Relevancy on the Prairie: Lawrence Welk’s Childhood Home
The Welk Homestead State Historic Site, located near Strasburg, ND. Photo by Diane Rogness . The Welk Homestead State Historic [...]
Women Who Mentor: Mindy Porter, Director of Education, Scott Family Amazeum
The Scott Family Amazeum. One of the founding objectives of the Women’s History Affinity Group at AASLH is to “[foster] [...]
4 Ways History Organizations Can Engage Local Voices
Alabama Voices –Alabama Department of Archives and History (Montgomery, AL) Every year, AASLH receives around 100 nominations for our Leadership in History [...]
How the New London Public Museum Used the StEPs Program to Achieve National Standards
Charles Carr, a local newspaperman and citizen scientist, founded the New London Public Museum in New London, Wisconsin in 1917. [...]
AASLH Welcomes Two Summer Interns
Makiki Reuvers is the summer Archives Assistant here at AASLH. Her primary project during this internship is to process and [...]
Whiskey, Slavery, and Efforts to Make Corporate Histories More Diverse
For many corporate museums and archives, it is tough to change the historic narrative of the company. Marketing is involved, [...]
AASLH Emerging History Professionals Welcome New Committee Member: Lauren O’Brien
The AASLH Emerging History Professionals Affinity Community is please to announce a new committee member. Lauren O’Brien is a museum [...]
Teens in Museums: Part 1
Editors notes: One of the craziest parts of my "curatorial" jobs is working with a unique group of high school students to teach them about [...]
Losing Control…on Purpose
In “The Power of Social Media,” Tiffany Meng wrote about Delta’s foray into social media, and asked about similar viral experiences. To complement Facebook, Twitter, [...]
Come See…The Crowd
The holiday season is often one of the busiest visitation times for many of our sites. For those sites that charge admission, this can equal big [...]
Digging for History: Archaeology at Strawbery Banke
Conant HouseScullery Addition Strawbery Banke Museum, a 10-acre outdoor history museum in Portsmouth, NH, has long used archaeological data to aid in the [...]
Handling the Holidays – How Does Your Institution Do It?
Seasons greetings! Ok, so it's not the Chandler Museum, but this photo of the luminarias at the Desert Botanical Garden in neighboring Phoenix is [...]
FREE Webinar on AASLH Awards and How to Apply
What are the AASLH Leadership in History Awards and Why Should I Apply? Have you always wondered what the AASLH awards program is? Or, do [...]