while protesting the nation’s war activities. This day forever changed the landscape [...]
Free & Safe: The Underground Railroad in Vermont
Through their historic house, the Rokeby Museum has engaged visitors with the story and significance of the Underground Railroad for decades. However they felt it [...]
Freedom's Call Essay Contest
In 2013, the Tennessee State Museum hosted the original Emancipation Proclamation as a part of a larger exhibit from the National Archives. The museum wanted [...]
Seeing the Elephant
"Seeing the Elephant" is the term Civil War soldiers used to describe their first experience with combat. A new, in-the-round movie experience entitled Seeing the [...]